Ryan Bradley

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**Ryan Bradley**

Ryan Bradley at Skate America in 2006.
Personal Info
Country:	United States
Date of birth:	November 17, 1983 (1983-11-17) (age 24)
Height:	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Former Partner:	Tiffany Vise
Coach:	Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Choreographer:	Nikolai Morozov, Braden Overett
Skating Club:	Broadmoor SC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	196.29	2007 4CC
Short Program:	68.83	2007 4CC
Free Skate:	132.19	2007 Trophee Eric Bompard

Most Recent Results :
Event	Points	Finish	Year
National Championships	221.31	5th	2008

Ryan Bradley (born November 17, 1983 in St. Joseph, Missouri) is an American figure skater best known for his crowd-pleasing programs and backflips. He is the 2007 U.S. national silver medalist and three time US Collegiate Champion. Bradley represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.

1 Career
2 Off the ice
3 Programs
4 Competitive highlights
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Career

Bradley began skating at the age of two in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills program. His sister and parents were also figure skaters and his sister, Becky, is now a figure skating coach.

From 1996-1998, Bradley competed in pairs with Tiffany Vise.^[1].

Bradley has had an up-and-down career. He had a lot of success as a junior, but was unable to break through the ranks as a senior. He took most of the 2004-2005 season off. He decided to stay around after the 2005-2006 Olympic season. He earned a spot to the 2006 Skate America due to the retirement of most of the skaters who had placed ahead of him at the 2006 National Championships.

At the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships, Bradley was the surprise winner of the silver medal, finishing ahead of defending champion Johnny Weir. Bradley skated last in the free skate. Upon learning that he had won the silver, Bradley skated back onto the ice and performed a backflip for the crowd.

Bradley went on to the 2007 Four Continents Championships, held at his home rink, where he placed fourth behind training-mate Jeremy Abbott.

[edit] Off the ice

He is currently studying business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and is a volunteer at the Broadmoor Skating Club and a coach at the Colorado Springs World Arena. He hopes to one day coach and open his own business.

Bradley appeared in a commercial for Fuji Xerox with Stephane Lambiel, wearing heavy makeup to appear as an old man. He performed a backflip in this commercial. Due to its popularity, Fuji released a second one explaining how it was done.

[edit] Programs

Season	Short Program	Free Skate	Exhibition
2007-2008	The Godfather	Charlie Chaplin	Money
2006-2007	Polka" and "Happy Birthday Variations" by Gidon Kremer	Perez Prado medley - "Mambo en Sax," "Historia De Un Amor" and "El Cumbanchero"	Dueling Banjos", "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
2005-2006		Saturday Night Fever
2004-2005	New York, New York	The Untouchables
2003-2004	New York, New York	Dueling Banjos", "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
World Championships								15th
Four Continents Championships						11th		4th
World Junior Championships	10th	5th		15th
U.S. Championships	1st J.	7th	9th	7th	9th	6th	8th	2nd	5th
U.S. Collegiate Championships							1st	1st	1st
Skate America								8th	6th
Trophee Eric Bompard									5th
Skate Canada International					6th
Karl Schaefer Memorial					4th
Golden Spin of Zagreb			1st
Junior Grand Prix Final		8th	5th
Junior Grand Prix, Poland			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Sweden		3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Canada		2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary	3rd
Junior Grand Prix, France	2nd
Gardena Spring Trophy	1st
Triglav Trophy	1st
Midwestern Sectionals					2nd	1st	4th	2nd
Southwestern Regionals		1st		2nd	1st	1st	1st