Birthday, age 93 in 2022 on July 18

Won back-to-back gold medals in Figure Skating (men's singles) at the 1948 St. Moritz Winter Olympics and at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics. He is the only American man to win two consecutive gold medals in Olympic men's figure skating.

Successfully landed the first Double Axel Jump in competition (1948) as well as the first Triple Loop Jump in competition (1952, which was also the first triple jump of any kind). In the 1940s he invented the variation Flying Camel Spin.

The only men's figure skater to hold a National, North American, European, World, and Olympic Championship at the same time in 1948 (On the women's side, the same feat was achieved by Barbara Ann Scott of Canada in 1948).

Graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a Bachelor's degree in 1952. He graduated from the Harvard School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1956.

Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (TV Mini Series) Self - Figure Skating Analyst (2010)