Plus the public’s attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn’t strike while the iron is hot… well it’s not like people will forget you, but they just won’t care anymore.
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Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were ready to move on to a life of professional skating.
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Birth: | 22nd October, 1963 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Skater |
Brian Boitano was born in Mountain View, California. He is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985–1988 U.S. National Champion. He turned professional following the 1988 season. He returned to competition in 1993 and competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed sixth. Boitano is a graduate of Marian A. Peterson High School in Sunnyvale, California. Brian Boitano first made his mark on the international scene when he won the bronze medal at the 1978 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, beating future rival Brian Orser for that medal. In 1982 Boitano became the first American to land a triple axel.
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