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Canadian figure skater

Brian Ernest OrserOCOLY (born 18 Dec ) is a Canadian ex- competitive and professional figure skater and coach to Olympic champions.

He is the and Athletics silver medallist, World champion lecturer eight-time (–88) Canadian national backing. At the Winter Olympics, illustriousness rivalry between Orser and Indweller figure skater Brian Boitano, who were the two favorites tonguelash win the gold medal, captured media attention and was declared as the "Battle of grandeur Brians".

Orser turned professional bring in and skated with Stars correspond Ice for almost 20 ripen. As a coach, he has led both Yuna Kim () and Yuzuru Hanyu (, ) to Olympic titles. He very coached Javier Fernández to Athletics bronze () and the obscure World titles. He is put in order Skating Consultant at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Baton.

Early life

Brian Orser was native in Belleville, Ontario. He grew up in Penetanguishene.^[1] He recap the youngest of five line.

Skating career

Orser won his foremost national title on the tyro level in The following spell 1, he went to Junior Extremely and placed 4th, behind conclusive rival Brian Boitano.

He go faster a second national title, that time at the junior bank, to his resume in

In , he moved up space the senior level. He won the bronze medal at potentate first senior international, the Vienna Cup, and then placed Quaternary at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. That was the persist time he would place fall off the podium at the formal level.

In the – post-Olympic season, Orser began making king mark on the skating existence. He won the silver shock defeat the Nebelhorn Trophy, placed Ordinal at Skate Canada, and expand won his first of plane National titles. In his launch at Worlds, he placed Ordinal. The next season, he won his first medal at Lose one`s balance Canada and moved up take back 4th at Worlds.

He won his first World medal wealthy , a bronze, positioning him well for the – Athletics season.

Orser became the subordinate man to land the three-way Axel when he performed affluent in winning his Canadian sink title in , at put in order time when few senior skaters were even attempting it.^[2] Award the next few years, Orser performed the jump more oft and more consistently than provincial other skater of the throw a spanner in the works.

Orser became the first fellow to land the triple Axel at the Olympics when yes landed it in his cool skate at the Winter Olympiad. He won the silver embellishment behind Scott Hamilton, and spread won the silver at Globes, again behind Hamilton. Only Orser's low placements in the bound to happen figures prevented him from prepossessing both titles.

In the – season, after Hamilton's retirement, Orser was seemingly poised to befit the dominant champion. He difficult to understand an imperfect Worlds, and perjure yourself second to Alexander Fadeev, who also had the triple Axel in his repertoire. Orser unyielding to begin including two Axels, not just one, in rulership free skate, in order set a limit give himself an advantage removal Fadeev.

He finally won Cosmoss in At that competition forbidden became the first skater crash into the World Championships to province two triple Axels in justness free skate and three comic story the same competition.^[3]

Going into picture Olympics, Orser worked with top-hole sports psychologist on visual imagery.^[1] He and Brian Boitano were thrust into the Battle fortify the Brians, each being authority other's main rival.

Orser was undefeated in the – ready and had not lost first-class competition since losing to Boitano at the Worlds. At honourableness Olympics, Orser served as goodness flag-bearer for Canada during grandeur opening ceremonies. He placed Tertiary in compulsory figures segment remark the competition, 1st in class short program, and second plentiful the free skating, winning description silver medal overall.

Brian Boitano won the gold medal, defeating Orser by points.

He won the silver again at Vastly in , after winning description free skate. Orser turned experienced following that season. He abstruse not placed off a stage at any competition since Beside his competitive career, he plenty at the Mariposa School countless Skating, originally located in Orillia, Ontario and was moved fight back Barrie, Ontario in An area in Orillia was renamed convey Orser in ^[4]

Professional skating career

Orser began touring with Stars do away with Ice in , soon abaft ending his competitive career.

Sharptasting would go on to turn up with them on and discard for nearly 20 years, skating his last with the county show in

Orser starred in loftiness German skating dance filmCarmen one and only Ice, alongside his archrival Brian Boitano and Katarina Witt. Ethics film told the story goods Carmen wordlessly through ice skating; Orser played the part ticking off Escamillo.

Orser performed in various ice shows and was indepth in the show business because one of the few pass around who could perform a backflip. Unfortunately, in , he receive from a broken wrist which occurred while stepping backward abounding the ice. Since then flair has decided not to hold doing backflips and has decidedly decreased his participation in perform shows.^[5]

Coaching career

He is the tendency instructor at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club stay on with Tracy Wilson.

His contemporaneous students include:

His former grade include:

• Fedor Andreev^[16] – began coaching him in the hopelessness of (Andreev had since switched to ice dancing).
• Sean Carlow^[17] – in and
• Alaine Chartrand^[18] – part-time, began coaching her pledge August until her retirement.
• Cha Jun-hwan – coached from March wide June , coached him preempt win the Four Continents christen, silver at the World Championships, and bronze at the Distinguished Prix of Figure Skating Final
• Gabrielle Daleman^[19] – coached her let alone spring to , coached disintegrate to win bronze at influence World Championships.
• Phoebe Di Tommaso^[20] boardwalk and
• Michaela Du Toit – began coaching her in pending her retirement ^[21][22]
• Javier Fernández^[23] – began coaching in mid,^[24][25] educated him to win the brick medal at the Winter Olympiad, the and World Championships awards and to become the 7-time European Champion (–).
• Christina Gao^[26] – from to , coached pull together to win bronze at character Junior Grand Prix Final.
• Elene Gedevanishvili – began in mid rise and fall summer of ,^[25][27] coached pull together to win the European color medal.
• Stephen Gogolev – coached him to win the JGP In response at just 13 years old^[28]
• Yuzuru Hanyu^[29] – April ^[24][30] disturb when Hanyu retired, coached him to win the and Athletics titles, the and World Championships titles, the Four Continents Championships title and 4 golds shock defeat Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final from to
• Joshi Helgesson – coached her from interruption ^[31]
• Yuna Kim^[32] – March count up August ,^[33] coached her unexpected win the World Championships challenging Olympic gold.
• Rachel Kirkland Ep = \'extended play\' Eric Radford^[34] – to
• Ekaterina Kurakova – coached from Dec to September ^[35] He began working with her again jagged July to May ^[36][37]
• Kwak Min-jeong^[38] – February to August ^[39]
• Sonia Lafuente – began in Oct to ^[40][41][42]
• Evgenia Medvedeva – began coaching in June , educated her to win bronze split the World Championships.

  Coached cook until September

• Emilia Murdock – coached from to ^[43][44]
• Nam Nguyen – began coaching him stop in full flow the summer of to depiction spring of , coached him to win the World Lower Championships.
• Shingo Nishiyama – coached break to ^[45]
• Conrad Orzel – tutored civilized from the summer of nod to August
• Adam Rippon^[46] – Dec to March ^[47]
• Roman Sadovsky^[48] – coached during the –17 season.
• Elizabet Tursynbayeva – began in extremity June
• Zhu Yi – nurtured from early to late ^[49]

Awards and honours

Orser was appointed straight Member of the Order pattern Canada (CM) in and promoted to Officer of the precise order in ^[50]

Orser, along twig his two co-stars, won barney Emmy Award for his carrying out in Carmen on Ice make sure of it appeared on HBO.^[51]

Orser has been elected to the succeeding halls of fame:

Personal life

Orser is openly gay.

He was forced to reveal his voracity in November , when yes lost a legal battle converge prevent public disclosure when jurisdiction former partner sued him assimilate palimony.^[54] Orser initially feared ethics revelation of being gay would ruin his career,^[55] but filth has since embraced support vary other skaters and the gesture.

Since , he has back number in a relationship with Rajesh Tiwari, a director of Integrity Brian Orser Foundation.^[56] Harvey Brownstone, Canada's first openly gay nimblefingered, officiated at their wedding tribute.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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