Jeremy Abbott
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Abbott at the 2009 Skate Canada.
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| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 5, 1985 Aspen, Colorado |
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| Residence | Detroit, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach |
Yuka Sato Jason Dungjen |
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| Former coach | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Eddie Shipstad, Jill Trenary, Peggy Behr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Buddy and Benji Schwimmer, Yuka Sato, R. Campanella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Antonio Najarro, David Wilson, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Pasquale Camerlengo, Tom Dickson, Catarina Lindgren, Damon Allen, Christopher Dean, Caroline Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Detroit SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World standing | 29 (As of 3 February 2014[update]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season's bests |
18 (2012–13) 10 (2011–12) 12 (2010–11) 10 (2009–10) 3 (2008–09) |
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| Combined total | 246.35 2014 World |
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| Short program | 86.98 2012 World Team |
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| Free skate | 166.68 2014 World |
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Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is an American figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011) Four Continents bronze medalist, and a four-time (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) U.S. national champion. He represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the team event.
Jeremy Abbott was born in Aspen, Colorado to Allison and Danny Abbott. He has an elder sister, Gwen Abbott, a nationally ranked downhill skier who competed in the X Games as a ski racer, and a younger brother. He attended Cheyenne Mountain High School for five years, stretching his high school career out one year longer than the usual, so he could concentrate on both skating and getting good grades. He graduated in 2004.
In January 2015, Abbott's father, Danny Abbott, died from complications of Parkinson's Disease.
In addition to his coaches, Jeremy Abbott cites his family—mother Allison Scott, stepfather Allen Scott, his late father Danny Abbott, and sister Gwen Abbott,—as the pillars of his success. Following his win on the junior level at 2005 US nationals, Abbott established a fund in Aspen, Colorado, to help up-and-coming skaters to pay for training. In 2006, he established a second fund for skaters in the surrounding area.
Abbott began skating at age two. He began competing at age four after seeing and becoming inspired by Robin Cousins. He has competed in three figure skating disciplines. As a juvenile, he competed in ice dancing with Amanda Cunningham from 1995–96 and with Katie Hoffmaster from 1997–98. He competed as a pair skater with Brittany Vise in 1998–99 and Krystal Sorenson from 2001–02.
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