Hos much is Adam Rippon worth?
The figure skater has amassed a net worth of $5 million.
| Net Worth: | $5 million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | November 11, 1989 (34 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 170 |
| Profession: | Figure Skater |
| Nationality: | — |
Biography – A Short Wiki
American figure skater who took gold at the 2016 US Figure Skating Championships. In 2018, he won a bronze medal as part of the team event and became the first openly gay U.S. male athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. He won season 26 of Dancing with the Stars in 2018 and became a judge on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors.
He started skating when he was 10 years old and started competing at the junior level in 2002.
His signature triple lutz has earned the nicknamed “Rippon Lutz.” He was born with significant hearing loss, but surgery early in his life helped restore it.
Career
Rippon began skating when he was ten years, and in 2000 he began to be coached by Yelena Sergeeva, which lasted for seven years until 2007. He won his first silver medal in 2004-05, which was the 2005 US Championships. He also participated at Triglav Trophy in 2005 in the junior division, where he won a gold medal. He participated in several other junior championships, and in 2007 he left Sergeeva and joined Nikolai Morozov in February the same year.
Personal Life
He grew up with five younger siblings and came out as gay in 2015. He is married to Jussi-Pekka Kajaala.
He beat out Max Aaron to win the 2016 US Figure Skating Championships.
Quotes
“Sometimes I’ll be listening to NPR at the gym, and I’ll hear them say, ‘Oh, Donald Trump did this today.’ And I’m like, ‘What?’ All of a sudden, I have more energy than if I drank an espresso.”
— Adam Rippon
“It’s 2018, and being an openly gay man and an athlete, that is part of the face of America now.”
— Adam Rippon
“Being gay has never been a big deal to me, which is why it’s a little funny to be getting all this attention about it.”
— Adam Rippon
“I think I had a stress fracture before I broke my foot, and I think that was absolutely because I was not getting enough nutrients.”
— Adam Rippon
“There are so many emotions when I step on the ice.”
— Adam Rippon