Full name Alexander M. Johnson Height 1.78 m | Role Figure skater Name Alexander Johnson | |
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Choreographer Tom Dickson, Catarina Lindgren, Christopher Dean | ||
Former choreographer Sebastien Britten Combined total 193.062014 SC Classic Country represented United States of America Skating club Broadmoor Skating Club | ||
Alexander johnson 2017 nationals lp
Alexander M. Johnson (born May 15, 1990) is an American figure skater. He is the 2013 International Challenge Cup silver medalist and 2008 JGP Czech Republic champion.
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- Personal life
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Alexander johnson nats16 fs
Personal life
Alexander Johnson was born on May 15, 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His elder sister, Shannon, is a skating coach.
Johnson graduated from Hopkins High School in 2008. After briefly studying science and engineering at the University of Minnesota, he took a leave of absence. He later studied at Normandale Community College before enrolling at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.
Career
Johnson began skating in 1999. His first coach was Joan Orvis.
Johnson debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2007. The following season, he won two JGP medals — gold in the Czech Republic and bronze in England — and qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where he finished sixth.
As a single skater, Johnson began competing on the senior level in the 2009–10 season. In the 2011–12 season, he also competed in novice-level pair skating, partnered with Danielle Viola.
At the 2013 U.S. Championships, Johnson finished seventh in the men's event after placing 12th in the short program and fifth in the free skate. He then won silver at the 2013 International Challenge Cup in The Hague. In June 2013, he tore ligaments in his right ankle while practicing a triple Axel jump and sustained nerve damage from the knee down during surgery. He returned to the ice after ten weeks and resumed full training in April 2014 with a titanium screw in his ankle.
Johnson finished 11th at the 2015 U.S. Championships. In the summer of 2015, he underwent surgery for multiple hernias. At the 2016 U.S. Championships, he placed 7th in the short program, 5th in the free skate, and 6th overall – his best result to date.
He has landed a 3Lz-1Lo-3F in competition.
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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix Of