Joshua Farris

He placed 21st in the free Skate and overall.

It was later learned that he had broken his fibula and sprained a tendon when he fell on his second triple Axel attempt.

Following this competition, Farris decided to change coaches to Christy Krall, with whom he had already worked, and Damon Allen.

Joshua Farris (born January 6, 1995) is a former American competitive figure skater.

He won five Junior Grand Prix titles, as well as U.S. national titles on the juvenile (2006), intermediate (2008), and novice levels (2009).

Joshua Farris was born in Renton, Washington, to father Rodney.

At the age of eight, he was diagnosed with dyslexia, which may be connected with a concussion he sustained as a child.

He also has a severe allergy to dairy products and travels with a whole suitcase of food.

Farris was home-schooled.

He has 4 siblings, 1 brother, a step brother (Josh), and 2 step sisters (Jessica, and Julie).

His older brother, David, is a bowler.

Farris began skating at age five after his mother took him skating for his birthday.

He moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in mid-2007 to train with Tom Zakrajsek and Becky Calvin.

Farris won his third national title when he took the novice gold at the 2009 U.S. Championships.

He was then sent to the 2009 International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands, where he took silver on the junior level.

He made his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the following season.

He was assigned to the 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in the United States and Turkey where he placed 4th and 5th, respectively.

At the 2010 U.S. Championships, he took silver on the junior level.

In the 2010–11 season, Farris was assigned the Junior Grand Prix events in Romania and the U.K. where he took silver and gold, respectively.

This qualified him for the 2010-11 Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed 6th.

Farris decided to move up to the senior level nationally.

At the 2011 U.S. Championships, Farris fell hard on his left hip while training a quad during the second day of practices.

The fall resulted in a torn abductor muscle but he decided to compete despite the pain.

In the 2011–12 season, Farris was assigned to a Junior Grand Prix event in Gdańsk, Poland, which he won.

He then took gold at his second event in Tallinn, Estonia, and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final where he won the bronze medal.

He finished 16th on the senior level at the 2012 U.S. Championships.

At the 2012 World Junior Championships, Farris won the short program and won the silver medal overall.

He also won The Denver Post's Youth Excellence in Sports award for March 2012.

In the 2012–13 season, Farris was assigned to JGP events in the U.S. and Slovenia.

He took gold in both, resulting in qualification to the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia.

At the JGP Final, he was first in the short program and second in the free Skate and won the overall silver medal.

He placed 13th after a shaky short program.

On the day between the short and long programs Farris went to a restaurant and suffered anaphylactic shock due to his allergy to dairy products.

He was rushed to the emergency room where he stayed until 3 a.m. He decided to compete in the long program where he had several shaky landings and three falls.

At the 2013 U.S. Championships, Farris placed third in the short program.

He fell on his planned quadruple toe loop in the long program, but managed to secure 4th place.

He then won the gold medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships with an overall score of 228.32 points.

Farris' score was a new record set for men competing on the junior level.

In the 2013–14 season, Farris made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2013 Skate Canada, where he finished 5th.

He is the 2015 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2013 World Junior champion, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2012, bronze in 2011), and the 2010 U.S. national junior silver medalist.