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Johnny Weir

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Johnny Weir is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. Raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, he won several equestrian competitions before switching to figure skating at the age of twelve. He won the 2001 World Junior Championships, was the United States national champion three times in a row from 2004 to 2006, and took the bronze medal at the 2008 World Championships. He competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics and was the first American to win the Cup of Russia, in 2007. He retired from competition in 2013 and joined NBC as a commentator for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where he and Tara Lipinski became the network's primary figure skating analysts.

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1984 1
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    Born 2 July 1984
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