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Brown in 2011
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Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Los Angeles, California |
December 15, 1994 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Highland Park, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Kori Ade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Rohene Ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Skokie Valley Skating Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training locations | Monument, Colorado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former training locations |
Lake Arrowhead, California Centennial Ice Arena Highland Park, Illinois Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion Buffalo Grove, Illinois |
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Began skating | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World standing | 7 (As of 17 December 2016[update]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 268.38 2016 Skate America |
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Short program | 86.48 2015 World Team Trophy |
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Free skate | 182.63 2016 Skate America |
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Jason Brown (born December 15, 1994) is an American figure skater. He is the 2014 Skate America silver medalist, the 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard bronze medalist, the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2015 U.S. national champion, 2014 U.S. national silver medalist, and 2015 Skate America bronze medalist.
Brown is also a two-time World Junior medalist (2013 silver, 2012 bronze), the 2011 JGP Final champion, and the 2010 U.S. national junior champion. He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Jason Brown was born December 15, 1994 in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Marla (Kell), is a television producer, and his father, Steven Brown, works for a lighting company. He has an older sister, Jordan, and a younger brother, Dylan. He is Jewish and celebrated his bar mitzvah in 2007.
Brown graduated from Highland Park High School and received the Ralph Potter Memorial Award for Exceptional Ability and Achievement and the President's Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence. In 2013, he enrolled at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He plays piano.
Brown began skating at age three and a half when his mother enrolled him and his sister in Learn to Skate classes. Coached by Kori Ade since the age of five, he trained in various rinks in the Chicago area until April 2013. Since 2009, his programs have been choreographed mainly by Rohene Ward. Brown also skated pairs with Thea Milburn for three years.