Elvis Stojko

Canadian figure skater and two-time Olympic silver medalist who pioneered the quadruple jump combination, becoming the first skater ever to land a quad-triple combination in competition.

Elvis Stojko was born on 22 March 1972 in Newmarket, Ontario, to a Hungarian mother and Slovenian father, and was named after Elvis Presley. At the 1991 World Championships in Munich, he became the first skater in history to land a quadruple-double jump combination, a feat he achieved by studying VHS tapes of rivals attempting the quad. Stojko won his first World Championship in 1994, the same year he won Olympic silver at Lillehammer, and defended his world title in 1995 despite a partially torn ankle ligament sustained just weeks before the competition. At the 1996-97 Champions Series Final, he became the first skater ever to land a quadruple-triple jump combination, going on to win his third World title weeks later in Lausanne after being fourth in the short program. Stojko won a second Olympic silver medal at the 1998 Nagano Games while competing through a serious groin injury and flu, downgrading his planned quadruple jump but still holding on for the podium. He retired from competitive skating in 2006 after seven Canadian national titles, and has since worked as a commentator, martial artist and coach, settling for a time in Mexico before returning to Canada.

Explosively athletic jumper renowned for technical daring, incorporating martial arts-inspired choreography and pushing jump difficulty beyond his era's norms

Regarded as one of the sport's most influential technical innovators, whose athletic, martial-arts-inspired style pushed men's figure skating into a new era

• 3x World Champion (1994, 1995, 1997)
• 2x Olympic Silver Medal (1994, 1998)
• 7x Canadian National Champion
• First skater to land a quadruple-triple jump combination