Stojko biography

One of the best known names in men’s figure skating, Elvis Stojko was named after another famous Elvis, singer Elvis Presley, and began his career on the ice at the age of four. He attended his first World Championship in 1990, placing 9th, and the following year he was the first man to land a quadruple-double jump combination at an international tournament, although he only placed 6th overall.

He came in 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics, but also reached the international podium for the first time that year with a bronze medal at the World Championships. He improved to second place in 1993 and, a year later, took the Canadian and World Championships in addition to a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

That year he won the Lionel Conacher Award as Canada’s top male athlete. Although he suffered a serious ankle injury that caused him to withdraw from the Canadian Championships, he nevertheless retained his World Championship title in 1995 and retook the Canadian