Kurt Browning

Kurt Browning CM born June 18 1966 is a Canadian figure skater choreographer and commentator He is the first skater to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition He is a fourtime World Champion and Canadian national champion He represented Canada in three Winter Olympics 1988 finishing 8th overall 1992 6th and 1994 5th He was awarded with a Lou Marsh Trophy for top Canadian Athlete in 1990 Lionel Conacher Awards 1990 and 1991 an American Skating World Professional Skater of the Year Award in 1998 and a Gustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters Association in 2001 He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada CM in 1989 He was inducted into Canadas Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2000 and World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2006 He was honored with a star on Canadas Walk of Fame in 2001 He received the inaugural ISU Skating Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 His other achievements include three Canadian Professional Championships and three World Professional Championships He won the Canadian novice championships in 1983 and was the Canadian junior champion in 1985 He was the senior champion of Canada four times and came in second place three times He won the World Championships four times in 1989 1990 1991 and 1993 He came in second place at Worlds in 1992 due to a severe back injury that had a particularly negative effect on his Olympic bid He came in fifth place at the 1994 Winter Olympics He earned the privilege of carrying the Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1994 games in Lillehammer Norway On March 25 1988 at the 1988 World Championships in Budapest Hungary he landed the first ratified quadruple jump a toe loop in the competition This accomplishment is listed in the Guinness Book of Records He has been a regular color commentator for the CBC at major skating events since 2006 As a choreographer he has choreographed programs for many figure skaters including Tara Lipinski Jeremy Abbott Kevin Alves Patrick Chan Vaughn Chipeur MarcAndré Craig Alissa Czisny Javier Fernández Takeshi Honda Brian Joubert Carolina Kostner Takahiko Kozuka Evan Lysacek Brandon Mroz Jamie Salé  David Pelletier Yuka Sato He also codirected and choreographed the 201112 Stars on Ice tour He married Sonia Rodriguez a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada on June 30 1996 Their first son Gabriel was born on July 12 2003 and their second son Dillon was born on August 14 2007 They are now divorced He married professional figure skater Alissa Czisny on August 11 2022 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia