Just a whole different style, just a whole different way of going about an audience and a way about skating. And they are so brilliant in their own way, which is great, and that's what Brian was saying; is the styles are different, and it's the whole mentality.

He turned professional in 2002 but 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. Career


1991–1993
At the 1991 World Championships Stojko became the first person to land a quadruple-double jump combination. His father arrived in Canada on a boat in 1955 and his mother Irenee escaped through the Soviet Invasion in 1956.

He is a three-time World champion (1994 1995 1997) two-time Olympic silver medalist (1994 1998) and seven-time Canadian champion (1994 1996-2000 and 2002). Elvis Stojko MSC MSM (born March 22 1972) is a Canadian figure skater.