Michael Weiss (figure skater)

Michael Weiss
Michael Weiss in 2010
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1976-08-02) August 2, 1976 (age 40) Washington, DC
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Coach	Don Laws, Audrey Weisiger
Choreographer	Lisa Thornton-Weiss, Peter Tchernyshev
Skating club	Washington, FSC
Former training locations	Fairfax, Virginia Laurel, Maryland
Began skating	1985
Retired	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	206.94 2003 Skate America
Short program	73.85 2003 Skate America
Free skate	133.09 2003 Skate America
Medal record Figure skating: Men's singles Representing United States World Championships 2000 Nice Men's singles 1999 Helsinki Men's singles Four Continents Championships 2001 Salt Lake City Men's singles Grand Prix Final 2003–04 Colorado Springs Men's singles World Junior Championships 1994 Colorado Springs Men's singles 1993 Seoul Men's singles

Michael Weiss (born August 2, 1976) is an American former competitive and currently professional figure skater. He is a three-time national champion (1999, 2000, 2003) a two-time World bronze medalist (1999, 2000), and a two-time Olympic team member.

Michael Weiss was born August 2, 1976 in Washington, DC. His father, Greg, was a gymnast on the 1964 Olympic team, and his mother, Margie, was also a gymnast and national champion. His sister Geremi was a figure skater and junior national silver medalist; his other sister, Genna, was junior world diving champion.

Weiss graduated from Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. He holds an associate degree in business marketing from Prince George's Community College. Weiss was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. In September 1997, he married his jazz dance teacher, Lisa Thornton. Their daughter, Annie-Mae, was born in September 1998 and their son, Christopher Michael, in October 1999.

Weiss began skating in 1986. Audrey Weisiger coached him from the age of nine. Weiss took the silver medal at the 1993 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea and won gold at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

At the 1997 U.S. Championships, Weiss attempted to become the first American to land the quad toe loop. It was initially believed to have been successful but three hours after the competition, U.S. Figure Skating ruled that the jump had been two-footed and decided not to ratify it. He pulled up from fifth after the short program to take the silver medal behind Todd Eldredge and was sent to Lausanne, Switzerland to compete at his first World Championships, where he finished seventh.