| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | December 15, 1994 Los Angeles |
| Home town | Highland Park, Illinois |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Coach | Kori Ade |
| Choreographer | Rohene Ward Rob Peal |
| Skating club | Skokie Valley Skating Club |
| Current training locations | Lake Arrowhead, California Northbrook, Illinois |
| Began skating | 1999 |
| World standing | 43 (As of 16 June 2011[update])[1] |
| Season's bests | 49 (2010–2011)[2] |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 208.41 2011 JGP Final |
| Short program | 68.77 2011 JGP Final |
| Free skate | 139.64 2011 JGP Final |
Jason Brown (born December 15, 1994 in Los Angeles) is an American figure skater. He is the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and 2010 U.S. Junior champion.
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Brown began skating at age three-and-half,[3] his mother having signed up his sister and him to Learn to Skate classes.[4] He has been coached by Kori Ade since the age of five,[5] and trains in various rinks in the Chicago area.[4] Most of his programs have been choreographed by Rohene Ward.[4][6] Brown also skated pairs with Thea Milburn for three years.[3]
At 11, Brown won the national juvenile title.[7] He won the bronze medal at the 2009 U.S. Novice Championships.
During the 2009–10 season, he won the U.S. junior title,[8] after placing second in the short program, 0.07 behind the leader,[9] and in the long program.[10]
During the 2010–11 season, Brown began competing internationally at the junior level. He won the silver medal at the Junior Grand Prix in France and placed 6th in his second JGP event in Japan. He finished 9th in his senior national debut at the 2011 U.S. Championships with an impressive performance despite not attempting a triple axel, which he had decided to put off due to a growth spurt.[11][12] He was assigned to compete at the World Junior Championships where he finished 7th. Brown worked on the triple axel for the following season, while adapting to another growth spurt.[13] He stopped wearing hinge boots.[14]
Brown began the 2011–12 season by winning his first Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane, Australia.[15][16] He then won silver in Milan, Italy, to qualify for the final. In a December 2011 interview, Brown said he needed the triple axel to be competitive on the senior level and continued to work on it.[17] He occasionally uses Dartfish, a computer imaging system, and a harness.[6] At the Junior Grand Prix Final, Brown was second in both segments and won the gold medal overall.[18]
Jason Brown's mother is a television producer and his father works for a lighting company. He has an older sister, Jordan, and a younger brother, Dylan. He is Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah. He goes to Highland Park High School and received the Ralph Potter Memorial award for Exceptional Ability and Achievement and the President's Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence.[19] He has taken many years of piano lessons.[17]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2011–2012 | Grand Guignol by Bajofondo Tango Club |
Flow Like Water from The Last Airbender soundtrack by James Newton Howard choreo. by Rohene Ward[13] |
A Drop in the Ocean by Ron Pope |
| 2010–2011 | Baliwood by King City |
Nessun dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa-Mae |
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| 2009–2010 | Hey Pachuco by Royal Crown Revue |
Pax de Deux from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
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| 2008–2009 | Money by Pink Floyd |
Music from Russian Cinema by Moscow Symphony Orchestra |
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| 2007–2008 | Storm by Antonio Vivaldi |
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
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| World Junior Championships | 7th | ||||||
| U.S. Championships | 3rd N. | 1st J. | 9th | ||||
| U.S. Junior Championships | 7th Ju. (QR) | 1st Ju. | 2nd I. | ||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Australia | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Italy | 2nd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, France | 2nd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 6th | ||||||
| Gardena Spring Trophy | 1st J. | ||||||
| Midwestern Sectionals | 2nd N. | 1st J. | 1st | ||||
| Upper Great Lakes Regionals | 3rd Ju. | 1st Ju. | 1st I. | 2nd N. | 1st J. | ||
| Ju. = Juvenile level; I. = Intermediate level; N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level; QR = Qualifying round | |||||||