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Elvis Stojko (born March 22, 1972) is a
Canada|Canadian figure skating world champion.

Stojko was born in Newmarket, Ontario and grew up
in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He began skating at the
age of 4 and won his first trophy when he was 6;
as a child he also studied karate, earning a black
belt when he was 16.

Stojko won silver medals at the 1994 Winter
Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics.  He won the
World Figure Skating Championships in 1994, 1995,
and 1997.  He also won the Canadian Championships
in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002.
In 1995 he suffered a serious ankle injury at the
Canadian Championships but was determined to
compete anyway. He began his short program but was
not able to complete it due to the injury, and was
awarded a bye to the 1995 World Championships. His
1995 World Championship skate is regarded as one
of his most impressive competitive outings because
his injury had not fully healed, yet he was able
to complete his full routine. Stojko did not
participate in the Canadian Championships in 2001.

At the 1991 World Championships, he became the
first person to land a quadruple-double figure
skating jump|jump combination; at the 1997 World
Championship he became the first person to land a
quadruple-triple jump.

Stojko turned professional in 2002. He briefly
reinstated as an Olympic-eligible skater and
publicly declared his intention to compete in the
2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy, before changing his
mind and resuming his professional skating career.

==References==
*Canoe.ca (2005).
http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamElvisStojko/home.html
SLAM! Presents Elvis Stojko. Retrieved July 2,
2005.
*Brenda Gorman (2005).
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?P
gNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010010 Stojko, Elvis.
Retrieved July 2, 2005.

==External links==
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