American figure skater, two-time Olympian, three-time National Champion, 2008 World bronze medalist, two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and 2001 World Junior Champion. Known for his artistry, footwork, and clockwise spins and jumps. Coached by Galina Zmievskaya, coach of 1994 Olympic Champion Oksana Baiul. Takes pride in his creative costumes and artistic style despite changes to the judging system in 2004 that favor more technical skating. Star of Sundance Channel's reality show Be Good Johnny Weir. Autodidact polyglot, Russophile, and fluent in Russian. Devoted fan of singer Lady Gaga, and has skated exhibition routines to her singles Poker Face and Bad Romance.