Jeremy Abbott

In addition to his coaches, Jeremy Abbott cites his family—mother Allison Scott, stepfather Allen Scott, his late father Danny Abbott(1941-2015), and sister Gwen Abbott,—as the pillars of his success.

Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is a former American figure skater.

As a juvenile, he competed in ice dancing with Amanda Cunningham from 1995 to 1996 and with Katie Hoffmaster from 1997 to 1998.

He competed as a pair skater with Brittany Vise in 1998–99 and Krystal Sorenson from 2001 to 2002.

In his early years, Abbott was coached by Peggy Behr in Aspen, Colorado.

In 1999, Abbott moved from Aspen to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to train at the Colorado Springs World Arena with Tom Zakrajsek.

He began representing the Broadmoor Skating Club.

Abbott began competing in singles at the novice level in the 2000–01 season, but failed to make it out of sectionals.

The next year he made it to Nationals, where he placed 6th at the novice level.

For the 2002–03 and 2004–05 seasons, Abbott competed on the junior level nationally, though he did not reach 2003 nationals at the junior level.

He fractured his L5 vertebra in 2003, which kept him off the ice for fifteen weeks leading up to Regionals, yet he was able to win Regionals, and go on to place 7th at the 2004 U.S. Championships.

He graduated in 2004.

Following his win on the junior level at 2005 US nationals, Abbott established a fund in Aspen, Colorado, to help up-and-coming skaters to pay for training.

He won the Junior national title at the 2005 U.S. Championships.

A remark he made during this competition, "Stranger things could happen; pigs could fly!", led him to adopt as his mascot a pig with wings, or a flying pig.

Abbott made it the slogan of his charitable fund, which he started to give back to young male skaters struggling to pay coaching fees, ice time and competition fees.

Abbott was given his first senior international assignment in the 2005–06 Olympic season, placing 18th at the 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy.

Abbott, then, placed fifth at the very competitive Midwestern Sectionals, and just missed a chance to go on to Nationals and compete for an Olympic berth.

Abbott later blamed his performance on his poor training habits, and said that he had become lazy after winning the junior national title; failing to make it out of sectionals gave him the motivation he needed.

In 2006, he established a second fund for skaters in the surrounding area.

In the 2006–07 season, Abbott was given another international assignment, this time to the 2006 Finlandia Trophy, which he won.

He won sectionals and advanced to Nationals, where he won the pewter medal, the highest placement for a first-timer in the senior men's event at nationals in twenty years.

Abbott was named the first alternate to the World and Four Continents teams.

When Johnny Weir withdrew from the 2007 Four Continents, Abbott was given the opportunity to compete at the event, which was held at his home rink, World Arena, Colorado Springs.

He beat out U.S. silver medalist and training mate Ryan Bradley for the bronze medal.

In the 2007–08 season, Abbott debuted on the Grand Prix circuit, placing 8th at the 2007 Skate Canada and 4th at the 2007 NHK Trophy.

He is the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011) Four Continents bronze medalist, and a four-time (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) U.S. national champion.

At the 2008 U.S. Championships, he again won the pewter medal.

He placed 5th at the 2008 Four Continents.

He was sent to the 2008 World Championships after Evan Lysacek withdrew with injury, and placed 11th.

In the 2008–09 season, Abbott had a breakthrough season on the Grand Prix circuit.

He represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the team event.

Jeremy Abbott was born in Aspen, Colorado to Allison and Danny Abbott.

He has an older sister, Gwen Abbott, a former nationally ranked downhill ski racer and 3X Winter X Games competitor in skier cross.

He attended Cheyenne Mountain High School for five years, stretching his high school career out one year longer than the usual, so he could concentrate on both skating and getting good grades.

In January 2015, Abbott's father, Danny Abbott, died from complications of Parkinson's Disease.

Abbott came out as gay in June 2020.

Abbott began skating at age two.

He began competing at age four after seeing and becoming inspired by Robin Cousins.

He has competed in three figure skating disciplines.