Difference between revisions of "Adam Rippon"

From QueerBio.com
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 19: Line 19:
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  
−
Figure skater.  United States National Champion (2016) and  silver medalist (2012, 2015) and two-time world junior champion (2008, 2009).  Olympic Bronze medalist (Team Figure Skating, 2018).  Creator of the Rippon Lutz, a move combining the triple lutz with one hand over the head in all three jumps.  Considered the first out gay man to qualify for a Winter Olympics when he qualified for the 2018 games.
+
Figure skater and sports commentator.  United States National Champion (2016) and  silver medalist (2012, 2015) and two-time world junior champion (2008, 2009).  Olympic Bronze medalist (Team Figure Skating, 2018).  Creator of the Rippon Lutz, a move combining the triple lutz with one hand over the head in all three jumps.  Considered the first out gay man to qualify for a Winter Olympics when he qualified for the 2018 games.  Sports commentator for NBC Sports at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.  
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 12:20, 8 August 2024

Adam Rippon

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1989 -

Occupation

Sports

Notable Achievements

National Champion, Olympic Bronze

Description

Figure skater and sports commentator. United States National Champion (2016) and silver medalist (2012, 2015) and two-time world junior champion (2008, 2009). Olympic Bronze medalist (Team Figure Skating, 2018). Creator of the Rippon Lutz, a move combining the triple lutz with one hand over the head in all three jumps. Considered the first out gay man to qualify for a Winter Olympics when he qualified for the 2018 games. Sports commentator for NBC Sports at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


Share on Facebook

Retrieved from "http://queerbio.com/wiki/index.php?title=Adam_Rippon&oldid=49039"