Adam Rippon

Adam Richard Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is an American figure skater. He won the 2010 Four Continents Championships and the 2016 U.S. National Championships. Earlier in his career, he won the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Championships, the 2007–2008 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2008 U.S junior national title. Rippon was selected to represent the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Rippon won a bronze medal as part of the figure skating team event. Later that year, he won season 26 of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Jenna Johnson. Rippon announced his retirement from competitive figure skating in November 2018. He was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
Adam Rippon was born on November 11, 1989, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first child in his family of six children. His pa…