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Jason Lawrence Brown (born December 15, 1994) is an American figure skater. He is a nine-time
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medalist, a two-time
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medalist ( 2020 silver, 2018 bronze), and the 2015 U.S. national champion. Earlier in his career, he became a two-time World Junior medalist ( 2013 silver, 2012 bronze), the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the
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junior national champion. Brown won a bronze medal in the team event at the
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in
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, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists.


Personal life

Brown was born on December 15, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Marla (Kell), is a television producer, and his father, Steven Brown, works for a lighting company. He has an older sister, Jordan, and a younger brother, Dylan. He is
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and celebrated his bar mitzvah in 2007. Brown graduated from Highland Park High School and received the Ralph Potter Memorial Award for Exceptional Ability and Achievement and the President's Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence. In 2013, he enrolled at the
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. He plays piano. Brown came out as gay via Instagram post on June 11, 2021.


Career


Early years

Brown began skating at age three and a half when his mother enrolled him and his sister in Learn to Skate classes. Coached by Kori Ade since the age of five, he trained at various rinks in the Chicago area until April 2013. Since 2009, his programs have been choreographed mainly by
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. Brown also skated
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with Thea Milburn for three years. At 11, Brown won the national juvenile title. He won the bronze medal on the novice level at the 2009 U.S. Championships. Competing on the junior level at the 2010 U.S. Championships, he placed second in the short program, 0.07 behind
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, and second to
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in the long program. Brown's overall score was the highest and he won the national junior title.


2010–2011 season

Brown won the silver medal in his
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debut in France and placed sixth in his second JGP event in Japan. He finished 9th in his senior national debut at the 2011 U.S. Championships with an impressive performance despite not attempting a triple Axel, which he had decided to put off due to a growth spurt. He was assigned to compete at the 2011 World Junior Championships, where he finished 7th. Brown worked on the triple Axel for the following season while adapting to another growth spurt. He stopped wearing hinge boots.


2011–2012 season

Brown began his season with a win at his first
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event in
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, Australia. He then took silver in
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, Italy, to qualify for the final. In a December 2011 interview, Brown said that he needed the triple Axel to be competitive on the senior level and continued to work on it. He occasionally used
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, a computer imaging system, and a harness. At the
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, Brown was second in both segments and won the gold medal overall. Brown was assigned to the 2012 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal.


2012–2013 season

Brown won gold and silver medals on the JGP series and qualified for his second JGP Final, where he finished fourth. He placed eighth at the 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. He was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships, where he placed third in the short program and first in the free skate after landing two triple Axels for the first time in his career. Brown won the silver medal while fellow Americans
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and Shotaro Omori took the gold and bronze medals, respectively.


2013–2014 season

In May 2013, Brown and his coach, Kori Ade, moved to the Colorado Sports Center in
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. His secondary coaches include Eddie Shipstad and
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. Brown won the silver medal in his senior international debut at the
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in
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, Germany. On September 30, 2013, he was called up to replace reigning Olympic champion
Evan Lysacek Evan Frank Lysacek (; born June 4, 1985) is an American retired figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, a two-time (2005, 2007) Four Continents champion, the 2009 Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time (2007, ...
at
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after the latter withdrew due to injury. Brown finished fifth at the event, his first senior
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event. In November 2013, he competed at a Grand Prix event in Paris, the
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, and won the bronze medal. He also attracted much attention from the skating public and the French, in particular, becoming a crowd favorite. At the U.S. Championships in January 2014, Brown placed third in the short program and first in the free skate with his ''
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'' program, which became a viral video garnering more than 4 million hits. He won the silver medal and was named in the U.S. team to the
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, Russia. In Sochi, while
Jeremy Abbott Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is a former 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 repres ...
skated the short program in the team event, Brown was assigned to the free program and placed fourth. He and team USA were awarded the bronze medal. In the singles event, he was in sixth place after the short program but less than a point off third. He placed eleventh in the free skate and finished ninth overall. At the end of the season, he performed in twelve Stars on Ice shows before returning to training.


2014–2015 season

Brown began the 2014–15 season at the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, an
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event, and won the gold medal after placing first in both programs. At
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, he came in second. He placed fifth at
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with a personal best in the free skate of 159.24 points. His placements earned him 7th place in the Grand Prix series, just missing the cut for the final. At the 2015 U.S. Championships, Brown won the short program with the second-highest points in the U.S. Championships' history. He finished the free skating second and won his first U.S. title. Until then, he had not tried a quad jump in competition. At the 2015 Four Continents Championships, he tried a quad jump in the short program, placing ninth. In the free skate, he set his personal best and finished sixth overall. Brown placed fourth overall at the
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, placing sixth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. At the 2015 ISU World Team Trophy, he placed second overall to contribute to Team USA's gold medal.


2015–2016 season

Brown began his season by winning the gold medal at
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. At his first Grand Prix event of the season,
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, he won the bronze medal after placing eighth in the short program and third in the free skate. He then won the silver medal at 2015 CS Ice Challenge. Brown withdrew from the
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due to a back injury. He returned to the ice two weeks later, but the injury resurfaced and forced him to withdraw from the 2016 U.S. Championships. On January 22, NBC Sports reported that he had petitioned
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for a spot on the world team despite his inability to compete at the national championships. His petition cited his world ranking, international experience, and competitive record. The USFSA denied his petition and named Adam Rippon, Max Aaron, and Nathan Chen, who Grant Hochstein later replaced due to injury.United States Figure Skating Association at usfsa.org Brown ended his season at the
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. He placed second in the third short program group and second in the free skate.


2016–2017 season

Brown began his season at 2016 Lombardia Trophy, where he won the silver medal after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. At the 2016 U.S. International Classic, he won the gold medal after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. Brown placed third in the short program at the
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. During the free skate, he performed a quad toe which was deemed underrotated by the technical panel. He finished second in the free skate, earning the silver medal behind
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. He placed eighth in the short program and seventh in the free skate to place seventh overall at the 2016 NHK Trophy. On December 16, 2016, Brown was diagnosed with a
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in his right
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. He received the bronze medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships. He placed sixth overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships after placing ninth in the short program and sixth in the free skate. At the 2017 World Championships, he placed seventh overall after placing eighth in the short program and seventh in the free skate. At 2017 World Team Trophy, Brown placed 6th overall to contribute to Team USA's bronze medal.


2017–2018 season

Brown began his season by winning the silver medal at 2017 Lombardia Trophy. Brown won silver at the
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after placing third in the short program and second in the free skate. At the
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, he ranked third in the short program but ended the competition in fourth place. As a result, he finished as the first alternate for the
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. Although he had tied with
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at 22 points, Jin won the tiebreaker by scoring 3.34 points higher than Brown. After Jin's withdrawal, Brown was called up to compete at his first senior-level Grand Prix Final. He finished 6th at the event in
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, Japan. In January, Brown finished sixth at the 2018 U.S. Championships after placing third in the short program and sixth in the free skate.
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named him as first alternate for the
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. He was assigned to the 2018 Four Continents Championships in
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, Taiwan. Ranked fourth in the short and third in the free, he won the bronze medal, achieving his first podium finish at a senior-level ISU Championship. After
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withdrew from the 2018 World Championships, Brown, who was first alternate, declined
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's invitation and it was transferred to
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. In late May 2018, Brown announced his decision to leave his coaching team in Colorado and move to
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,
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,
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, and
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at the
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, Ontario, Canada. Brown and Orser stated that Kori Ade would remain an influence on Brown's career.


2018–2019 season

At his first event of the season, the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International, Brown placed third in the short program, fifth in the free program, and fourth overall. He placed eleventh in the short program at
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after underrotating and falling on his triple Axel and underrotating his triple Lutz-double toe loop combination. He fared better in the free skate, where he placed sixth, moving to sixth place overall. At the
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, he placed second overall after winning the short program with a then-personal best score of 96.41 and placed third in the free program. Competing at a second Challenger event, the 2018 CS Golden Spin, he won the gold medal after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. At the 2019 US Championships, he won the bronze medal after placing second in the short program and third in the free skate. At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Brown placed sixth in the short program and moved up to fifth overall after placing fourth in the free program. In his free skate, Brown avoided popping his opening
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Salchow for the first time that season, though it was deemed underrotated, and he stepped out of the landing. At the 2019 World Championships, he placed second in the short program, with a new personal best score of 96.81, winning a silver small medal. He placed fourteenth in the free skate after a poor skate and placed ninth overall at the event. He expressed satisfaction with his season overall.


2019–2020 season

While traveling to a
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training camp in August 2019, the car Brown was traveling in was impacted by another vehicle, as a result of which Brown sustained a
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. Restricted from training, Brown withdrew from the
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. He was cleared to compete at
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, his first
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of the season. Brown popped his planned triple Axel to a single in the short program, placing fourth in that segment. In the free skate, Brown performed all his jumps successfully other than doubling a planned triple loop, placing second in that segment to take the silver medal. At the 2019 NHK Trophy, Brown placed eighth in the short program and fourth in the free skate to place fifth overall. Two weeks later, he won the gold medal at
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. Brown won the silver medal at the 2020 U.S. Championships after placing second in both segments. In the free skate, he attempted a quad
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, which was downgraded but landed without program interruption. At the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Brown placed third in the short program with a clean skate, defeating several skaters who performed at least one quadruple jump. In the free skate, Brown doubled an attempted quad toe loop but landed all his other jumps successfully and placed second in the segment with a new personal best of 180.11, moving into second place overall. He was assigned to compete at the
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, but it was canceled as a result of the
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.


2020–2021 season

Brown was assigned to compete at the
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, but the event was also canceled due to the pandemic. As a result, Brown made his season debut at the 2021 U.S. Championships in
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, placing third in the short program with a clean skate. In the free skate, he fell on a quad toe loop that was also deemed underrotated and singled a planned triple Axel, placing fourth in that segment, but remained in third place overall and won the bronze medal. He was named to the American team for the
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. Brown placed seventh in the short program at the World Championships with a clean skate. Brown attempted a quad Salchow jump in the free skate, but it was deemed underrotated. Making one other minor jump error, he was eighth in that segment and remained seventh overall. Brown and
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's placements at the World Championships were sufficient to qualify at least two berths for American men at the
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, but only the possibility of a third because
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failed to qualify for the free skate. Brown competed at the 2021 World Team Trophy, where he served as team captain and helped Team USA win the silver medal. He placed third in the short program and eighth in the free skate, with his total score ranking sixth among the men.


2021–2022 season

Brown made his season debut at the
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, winning the gold medal. Returning to the
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, he took the silver medal at the
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to start. He said he was "a little disappointed" with the free skate after two jump errors but overall was satisfied with his result. Brown went on to place third in the short program and fourth in the free skate at the 2021 Internationaux de France, winning the bronze medal and thus medaling at both of his Grand Prix events for the first time in his career. Attempting a quad Salchow in the free skate, he two-footed the landing but was credited with full rotation for the first time. Brown's results qualified him to the
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, but it was subsequently canceled due to restrictions prompted by the
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. Traveling to attend the 2022 U.S. Championships with coach
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proved to be an odyssey for Brown due to five different flight cancellations that had him in transit for thirty-three hours, culminating in a rental car trip from
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to
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. Despite this, he skated a clean short program and placed fourth in that segment, narrowly behind third-place
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. On the morning of the free skate, Wilson tested positive for COVID and could not accompany him to the event; Brown tested negative the same day. In the free skate, he fell on his opening quad Salchow attempt but landed the rest of his jumps. Normally regarded as one of the best spinners in the world, on one of his three free skate spins, he lost two levels, which made the difference between third and fourth overall as he finished 0.38 points behind bronze medalist
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. Per the selection criteria for the American Olympic team, Zhou and national champion
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were guaranteed berths, with the third to be decided between Brown and 17-year-old surprise silver medalist
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. The committee ultimately chose Brown, which was controversial with some. On Malinin, he said, "there's nothing I can say that can encompass how he might be feeling at this moment. What I can say is he is beyond out of this world, and U.S. figure skating is so lucky to have such a bright future with Ilia." For his part, Brown said that it had been "a really tough go to get here. Not just in the last 72 hours, but in the last four years and everything leading up to this point and me kind of turning a page after 2018." Competing at the
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in the men's event, Brown skated a clean short program and placed sixth with a new personal best score of 97.24. He said it was "a long time coming," noting that it had taken "eight years trying to get back to this stage to be able to put out a performance like that." In the free skate, he elected not to attempt a quadruple jump and skated a program, with the lone error being a doubled attempt at a triple Salchow. He finished sixth in that segment as well, remaining sixth overall.


Programs


Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:
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2009–10 to present


2005–06 to 2008–09


Detailed results

Small medals for short program and free skating awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only. ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Historic ISU personal bests highlighted in ''bold''.


Senior level


Junior and Novice level


See also

* List of select Jewish figure skaters


References


External links


Official site
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Jason 1994 births Living people American male single skaters Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Jewish American sportspeople Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating Olympic medalists in figure skating Figure skaters from Los Angeles University of Colorado Colorado Springs alumni World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists American LGBT sportspeople LGBT people from Illinois LGBT figure skaters Gay sportsmen 21st-century American Jews LGBT people from California Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics