Benjamin Agosto

Benjamin Agosto
Agosto at a press conference
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Alexandro Agosto
Country represented	United States
Born	(1982-01-15) January 15, 1982 (age 35) Chicago, Illinois
Residence	Lacey, Washington
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner	Tanith Belbin
Former partner	Katharine Hill
Former coach	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva Elizabeth Coates
Former choreographer	Natalia Linichuk Igor Shpilband J. T. Hornstein
Skating club	Arctic FSC
Training locations	Aston, Pennsylvania Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1989
Retired	June 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	221.26 2005 Worlds
Comp. dance	44.00 2005 4CC
Original dance	67.54 2005 Worlds
Free dance	111.54 2005 Worlds
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2006 Turin Ice dancing World Championships 2009 Los Angeles Ice dancing 2007 Tokyo Ice dancing 2006 Calgary Ice dancing 2005 Moscow Ice dancing Four Continents Championships 2007 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2006 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2005 Hamilton Ice dancing 2004 Gangneung Ice dancing 2003 Beijing Ice dancing 2002 Jeonju Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2007–2008 Turin Ice dancing 2004–2005 Beijing Ice dancing 2003–2004 Colorado Springs Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2002 Hamar Ice dancing 2001 Sofia Ice dancing 2000 Oberstdorf Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2000–2001 Ayr Ice dancing

Benjamin Alexandro "Ben" Agosto (born January 15, 1982) is an American ice dancer. With partner Tanith Belbin, Agosto is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time World medalist, the 2004–2006 Four Continents champion, and 2004–2008 U.S. champion.

Benjamin Agosto was born January 15, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Northbrook, Illinois. He is the son of a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother whose family has roots in Romania and Russia. Agosto attended grade school at the Chicago Waldorf School, then spent two years at Glenbrook North High School, and graduated with honors from Michigan's Groves High School in June 2000. He played in a high school jazz band.

Agosto lived in Detroit, Michigan from June 1998 and then Canton, Michigan before moving to Aston, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2008. He relocated to Lacey, Washington in September 2010 and to Scottsdale, Arizona in 2014.

Agosto started skating at age six, after receiving a pair of ice skates for his birthday, and started ice dancing at about age 12. Early in his career, he was coached by Susie Wynne. He skated with Katie Hill from 1995 to 1998, competing with her on the novice and junior levels, including internationally. They skated out of Midwestern Section. When that partnership ended, Agosto moved from Chicago to Michigan in 1998 in order to train under Igor Shpilband.