Evan Lysacek

Evan Frank Lysacek is an American figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2009 World champion, a twotime Four Continents champion, the 2009 Grand Prix Final champion, and a twotime U.S. national champion. Lysacek was the 2010 United States Olympic Committees SportsMan of the Year and winner of the prestigious James E. Sullivan Award as the top U.S. amateur athlete of 2010. On January 22, 2016, he was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Evan Lysacek was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Naperville, Illinois. His mother, Tanya , is a substitute teacher in Naperville, and his father, Don, is a building contractor. He has an older sister, Laura, and a younger sister, Christina, who played on a nationally ranked volleyball team. His cousin Cole Chason is a former punter for the Clemson Tigers. Lysacek went to Spring Brook Elementary and then to Gregory Middle School. Lysacek graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in 2003. During high school, Lysacek was a member of the honor roll, where he earned a number of academic achievement awards, including the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence in 1999.

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