- Born
- Birth nameBrian Anthony Boitano
- Height1.80 m
- Brian began to skate at age 8 when he went to a figure skating show which starred Peggy Fleming. He fell in love with the sport and quickly became very accomplished. At times, he even gave the 1984 men's Olympic Champion, Scott Hamilton, a run for his money. In 1988, he won "The Battle of the Brians" between himself and Canadian Brian Orser. He went pro and has skated and toured with skaters like Tara Lipinski, Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, Paul Wylie and Kurt Browning.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- The 'tano Lutz jump which is a variation on a Lutz
- A song about him appears in South Park, le film : Plus long, plus grand et pas coupé (1999). He actually skated to this song in Holiday Skating Spectacular (2000).
- Won the Gold Medal in Figure Skating at the Olympics in 1988.
- On the Food Network with his own show, What Would Brian Boitano Make? (2009).
- One of Brian's favorite restaurants is "House of Prime Rib" in San Francisco, which he and his family have gone to since his parents were dating.
- Altered the Lutz jump by raising one arm over his head during the jump, and this variation is now called the 'tano Lutz.
- That's what amateur skating is about, technical expertise, and it should always stay that way.
- The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.
- Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.
- I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics.
- Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore.
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