ATHLETE BIOS »
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| Competitive History | ||
| 2006 Four Continents Championships - 9th | 1998 Trophée Lalique - 2nd | |
| 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th | 1998 Challenge of Champions - 3rd | |
| 2005 Trophee Eric Bompard - 6th | 1998 Skate America - 2nd | |
| 2005 Campbell's Classic - 2nd | 1998 Keri Lotion Figure Skating Classic - 2nd | |
| 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships - 5th | 1998 Goodwill Games - 4th | |
| 2004 NHK Trophy - 4th | 1998 World Championships - 6th | |
| 2004 Smart Ones Skate America - 3rd | 1998 Olympic Winter Games - 7th | |
| 2004 Marshalls World Skating Challenge - 4th | 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | |
| 2004 World Figure Skating Championships - 6th | 1997 Cup of Russia - 4th | |
| 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | 1997 Nations Cup - 5th | |
| 2003 ISU Grand Prix Final - 3rd | 1997 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 2nd | |
| 2003 International Figure Skating Challenge - 3rd | 1997 World Championships - 7th | |
| 2003 Cup of Russia - 4th | 1997 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | |
| 2003 Trophée Lalique - 3rd | 1996 Cup of Russia - 3rd | |
| 2003 Smart Ones Skate America - 1st | 1996 Trophée Lalique - 3rd | |
| 2003 Campbell's Classic - 3rd | 1996 Skate Canada - 6th | |
| 2003 ABC Sports International Figure Skating Challenge - 3rd | 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy - 1st | |
| 2003 World Championships - 5th | 1996 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 3rd | |
| 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1996 State Farm U.S. Championships - 5th | |
| 2002 Crest Whitestrips Challenge - 2nd | 1995 Skate America - 2nd | |
| 2002 Trophée Lalique - 1st | 1995 World University Games - 1st | |
| 2002 Bofrost Cup on Ice - 4th | 1995 State Farm U.S. Championships - 6th | |
| 2002 Smart Ones Skate America - 5th | 1995 Eastern Sectional - 3rd | |
| 2002 Campbell's Classic - 3rd | 1994 Nations Cup - 10th | |
| 2002 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | 1994 Goodwill Games - 6th | |
| 2002 World Championships - 6th | 1994 State Farm U.S. Championships - 8th | |
| 2002 Olympic Winter Games - 7th | 1994 World Junior Championships - 1st | |
| 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships - 3rd | 1993 Nebelhorn Trophy - 2nd | |
| 2001 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | 1993 Grand Prix St. Gervais - 2nd | |
| 2001 Eastern Sectional - 1st | 1993 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 1st | |
| 2001 Nations Cup - 8th | 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival - 6th | |
| 2001 Smart Ones Skate America - 4th | 1993 World Junior Championships - 2nd | |
| 2001 Goodwill Games - 2nd | 1993 South Atlantic Regional, Junior - 1st | |
| 2001 ISU Top Jump - 4th | 1992 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 5th | |
| 2001 Four Continents Championships - 3rd | 1992 Eastern Sectional, Junior - 1st | |
| 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th | 1992 South Atlantic Regional, Junior - 1st | |
| 2000 Cup of Russia - 6th | 1991 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice - 3rd | |
| 2000 International Figure Skating Challenge (team) - 2nd | 1991 State Farm U.S. Championships (fig) - 2nd | |
| 2000 World Championships - 3rd | 1991 Eastern Sectional (fig) - 1st | |
| 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1991 Eastern Sectional, Novice - 1st | |
| 1999 Trophée Lalique - 5th | 1991 South Atlantic Regional, Novice - 1st | |
| 1999 Skate America - 4th | 1990 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice - 5th | |
| 1999 Keri Lotion Classic (Team USA) - 2nd | 1990 State Farm U.S. Championships (fig) - 1st | |
| 1999 Hershey's Kisses (Team USA) - 2nd | 1990 Eastern Sectional, Novice - 1st | |
| 1999 World Championships - 3rd | 1990 South Atlantic Regional, Novice - 1st | |
| 1999 ISU Grand Prix Final - 4th | 1989 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice - 2nd | |
| 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st | 1989 Eastern Sectional, Novice - 1st | |
| 1998 Sears Canadian Open - 2nd | 1988 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice - 6th | |
2005-06 Season Notes
Short Program Music: “La Donna e Mobile” by Verdi; Free Skate Music: “5th Symphony, Moonlight Sonata, and 9th Symphony” by Beethoven
2004-05 Season Notes
SP Music: "Henry V" ... FS Music: "Stairway to Heaven" and "Bonzo's Montreaux" by Led Zeppelin and "Unforgiven" by Metallica.
Weiss was the third alternate for the Grand Prix Final.
2003-04 Season Notes
Short Program Music: Henry V (soundtrack) ... Free Skate Music: Patriotic medley ... Weiss used a patriotic-themed free skate to take third place in the Campbell's Classic Oct. 3 in New York City ... He won his first-ever Smart Ones Skate America title, and second Grand Prix title, in Reading, Pa. ... He followed his Skate America title with a bronze at Trophée Lalique and also won bronze at the ISU Grand Prix Final.
2002-03 Season Notes
Weiss finished fifth at the World Championships in front of his hometown fans in Washington, D.C. ... He won his qualifying group at the event ... Weiss rebounded from a fourth-place finish in the short program to win his third U.S. title at the 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships.
In a final tune-up prior to the 2003 U.S. Championships, Weiss placed second at the Crest Whitestrips International Figure Skating Challenge in Auburn Hills, Mich., Dec. 13 ... Weiss claimed the first Grand Prix title of his career with a dramatic gold medal finish at Tropheé Lalique in Paris on Nov. 16 ... Weiss rebounded from a fifth-place finish in the short program to take top spot in the event ... Weiss opened the 2002-03 Grand Prix Series with a fifth-place finish at Smart Ones Skate America in Spokane, Wash. ... At Skate America, Weiss debuted the "Freedom Blade," the first major international competition that any skater has used the new skating blade ... On Oct. 29, Weiss announced that he and longtime coach Audrey Weisiger would no longer be working together and that he would begin working with Don Laws immediately as his full-time coach.
2001-02 Season Notes
Weiss had an injury-plagued 2000-01 season, and looked to regain the consistent form that saw him claim two U.S. titles and two World bronze medals from 1999-00 ... With a silver medal to start the season at the Goodwill Games, Weiss appeared ready to challenge for the podium again in the U.S. and qualify for his second straight U.S. Olympic Team ... After winning the bronze at the 2002 U.S. Championships, Weiss placed seventh in the 2002 Olympics and made his fifth appearance at the World Championships and first since the 2000 event in Nice, France.
Notes
Weiss started skating at age 9 because his sister also skated ... During the 1999-2000 season, Weiss rebounded from a stress fracture in his left ankle to capture his second straight U.S. title and World bronze medal ... Won the silver medal in men's figures at the 1991 U.S. Championships in Minneapolis, Minn ... Named "1999 Father of the Year" by the National Fatherhood Initiative in Washington, D.C ... In 2004, he was named a "Golden Dad" by Golden Slumbers, LLC, a partnership that includes the National Fatherhood Initiative ... Currently a motivational speaker, “I speak to companies, employees, students, athletes, and many others and tell them my experiences with the Olympic process. I tell how these lessons learned through athletics can be applied to many different areas in life, to be happy and successful.” ... In 2004 started the Michael Weiss Foundation to raise money to support Olympic hopefuls of the future ... Hobbies include parenting, carpentry and fantasy football ... He also enjoys hockey, golf and tennis ... Hails from an athletic family as his sister Geremi was a junior national silver medalist in figure skating, his sister Genna was a Junior World diving champion, his father was on the 1964 Olympic Gymnastics Team and his mother was a national gymnastics champion ... He is a 1997 graduate of Prince George's College with an associate's degree in business marketing and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society ... Athlete he most admires is Michael Jordan because of his athletic ability and his confidence ... Married his choreographer, the former Lisa Thornton ... He and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child, daughter Annie-Mae in September 1998, and son Christopher Michael in October 1999.
Awards
2004 Golden Dad Award
2000 SKATING magazine Readers' Choice Award ...
2000 USFSA/USOC Male Figure Skater of the Year ...
1999 Father of the Year by the National Fatherhood Initiative
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