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Evan Lysacek

Evan Lysacek. George Leach : ). About My Ice Skater : ).

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Evan Lysacek

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  1. Evan Lysacek George Leach : )

  2. About My Ice Skater : ) • Evan Lysacek was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Naperville, Illinois. His mother, Tanya is a substitute teacher in Naperville, and his father, Don, is a building contractor. He has an older sister, Laura, and a younger sister, Christina, who played on a nationally ranked volleyball team. His cousin Cole Chason is a former punter for the Clemson Tigers. Lysacek graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in 2003. During high school, Lysacek was a member of the honor roll, where he earned a number of academic achievement awards, including the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence in 1999. • Lysacek is of Italian and Czech descent; his great-grandfather FrantišekLysáček, emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Chicago in 1925. He is a Greek Orthodox Christian, having stated that one of his most prized possessions is his Orthodox cross. He wears Graf figure skating boots. • Lysacek moved to Los Angeles, California, in 2003 following his graduation from high school. He trains at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. He also has a home in Las Vegas. • Lysacek studies acting, having taken method acting classes at the Professional Arts School in Beverly Hills. He appeared in the independent short film Skate Great!, playing a Russian Olympic gold medalist. Lysacek uses power yoga as conditioning training.

  3. Accomplishments !! • In 1996 Lysacek won the u.s. nation title at the juvenile level.In 1997, he moved up to Intermediate and won the pewter medal (fourth place) at the Junior Olympics, after winning both his regional and his sectional qualifying competitions. After failing to qualify for Nationals on the novice level in 1998, Lysacek won the U.S. Novice title at the 1999 U.S. Championships at the age of thirteen. These are just a few of his early life accomplishments. Overall though he has been very successful in ice skating. he has many more medals but these are just a few.

  4. Interesting Facts About Evan !! ; ) • 1. Lysacek, 24, has always been a self-described "daredevil." He says, "I loved to go fast" – and he always has. At about age 6, he sped on his bike down a hill near his home in Naperville, Ill., fell and needed stitches to the head. He started skating at 8. 2. He used to date TanithBelbin, part of the U.S. Olympic ice dancing team. She's rooming in Vancouver with Lysacek's rival Johnny Weir. When rooms were chosen, "it came down to me, Evan and Johnny," says Belbin with a laugh. "Do the math – Johnny and I got the suite.” 3. He loves clubbing in L.A. with pals like Nicole Richie and Rachel Zoe. 4. His mom, Tanya, is in Vancouver but gets too nervous to watch her son in person. Instead, she cheers from in front of a TV back at the Procter & Gamble house set up for athletes' family members. 5. For fun, Lysacek worships the sun – check out that tan – and likes to surf. As for his post-skating career? He's taking acting classes. "I've always been

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