Adam Rippon

Adam Rippon was born on November 11, 1989, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first child in his family of six children. His parents divorced in 2004. He attended a Catholic elementary school, Our Lady of Peace. ==Career==

Early career Rippon started to skate when he was ten years old; his mother skated and brought him along to the rink. In the individual men's event, he placed 7th in the short program and 10th in the free skate to finish 10th overall. On November 19, 2018, Rippon announced his retirement from competitive figure skating. ==Post-competitive career==

at the 2026 U.S. Championships Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Rippon began working as a coach and choreographer. In 2023, he began a figure skating podcast, titled "The Runthrough," which he hosts alongside Ashley Wagner and their friend Sarah Hughes (not to be confused with 2002 Olympic Champion Sarah Hughes). In addition, he has also done figure skating commentary. ==Dancing with the Stars==

On April 13, 2018, Rippon was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 26 of Dancing with the Stars. His professional partner was Jenna Johnson. They won the competition. ==Signature moves==

Rippon's signature move is a triple Lutz that he executes with both arms above his head, colloquially dubbed the "Rippon Lutz". He is capable of performing the triple Lutz/double toe loop/double loop jump combination with one hand over his head in all three jumps (colloquially named the "'Tano Lutz" after Brian Boitano, who popularized the move). ==Personal life==

On October 2, 2015, Rippon publicly came out as gay. In his memoir Beautiful on the Outside, Rippon revealed that, before coming out as gay, he briefly dated South Korean Olympic champion Yuna Kim while both were training in Toronto. Rippon and his husband, Jussi-Pekka Kajaala, were married on December 31, 2021. The two met on Tinder in 2018. He reminded people that success is not overnight: It requires dedication and the support of others. In addition to his mother, Kelly, he has a close relationship with his siblings. In 2019, Rippon guest-hosted ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' season 11 "Ruveal" livestreams with reigning queen from season 10, Aquaria. Also in 2019, Rippon appeared in Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" music video, which won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. He also appeared in Superfruit's "The Promise" music video. Politics In February 2018, Rippon raised concerns about then-Vice President Mike Pence being chosen to lead the US delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony because of Pence's support of legislation and policies deemed hostile to gay people. Rippon endorsed and campaigned for Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. In 2020, Rippon made a donation to The Okra Project, a charity aimed at helping underprivileged black transgender people. Russian skater Alexei Yagudin reacted to the donation with an Instagram post calling Rippon and people like him "mistakes of nature" and wishing them to die. Yagudin later deleted the post. Rippon criticized Yagudin for the comments and made another $1,000 donation, this time in Yagudin's name, to the same organization. In 2022, Rippon criticized the International Olympic Committee for selecting Beijing as the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics. The athlete said that the IOC was rewarding China's human rights abuses instead of choosing hosting countries that are safe for all athletes to compete. ==Programs==

Senior level Junior level . From left: Brandon Mroz (2nd), Adam Rippon (1st), Armin Mahbanoozadeh (3rd). == Filmography ==