Just The Facts
Name: Elvis Stojko (of course!)
Nicknames: The Terminator, The King, King of
the Quad, and Quad God
Date of Birth: March 22, 1972
Home: Richmond Hill, Ontario and Aston,
Pennsylvania
Training Site: Ice Works in Aston, Pennsylvania
Member of the Canadian National Team: 1990
- 2002
Retired From Amateur Skating: 2002
Went into the History Books: 3 times (1st skater to land quad-double combination, 1st skater to land quad-triple
combination, and tied with Dick Button for man to win most world medals (6) since World War II), I think he actually may be
in there one more time as the North American singles skater to attend the most World Championships but I'm not certain on
that
Parents: Irene and Steve Stojko
Favourite Comedian: Jim Carrey
Favourite Restaurants: Ruth Chris &
Hernando's Hideaway
Sports Heroes: Bruce Lee, Mohammed Ali,
Jesse Owens, and Michael Jordan
His Philosophy on Life: "You Don't Always
Get What You Want, You Get What You Need."
His Car Is: 1997 Porche 911 Twin Turbo
Accomplishments
- Canadian Jr. Champion ~ 1988
- Canadian Silver Medallist ~ 1990
- Canadian Silver Medallist ~ 1991
- First Person To Ever Land The Quad Combination (Quad-Double) ~ 1991
- Canadian Silver Medallist ~ 1992
- World Bronze Medallist ~ 1992
- Canadian Silver Medallist ~ 1993
- World Silver Medallist ~ 1993
- Canadian Champion ~ 1994
- Olympic Silver Medallist ~ 1994
- World Champion ~ 1994
- Canadian Male Athlete of the Year ~ 1994
- Skated with torn ligaments in his ankle at the Canadian Championships,
had to withdraw and could not defend his title (an accomplishment because most people would not have even been able to try
and skate on the ankle) ~ 1995
- World Champion ~ 1995
- Elvis has street named after him in Newfoundland called Stojko Place
~ 1995
- Presented the Meritorious Service Medal for his performance at the
World Championships where he skated with a painful ankle injury ~ 1995
- Canadian Champion ~ 1996
- Came back from a fall in the Short program and skated a technically
brilliant Long program (including the quad-double combination) ~ Worlds 1996
- Canadian Champion ~ 1997
- Gold Medallist at Champions Series Final ~ 1997
- First Person to Ever Land the Quad-Triple Combination ~ 1997
- World Champion ~ 1997
- Canadian Male Athlete of the Year ~ 1997
- Canadian Champion ~ 1998
- Olympic Silver Medallist ~ 1998 (skated after just getting over the
flu and with a pulled groin muscle, by end of the long program had a torn groin muscle, pulled abdominal muscles, and a pinched
nerve; for most skaters this is a career ending injury)
- Presented the Meritorious Service Cross for his performance at the
Nagano Olympics ~ 1999
- Canadian Champion ~ 1999
- Canadian Champion ~ 2000
- World Silver Medallist ~ 2000
- Canadian Champion ~ 2002
- As an amateur competitor in the Senior ranks he won a total of 22
Gold Medals
- As an amateur competitor in the Senior ranks he won a total of 15
Silver Medals
- As an amateur competitor in the Senior ranks he won a total of 6
Bronze Medals
- He was on the podium every year that he competed at the Canadian
Nationals as a senior (1995 he withdrew due to injury, 2001 he did not compete due to injury), he never received less than
a silver medal
- Awarded Key to City of Richmond Hill ~ 2002
- Inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame ~ 2004 (so
far he is the only person to be inducted this soon after his retirement)
