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John Garvin Weir (; born July 2, 1984) and has been involved in LGBTQ activism.

Early life

Weir was born on July 2, 1984, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, the eldest son of John Weir, a nuclear power plant engineer, and Patti Weir (née Moore), a nuclear power plant worker and home inspector. He is of Norwegian heritage, and has one brother, Brian "Boz" Weir, who is four years younger. Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, a rural town in Amish-dominated central Pennsylvania.

Weir's father had competed in English saddle events. Weir is also an accomplished rider; who by the age nine had won several equestrian competitions and competed in the Devon Horse Show with his Shetland pony, Shadow. His family moved to New Britain, Connecticut, so he could train. He later said that horse riding had given him body awareness, preparing him for figure skating. Weir was an honor roll student at Newark High School, where he graduated in 2002, and studied linguistics at the University of Delaware before dropping out. For Christmas, his parents bought him a new pair of skates and a package of group lessons at the University of Delaware, 45 minutes from their home. He had a natural talent for jumping. Rudden and Weir won the South Atlantic Regionals and qualified for the Junior Olympics in juvenile pairs that first year, and in intermediate pairs the following season. Also in his first year of single skating (1997), Weir finished fourth as a juvenile in the Junior Olympics and won first place in the South Atlantic Regionals, also as a juvenile.

During the 1997–1998 season, Weir won regional and other minor competitions as a novice in single skating and came in third place in the novice division at the U.S. National Championships. Weir moved up to the junior level during the 1998–1999 season. Like the previous year, he competed in regional and minor competitions and came in fourth place at the U.S. Nationals. Weir stated that along with his relative inexperience with competing and a growth spurt, he struggled with nerves during this period, which affected his performances.

1999–2003

Weir became eligible to compete in the Junior Grand Prix during the 1999–2000 season, coming in seventh and second place in his two Junior Grand Prix assignments. At the 2000 U.S. Nationals, he was the only competitor in the junior division who attempted a triple Axel in his short program, but despite his falling, the judges put him in first place. He fell again during his free skate, and ended up in fifth place, while Evan Lysacek, in their first meeting in competition, came in first, even though Lysacek was in fifth after the short program. He was the tenth American to win at Junior Worlds and the first American male skater since Derrick Delmore won in 1998. Lysacek won the silver medal; it was the first time since Rudy Galindo and Todd Eldredge in 1987 American men came in first and second place. Despite falling on the simplest jump in his short program, a triple flip, Weir was placed first going into the free skate. Weir received the best artistic scores, receiving 5.7s for presentation in his free skate.

Weir was ranked 18th-best in the world in 2001. He came in seventh place and fourth place in his two Grand Prix assignments during the 2001–2002 season, participated in the Goodwill Games and a team pro-am competition, came in fifth place at the 2002 U.S. Nationals, and came in fourth place in the 2002 Four Continents Championships. Weir was in second place after the short program, with a clean skate with all eight required elements. He felt confident going into the free skate, but hit the rink wall 23 seconds after he started, catching his blade between the ice and wall while doing a "simple crossover". He fell and injured his back, but the referee allowed him to continue where he stopped. He stepped out of his first triple Axel and fell again on his second, injuring his knee to the point that he had to withdraw. Weir later reported that due to what he called his "stupidity and hubris", U.S. Figure Skating withdrew their support of him; sportswriter Barry Mittan stated that they "essentially gave up on Weir". Mittan called it "an amazing comeback". He moved from his longtime rink, the more prestigious one at the University of Delaware, to a nearby rink called The Pond, which was less crowded and not as well-known. He was one of two skaters to skate a clean short program with a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, a "scratchy triple Axel", and the best spins in the field. He was first after the short program, but came in second place overall, slightly behind Gheorghe Chiper from Romania. Weir popped both his Lutz and loop jumps, but successfully performed his triple Axel-triple toe loop combination and four other triple jumps. He came in first place, the first to do so by qualifying at sectionals since Rudy Galindo in 1996. It was his first national title. with a triple Lutz-triple toe combination, a triple Axel, and a triple flip, all landed successfully. He was in first place after the short program, with marks ranging from 4.9 to 5.8. Weir also stated, about his performance: "It was a cool feeling to be written off and then come back to show them what I am made of...I hope I shut up everyone who counted me out". He came in fifth place; teammate Michael Weiss came in sixth. Weir opened his short program with a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, followed by a triple Axel and a triple flip, earning marks ranging from 5.0 to 5.7. Neither Weir nor Weiss completed quadruple jumps in their free skating programs, whereas the top four placements all performed quads in theirs. It was the first time since 1994 that no American male won medals at the World Championships. Weir, however, came back from seventh place after the short program He toured with Champions on Ice the summer of 2004, with Cohen, Irina Slutskaya, Elena Sokolova, and his "skating hero", Evgeni Plushenko.

2004–2005 season

thumb|right|upright|Weir competing at the [[2004 NHK Trophy]]

Weir continued to train with Hill and with Tarasova in Simsbury for the 2004–2005 season. He was ranked fifth-best skater in the world.

Weir won the NHK Trophy, Weir "skated elegantly"

The 2005 U.S. Nationals was the last time the 6.0 system was used at a U.S. Nationals. but he was able to control his nerves and win his second Nationals title in a row and the first repeat U.S. Nationals championship since Michael Weiss in 1999 and 2000. Although he finished slightly behind Timothy Goebel in his short program, without a quadruple jump and having a less-technical program than Goebel, he was the favorite going into the free skate. during the input of Chinese skater Li Chengjiang's scores was corrected, putting Weir slightly behind Li and in seventh place after the short program. and teammate Evan Lysacek. He began the season, which reporter John Blanchette called a "minor calamity", He was told by judges at the beginning of the season, after debuting his short program, which was designed for the new scoring system, that it was not difficult enough, so he had to rework it. A troubled personal relationship also affected his performances. He debuted the program, choreographed by Tarasova, Shanetta Folle, and Evgeni Platov, during a practice session at Skate Canada. He later reported that the initial reaction to it was laughter and that he told reporters, when they asked about the red glove, that he had named it "Camille", in honor of the piece's composer. Weir was aware of the impact it would make on the public and in the figure skating world, and that it could harm his reputation with the judges; he later stated, "Gender bending would take me into a whole new and very taboo area, where I would stand totally alone". He also stated that although people were initially uncomfortable with the program, it would become one of his most popular programs and would "completely change the world's perception of me". His performance and swan costume were parodied in the 2007 comedy Blades of Glory, starring Jon Heder and Will Ferrell.

In October, Weir finished in fourth place at the 2005 Campbell's Classic; he popped both of his triple Axels and earned 114.65 points. At Skate Canada also in October, Weir was in second place after the short program, but finished in seventh place, after falling on his first jump and spraining his left ankle during the free skate. He also competed at Cup of Russia a few weeks later in November, even though it was unlikely that he would make it to the Grand Prix final. Weir, "on the comeback trail", won third place overall at Cup of Russia. He missed two triples in his free skate but placed third in the short program with 75.15 points, fourth in the free skate with 131.64 points, and earned a total of 206.79 points.

At the 2006 U.S. Nationals, Weir was the first male skater to win three consecutive U.S. titles since Brian Boitano almost 20 years previously. He was in first place after the short program, again overcoming his nerves and earning a personal best score of 83.28, almost six points ahead of Weiss, who came in fourth place overall. He later told reporters, "For this one, they kind of sat back and had their cognac and their cigarettes and they were relaxing and watching", compared fellow competitor Ryan Bradley's faster-paced choreography to "a vodka-shot-and-a-snort-of-coke kind of thing", and then said, "Uh, sorry for all those drug references". so his short program carried his victory. He came in third place in the free skate after Lysacek and Savoie with 142.06 points and a total of 225.34 points. He stepped out of a triple Axel, did too many combination jumps and thus received no points for one jumping pass, and did not complete the third jump of his three-jump combination.

For the first time in his career, Weir changed his free skating program mid-season shortly before the Olympics, from "a techno medley" written by Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica to "Otoñal" by Argentine pianist Raúl Di Blasio, which Weir used the previous season. He stated that although he had performed the program well, he was bored with it and felt it lacked passion and power. Commentator and former Olympic gold medalist Dick Button agreed, stating that the newer program "was not good enough for him". but he was called "the breakthrough personality of the Games". It was the first time Weir's father John Weir, who had difficulty traveling after a disabling car accident in 1984, attended one of his son's competitions since Weir was a novice. According to Variety, Weir's habit of wearing "retro Soviet CCCP sweatshirts" instead of USA clothing during the Olympics angered many U.S. supporters.

Weir was the only American male in medal contention after his short program in Turin, Weir began his short program with "a smooth triple Axel" He accomplished eight out of his planned 13 jumps, replaced a planned quadruple toe loop with a double Axel, and was shaky on his first triple Axel. He also downgraded another triple jump to a double, and failed to complete a three-jump combination and double-jump combination late in his program.

At the 2006 World Championships, Plushenko chose not to compete after the Olympics, so Worlds was open for Weir, Lysacek, Lambiel, and Buttle to win the gold medal. Weir had been troubled with back pain all week, which was aggravated during the warm-up for the free skate. He successfully completed his triple Axel-triple Axel combination at the start of his program and attempted a quadruple toe jump, but he two-footed it and fell on his triple flip at the end of the program, taking him out of medal contention. He came in seventh place overall; Lambiel won the gold medal, Brian Joubert came in second, and teammate Lysacek, despite a hard fall during the warm-up, won the bronze medal.

2006–2007 season

For the 2006–2007 season, Weir was the eighth-highest-ranked skater in the world. He began working with ice dancer Marina Anissina, who choreographed both his short program and free skate. The costume he wore for his short program, skated to "King of Chess" by Silent Nick, was described as "a black-and-white chess-themed costume that was restrained by his standards".

right|thumb|The men's podium at the [[2006 Skate Canada International|2006 Skate Canada. From left: Daisuke Takahashi (2nd), Stéphane Lambiel (1st), Johnny Weir (3rd).]]

Weir started off the season by helping the U.S. men's team come in first place at the Campbell's Skating Challenge.

Weir was in second place after the short program at Cup of Russia, less than two points behind Joubert. Weir successfully completed his jumps, but did not attempt a quadruple jump and according to the Associated Press, "generally seemed a bit slow". Weir competed at the Grand Prix Final, but had to withdraw after the short program due to an injury to his right hip from a fall. Weir later said that he was embarrassed by his withdrawal, done after "trash-talking" Lysacek for also withdrawing due to an injury. He admitted that his Grand Prix season was "disastrous" and that he had not been skating well going into the 2007 U.S. Nationals in Spokane, Washington.

Shortly before Nationals, former figure skater and analyst Mark Lund, who was openly gay, speculated about Weir's sexuality on television; Weir chalked it up to jealousy. According to Weir, both the press and U.S. Figure Skating, due to his performances during the season and at the 2006 Olympics, and despite his past successes, began to actively support Lysacek over him. As Weir said, "I couldn't outskate the negativity following me into the competition".

In the short program, both Weir and Lysacek skated clean programs and were essentially tied going into the free skate, Lysacek's score of 78.99 points was a slim lead of less than one point over Weir's 78.14 points. Ryan Bradley was in third place after the short program, with 73.58 points.

Weir was not able to successfully defend his title, coming in third overall; Lysacek came in first place, and Bradley came in second place. In the free skate, Weir skated immediately after Lysacek, who received a standing ovation from the crowd. Weir also said, "Evan didn't just beat me...[h]e kicked my ass", He was in fourth place after the short program; he admitted that he was hampered by his nerves, had trouble adjusting to competing in Tokyo, "forgot to breathe a little bit", and said, "My costume is even tired". He earned 74.26 points. He came in 10th place in the free skate, earning 132.71 points, and earned 206.97 points overall.

Over the summer of 2007, Weir again toured with Stars on Ice. One of his performances included a combined skating routine, "Fallen Angels", skated to Handel's "Sarabande", with ice dance team Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov. (He designed the costumes they wore for their free dance that season.) They came up with the idea for the routine, which was choreographed by Petukhov, on the plane trip back from the Worlds championships. At first, they received a great deal of resistance from U.S. Figure Skating but were allowed to debut the routine at the Marshalls Showcase, a made-for-TV exhibition. The audience and commentators praised their performance, and the following week, a YouTube clip of their performance got over 100,000 views. Weir reported that people bought tickets to Stars on Ice just to see the routine in person.

2007–2008 season

right|thumb|upright|Weir at the [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships]]

Weir began the 2007–2008 season with "a clean slate" and was "all business". In between seasons, he amicably parted from his longtime coach Priscilla Hill, and replaced her with Galina Zmievskaya, who had coached 1992 Olympic champion Viktor Petrenko and Weir's idol Oksana Baiul. He also changed his choreographer and training routine, and moved out of his family home in Newark, Delaware to an apartment in New Jersey to train with Zmievskaya. He told reporters that he felt homesick and nervous moving to a large city and living on his own for the first time in his life, resorting to sleeping with a kitchen knife next to his bed. He also said that the move taught him discipline and independence.

He worked on including a quadruple toe loop in his programs, and on making his triple Lutz and triple flip bigger. He was ranked seventh-best skater in the world.

At Cup of China, Weir came in second place, after Lysacek, in the short program, with 79.80 points. He did not include a quadruple jump but completed a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination and had higher-scoring spins than Lysacek. He came in first place in the free skate, with 151.98 points and "a nearly perfect" performance. He earned 231.78 points overall, He opened his program with a strong triple Axel-triple toe loop combination and underrotated his triple Axel, but successfully completed five more clean triple jumps. He also completed three level-four spins and good footwork. His two Grand Prix wins made him eligible to compete at the Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy, where he came in fourth place. Weir won the short program, with 83.40 points, 1.35 points separating he and Lysacek. His footwork was "light and a perfect match for the music". Weir followed up his quadruple toe with a triple Axel-triple toe combination, a triple Lutz, and a triple Axel. Weir also two-footed the landing on his triple flip, which was supposed to be part of a combination jump but was not because he eliminated a double-toe loop. He received low marks for an upright spin because he did not clearly change skating edges.

Lysacek won his second straight gold at Nationals. He and Weir tied for first place, both with a combined score of 244.77 points, but Lysacek was named the U.S. champion because following ISU regulations, he won the free skate (162.72 points to Weir's 161.37 points). It was the first tie at U.S. Nationals since the establishment of the new scoring system.

Weir chose not to compete at the Four Continents Championships due to fatigue; he was replaced by Jeremy Abbott, who came in fourth place at U.S. Nationals. Lysacek withdrew from Worlds due to injury; Abbott replaced him as well. His triple Lutz-triple toe combination was "sky high", and he performed high-quality footwork and spins. The Chicago Tribune said his free skate "wasn't memorable", and called it "conservative but relatively error-free".

2008–2009 season

thumb|Weir performing his short program at the [[2008 NHK Trophy.]]

Weir started off the 2008–2009 season, when he was ranked seventh-best in the world, struggling with skate boot problems; his blades were not aligned properly on the new skates he purchased over the summer, and he did not have the time to break in replacements. For the first time in his career, Weir competed at Skate America, the first Grand Prix event of the season. He came in second place in the short program by less than one point behind Lysacek, and came in second place overall, with 225.20 points. Japanese skater Takahiko Kozuka won the gold medal at the event; Lysacek came in third place overall. Both Weir and Lysacek made minor errors in their short programs, but Weir did well, even though it was early in the season. Weir began his short program with three successful jumping passes. Lysacek and Weir both scored the same on their triple Lutz-triple toe loop combinations, 11.60 points, although Weir lost points on a two-footed landing on his triple flip. Weir later told reporters that he was disappointed in his spins, but his footwork sequences were "spectacular", and he scored 80.55 points. over his performance at Skate America. In the free skate, he successfully accomplished all his jumps at the beginning of the program, but performed a double Lutz instead of a triple, and his triple flip turned into a single. He qualified to compete at the Grand Prix final, where he won the bronze medal. by his illness. In the short program, Abbott finished in first place with 86.40 points, Lysacek was second with 83.59 points, and Weir came in seventh place with 70.76 points. Abbott's overall score was a personal best—237.72 points, four points more than both Weir and Lysacek's personal best scores. In January 2010, it premiered in Manhattan and aired on the Sundance Channel, which funded its filming and production. Sundance also commissioned and aired, beginning in January 2010, an eight-episode documentary series, Be Good Johnny Weir, which depicted the "recent ups and downs of his career". Its promotional commercial aired during the U.S. Nationals; Weir later expressed his opinion that U.S. Figure Skating sent him to the Olympics because of the documentary and series' popularity rather than on the strength of his skating performances. Variety called Pop Star on Ice, which was directed by David Barba and James Pellerito and made over the course of two years on three continents, "a fascinating portrait" of Weir. Be Good Johnny Weir continued where Pop Star on Ice ended, following Weir as he attempted to earn a place on the 2010 U.S. Olympic team. despite his previous season's difficulties, he was ranked eighth in the world. At the Rostelecom Cup (previously Cup of Russia), he came in fourth place overall, after placing third place in the short program and sixth place in his "error-filled" free skate, with a cumulative score of 198.55 points. He later said that his Russian fans gave him the encouragement to continue and perform better at the NHK Trophy, his next Grand Prix slot. He skated a clean short program and gave his best performance up to that point in the season, with 78.35 points. He successfully accomplished all his triple Axels in both programs.

At the Grand Prix final, all six qualifiers, including Weir, had skated in at least one previous final; Golden Skate called it "one of the most equally matched fields in several years".

Weir placed third overall at the 2010 U.S. Nationals, with 232.09 points. Sports reporter Jeré Longman of The New York Times, who said that Weir's costume overwhelmed his skating, thought that he "seemed cautious during his jumps before relaxing with a head-bopping playfulness". Longman also called Weir's free skate "oddly passive and stumbling". Weir, along with first-place finisher Jeremy Abbott and Lysacek, who came in second place, were sent to the 2010 Winter Olympics; they were considered the strongest U.S. Olympic men's team since the 1980s.

Weir came into the Olympics "a legitimate medal threat", He stayed at the Olympic Village in Vancouver, despite wanting to stay at a hotel, for security reasons. He had received "very serious threats" from anti-fur activists for wearing fox fur trim on the left shoulder of his free skate costume during U.S. Nationals. He changed to faux fur for his costume at the Olympics, denying that it was in response to the threats, although he wore fur at a news conference for the U.S. men's team. His roommate was his "longtime friend", American ice dancer Tanith Belbin. He also held a press conference to respond to "offensive" remarks made by two Canadian sports commentators about him. A Quebec gay rights group considered filing a complaint; the commentators later apologized on-air.

Weir was in sixth place and earned 82.10 points after the short program; sportswriter Nicholas Benton called it a "flawless program" and reported that the audience "booed lustily" when his scores were announced. He came in sixth place in the free skate, which he later admitted was technically less difficult. His technical score, 79.67 points, was over six points higher than the bronze medalist, Daisuke Takahashi from Japan, but his program component score, 77.10 points, was 7.4 points lower than Takahashi's. Golden Skate called Weir's free skate a "hauntingly beautiful routine", and reporter David Barron called it "emotional" and stated that his performance "won the crowd to his side". The program included seven solid triple jumps, including two triple Axels, and good footwork and spins. Weir earned a personal best score of 156.77 points and 238.87 points overall. In March 2010, CNN reported that Stars on Ice denied charges that they did not hire Weir for the year's tour because Weir was not "family friendly enough". The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD) launched a protest against the tour, claiming that it was "a clear jab at his perceived sexual orientation", He announced his withdrawal from the 2010–2011 season in July 2010, stating that he wanted to take a year "to explore and reinvent myself as an athlete and artist", although he left open the possibility to return in time for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Weir served as a judge, along with Olympic gold medalist Dick Button and Canadian figure skating choreographer Laurieann Gibson, on Skating with the Stars in 2010, which lasted only one season.

In early 2011, with the publication of his autobiography, Welcome to My World, he came out. In June 2011, he participated in a gay pride parade for the first time, the Los Angeles Pride Parade; he also served as its grand marshal. Weir announced his withdrawal from the 2011–2012 season in June 2011, explaining that he was unable to adequately train for competition because of his "many obligations", but expressed his intention to compete in Sochi.

thumb|Weir performing during the [[2012 Rostelecom Cup]]

In the fall of 2011, Weir began to quietly train for a possible return to competitive skating. In January 2012, he announced his return, in the hopes of competing at the Sochi Olympics; he insisted that it was not a publicity stunt, and expressed his intent to retire after the Olympics. Part of the reason for his return was his popularity in Russia. He went back to working with his previous coach, Galina Zmievskaya, and retained the same off-ice trainers, designers, and costume seamstresses as before. He used music from "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga, someone he admired, for his short program; she provided him with versions of the song without lyrics. Her choreographers worked with him, but most of the choreography was developed by Weir and Zmievskaya.

Weir competed at small competitions and qualifying events to be eligible to compete at the 2013 U.S. Nationals. He competed at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy, attempting a quadruple jump in both his short program and free skate for the first time, and coming in fourth place overall. In his short program, he stumbled on his opening quadruple toe jump, which was downgraded, but successfully completed his triple Axel and triple Lutz-double toe combination, and earned level-four scores for his flying camel spin. He was in fourth place after the short program, earning 69.03 points. He later told reporters that he was nervous, that his legs felt stiff, and that the competition was the hardest thing he had done in his career. He also had boot problems to overcome, but felt that he had done well.

Weir's two Grand Prix slots were the Rostelecom Cup and Trophée Bompard in Paris. A few days later, he announced that he would withdraw from Trophée Bompard due to a hip injury, putting his comeback attempt on hold. He also did not compete at the 2013 U.S. Nationals, but still hoped to make the U.S. Olympic team in 2014.

Weir did not register for a qualifying event that would have made him eligible for the 2014 U.S. Nationals, ending his bid to compete in Sochi. He was not eligible for a bye into Nationals because he did not place in the top five at the 2013 Nationals or medaled at the 2010 Olympics or 2013 World Championships. The Associated Press conjectured that it likely marked the end of Weir's amateur figure skating career. In October 2013, he retired from competition and joined NBC as a figure skating analyst at the Sochi Olympics.

Skating technique and influence

Weir had two coaches in his competitive figure skating career, Priscilla Hill, who was, unlike many figure skating coaches, "nurturing and gentle" and Russian Galina Zmievskaya, who had a different approach to coaching than Hill. Hill trained Weir in pair skating to strengthen his skating and to focus on skills other than jumps. Zmievskaya had a more Russian approach and focused on "drill sergeant-like demands for discipline and rigor".

Weir considered his style of figure skating artistic and classical and was known for his lyricism. He believed that his style was "a hybrid of Russian and American skating", which was brought out by hiring coaches from those countries and often caused conflicts with U.S. Figure Skating, as did many of his costume choices. He was instructed by Yuri Sergeev, a dancer for the St. Petersburg Ballet, taught himself the Russian language, conversing with Zmievskaya in Russian, and compared himself to Russian skater Evgeni Plushenko. In 2014, Weir designed Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's costume for his free skating program, worn during the Sochi Olympics.

Weir appeared in James Erskine's 2018 documentary film John Curry: the Ice King, as skater and interviewee, in which he commented that Curry had shown the guts to be his true self on the ice, and that through his example he himself was able to become comfortable on the ice.

Weir's outspokenness caused conflict between him and U.S. Figure Skating. Weir was praised for being one of the few figure skaters who spoke his mind, even when he knew it would get him in trouble with federation officials and judges. The press, especially in the U.S., made much out of the rivalry between Weir and his fellow competitor and rival, Evan Lysacek.

Broadcasting career

thumb|Weir (center) working as a commentator at the [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships with Lipinski (standing left), Gabriella Papadakis (center right), and Gannon (far right)]]

In October 2013, Weir retired from competition and joined NBC as a figure skating analyst at the Sochi Olympics. They hosted the closing ceremonies in Pyeongchang, as well as for the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the 2024 Summer Olympics. They also commentated for the 2018 Winter Olympics, as well as for the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. Weir's commentating style was met with mixed responses from figure skating fans and skaters. Weir named fellow figure skater and commentator Dick Button as an influence on his commentating style.

Weir and Lipinski were fashion analysts and correspondents for the Oscars, dog shows, the Kentucky Derby, the Super Bowl, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Weir and Lipinski appeared on reality shows together and separately. He also appeared as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2020.

Personal life

In January 2012, Weir married his partner, Victor Voronov, a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and whose family was from Russia, in a civil ceremony in New York City, five months after the state legalized same-sex marriages. A temporary restraining order was filed and dismissed in January 2014. Weir filed for divorce in February 2014. The couple appeared in court in March 2014 to dismiss allegations of domestic violence against Weir. Later that month, Weir made accusations that Voronov had raped him; Voronov filed a defamation lawsuit against Weir in September 2014.

He served as fellow figure skater Tara Lipinski's "bridesman" at her 2017 wedding to sports producer Todd Kapostasy. As of 2021, Weir lives in Greenville, Delaware, in a home that was featured on MTV Cribs. Prior to the purchase, he cited privacy, seclusion, and his need for rest from his busy life as factors guiding his decision to settle in a more rural area.

In May 2023, Weir announced that he would retire from performance skating, which was postponed due to COVID-19; he skated his final performances in May and June. He also announced that in September 2023, he would create a skating academy in Wilmington, Delaware, for the purpose of training skaters for national and world competitions.

Records and achievements

Youngest U.S. National Champion since 1991 (2004).
First skater to win U.S. Nationals three times in a row since Brian Boitano in the late 1980s (2006).
Philadelphia QFest Viewer's Choice Award, 2009
Main-belt asteroid, discovered in 1995 by T. V. Kryachko at the Zelenchukskaya Station named after Weir, at the suggestion of his Russian fans, 2010
Grand Marshall Los Angeles Pride Parade, 2011
Delaware Valley Legacy Fund National Hero Award, 2013
National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall Of Fame Inductee, 2013
U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, 2021

Programs

right|thumb|upright|Weir performing his exhibition program "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face" at the 2009 Festa On Ice]]

right|thumb|upright|Weir performing during the [[2008 Skate America Gala]]

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! scope="col" | Season

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! scope="col" | Free skating

! scope="col" | Exhibition

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Poker Face by Lady Gaga

Phoenix by Escala and Edvin Marton

Schindler's List by John Williams by Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 2010–2012

| colspan="3" bgcolor=lightgray | Did not compete

! scope="row" | 2009–2010

I Love You, I Hate You by Raúl di Blasio choreo. by David Wilson

| "Fallen Angel":

City of Angels by Gabriel Yared
The Lady Caliph by Ennio Morricone choreo. by David Wilson

Poker Face by Lady Gaga music mixed by DJ Mark Cotter choreo. by Johnny Weir, Nina Petrenko

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You Made Me Impressed by Sung Si Kyung choreo. by Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 2008–2009

Sur Les Ailes du Temps by Saint-Preux choreo. by Nina Petrenko

Notre Dame de Paris by Richard Cocciante, I Fiamminghi choreo. by Nina Petrenko

Ave Maria by Josh Groban choreo. by Nina Petrenko

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Danse Mon Esmeralda by Garou choreo. by Nina Petrenko, Galina Zmievskaya

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Hymne a L'Amour by Édith Piaf performed by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Nina Petrenko, Galina Zmievskaya

! scope="row" | 2007–2008

Yunona I Avos by Svetlana Pikous choreo. by Faye Kitarieva

Love is War by Globus choreo. by Denis Petukhov

Ave Maria by Josh Groban choreo. by Nina Petrenko

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All in Love Is Fair
Painful Longing by Stevie Wonder choreo. by Johnny Weir

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Feeling Good by Nina Simone choreo. by Nina Petrenko

! scope="row" | 2006–2007

King of Chess by Silent Nick
Palladio by Karl Jenkins choreo. by Marina Anissina

Child of Nazareth by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Marina Anissina

My Way by Frank Sinatra choreo. by Carolanne Leone, Johnny Weir

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Yunona and Avos by Alexei Rybnikov choreo. by Johnny Weir

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The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Johnny Weir

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Imagine by John Lennon choreo. by Priscilla Hill, Johnny Weir

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All in Love Is Fair
Painful Longing by Stevie Wonder choreo. by Johnny Weir

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Sarabande Suite
Fallen Angels by Globus choreo. by Denis Petukhov, Natalia Linichuk, and Tatiana Tarasova

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Passacaglia
Nature Boy
Enchanted by Secret Garden, David Bowie choreo. by Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 2005–2006

The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Shanetta Folle, and Evgeni Platov

Otoñal by Raúl Di Blasio choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Shanette Folle

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Amazonic
Hana's Eyes
Wonderland by Maksim Mrvica choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Shanette Folle

My Way by Frank Sinatra choreo. by Carolanne Leone, Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 2004–2005

Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Evgeni Platov

Otoñal by Raúl Di Blasio choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Evgeni Platov

Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers choreo. by Carolanne Leone

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What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong choreo. by Priscilla Hill, Johnny Weir

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Yunona and Avos by Alexei Rybnikov choreo. by Priscilla Hill, Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 2003–2004

Valse Triste by Jean Sibelius choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Maya Usova, and Evgeni Platov

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Doctor Zhivago by Maurice Jarre choreo. by Giuseppe Arena, Anjelika Krylova

Imagine by John Lennon choreo. by Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 2002–2003

Innocence
Zydeko from Cirque du Soleil by Benoit Jutras choreo. by Michelle Poley

! scope="row" | 2001–2002

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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Michel Legrand performed by Itzhak Perlman choreo. by Yuri Sergeyev

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The Puppet Master
Spirit of the Peacock
A City of Sadness by Zhao Jiping, Nic Raine performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and National Chinese Orchestra choreo. by Yuri Sergeyev

Cinema Paradiso by Josh Groban choreo. by Yuri Sergeyev

! scope="row" | 2000–2001

The Heart of Budapest by Mantovani choreo. by Yuri Sergeyev

What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong choreo. by Priscilla Hill, Johnny Weir

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This I Promise You by NSync choreo. by Priscilla Hill, Johnny Weir

! scope="row" | 1999–2000

Early life

1999–2003

2004–2005 season

2006–2007 season

2007–2008 season

2008–2009 season

Skating technique and influence

Broadcasting career

Personal life

Records and achievements

Programs

Senior level in +3/-3 GOE system