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  Elvis Stojko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elvis Stojko M.S.C., M.S.M. (born March 22, 1972 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian figure skating world champion.
Stojko's parents immigrated to Canada from Italy in the '50s, his mother FRANCESCA came on a boat in 1955 and his Hungarian-born mother, Frank, escaped through the Russian Invasion in 1956.
Stojko had suffered a groin injury and he was also recovering the flu that had struck many other athletes during the games.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elvis_Stojko   (572 words)

  
 Stojko, Elvis
Stojko began skating at an early age, and when not yet 18 made an impressive Seniors debut, finishing 2nd to reigning world champion Kurt BROWNING at the Canadian championships in 1990.
Stojko's technical and jumping skills were by now unmatched in the world, but judges were unwilling to reward his unorthodox approach to artistic skating.
Stojko didn't compete at the World Championships in 1998, but he did take home a silver medal from the Winter Olympics in Nagano, where he competed with a groin injury.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010010   (481 words)

  
 Elvis (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elvis is the nickname of a particular Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter.
Paavo ja Elvis was a Finnish title for the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes (Elvis was the tiger).
Elvis is the name of a member of the Maian alien race in Perfect Dark.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elvis_(disambiguation)   (187 words)

  
 SLAM! Presents Elvis Stojko
Dealing with adversity is nothing new to Stojko, a three-time world champion, who is almost as well-known for three gallant losses -- at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics and 1996 worlds -- as he is for his three world titles.
Stojko, who has been skating since he was five, burst onto the international scene at the 1991 world championships in Munich when, still a teenager, he nailed a first-ever quad toe-double toe combination and finished sixth.
Elvis Stojko is now faced with another great challenge: contemplating whether or not to retire from competitive skating.
www.canoe.ca /SlamElvisStojko/home.html   (602 words)

  
 ESPN.com: OLY - Elvis leaves: Stojko retires from amateur competition
Elvis Stojko, the three-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist, announced his retirement from the top competitive level Tuesday.
Stojko was eighth at the Salt Lake City Olympics after a 10th at the 2001 world championships.
Stojko's seven Canadian titles are one fewer than those won by Brian Orser, who was a mentor for a young Stojko when both trained in Barrie, Ontario, in the 1980s with coach Doug Leigh.
espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/0312/1349991.html   (633 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Elvis Stojko laces up his skates for comeback - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Stojko has been touring the United States for the last two months as a member of the Champions On Ice cast that appears in Detroit on Friday.
Stojko announced his retirement on March 12, 2002, and he was named to the Skate Canada Hall of Fame last June.
Stojko said he'll be working with a new coach but did not divulge a name.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1051710533105_150?hub=Sports&subhub=PrintStory   (658 words)

  
 Elvis Stojko shows courage in the face of pain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elvis Stojko is undoubtedly one of Canada's most heroic athletes.
Through these triumphant years, Stojko has kept the same message: "Don't pretend to be someone else, be yourself." He has not let the victory go to his head, but works had to earn each one.
Stojko is a representative for the Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital.
www.snn-rdr.ca /snn/old/oct99/oct99/stojko.htm   (621 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Skater ends five-month comeback
Stojko was the first man to land a quadruple combination jump in competition.
Stojko spent the summer in his hometown of Richmond Hill outside Toronto working on new programs he was to unveil at the Skate Canada International meet in Mississauga at the end of October.
Stojko won world titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997 and Olympic silver medals in 1994 and 1998 -- the latter despite a serious groin injury.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1624034&type=news   (420 words)

  
 SKTG-Stojko-Quits, 1st Writethru……………………….. #####..REUSE STORY ID..!!!!...####   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stojko advised the national governing body of the sport of his decision after returning from a week resting in Florida.
Stojko spent the summer in his home town of Richmond Hill just north of Toronto working on new programs he was to unveil at the Skate Canada International meet in Mississauga at the end of October.
Stojko won world titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997 and Olympic silver in 1994 and 1998 - the latter despite a serious groin injury.
www.cp.org /english/online/full/skating/030926/l092608A.html   (617 words)

  
 TIME: His Highness The King
Stojko, who earned his first world title a month after the Lillehammer Games, is at perhaps the pinnacle of his career.
Stojko, however, is not dwelling on the loss or on any possible jinx, just on the importance of being Elvis.
Stojko learned to be true to himself in a childhood where the best things didn't come easily.
www.time.com /time/magazine/1998/int/980202/special_section.canadas_5.html   (900 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Turns out Elvis has not left the building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Elvis feels he is skating better than ever and he has already started to train in anticipation for the coming season," Skate Canada, the governing national body, said Tuesday.
Stojko said he will work with a new coach but did not say who it is. Randy Gardner will be his choreographer.
Stojko won world titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997 and the Olympic silver medal in 1994 and 1998.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2003-04-29-stojko-returning_x.htm   (392 words)

  
 Macleans.ca | Top Stories | Sports | Back in the building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elvis (Stojko, that is) returns to the spotlight as a formidable kung fu fighter
Stojko deftly sidesteps an attempted strike, clips his attacker's weapon with his own and slips in behind him, giving himself a clear shot at the back of his would-be assailant's head.
Stojko left the amateur skating world behind in 2002 and, though he tries to get on the ice every day to keep fit, spends most of the year living out of a suitcase.
www.macleans.ca /topstories/sports/article.jsp?content=20050801_110187_110187   (1206 words)

  
 Town of Richmond Hill - Elvis Stojko Awarded First-Ever Key to Richmond Hill - September 23, 2002
Mayor Bell thanked Elvis by saying, "Elvis Stojko has been a marvellous ambassador for the Town as he has risen to the top of the figure skating world.
As a proud resident, Elvis Stojko put Richmond Hill on the map internationally with his premiere athleticism and dynamic personality.
Elvis has also helped the Town provide financial support to local skaters; most notably, through his annual performances in the Mayor's Gala Celebration of Figure Skating since 1997.
www.town.richmond-hill.on.ca /subpage.asp?textonly=true&pageid=news_stojko_key   (280 words)

  
 CBC News: Elvis Stojko in conversation with CBC Newsworld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Christopher Thomas: Elvis, we all know about the record, the highlights -- they are in the books.
Elvis Stojko brought unprecedented athleticism to figure skating.
Elvis Stojko: Well, there's a lot of highlights -- first quad-double, first quad-triple, two (Olympic) silvers, my world championships.
www.cbc.ca /cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2002/03/15/Sports/stojko020315   (761 words)

  
 ESPN.com: SKATING - Stojko: Nothing left to prove   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Canadian figure skater Elvis Stojko, a three-time world and six-time national champion, withdrew from the Canadian Championships with a knee injury that kept him from defending his national title.
Stojko, the current world silver medalist, talked with ABC Sports during the ISU season and shared his passion for skating and his battle against injury.
Elvis Stojko: Well, I think the biggest thing going into this season was just taking another step forward from what I had done last year.
espn.go.com /skating/s/elvis.html   (801 words)

  
 OLYMPICS/NAGANO 1998
Elvis earned an advanced fl belt in karate at age 16, and while other skaters were bringing elegant dance moves into their choreography, he started incorporating punches and kicks.
To the judges, Elvis sang Dylan: "Most likely you go your way (and I'll go mine)." "In my skating, the moves are from me," he says.
Redemption came as Elvis vaulted to three world titles with performances of such athleticism that they could not be denied.
www.time.com /time/reports/olympics/stojko.html   (853 words)

  
 Northeast Times
Elvis Stojko became interested in ice skating when he was watching someone on television spinning and doing tricks.
Elvis, who turned 33 years old on March 22, believes skating as an amateur vs. a professional is very different.
Elvis feels that the hardest jump he has ever performed was the quadruple lutz, which he has successfully landed in practice.
www.northeasttimes.com /2005/0331/kids.html   (1378 words)

  
 SKTG-Stojko   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
TORONTO (CP) - Elvis Stojko is hoping a week's relaxation in Florida will enable him to shake the mystery virus that has interrupted his figure skating training schedule.
Stojko, 31, has been off skates for more than two weeks since being weakened by the virus.
Skate Canada has assigned Stojko to the Skate Canada International meet in Mississauga, Ont., at the end of October and to a Grand Prix meet in China in early November.
www.cp.org /premium/ONLINE/member/skating/030918/l091811A.html   (355 words)

  
 Elvis Stojko King of the Ice
Stojko has not competed since the Olympics, when he won a silver medal in spite of a painful groin injury and a virus that swept the athlete's village in Nagano.
Elvis was beaten by the quad that he usually does flawlessly and a sixteen year old Russian kid.
Elvis Stojko, our three-time world champion, who did not compete in Sapporo, was commentating with Barb Underhill at the Sears Figure Skating Open in Kitchener, Ontario this weekend, found out from Barb while on TV that he also qualified for St. Petersburg.
www.fs4christ.com /Elvis-Stojko.html   (3882 words)

  
 Elvis Stojko Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Also, there is a small addition to the Elvis Moments page, from backstage at the Summer COI tour stop in Rochester, New York.
Elvis hasn't been on TV much since turning professional, so many of the updates for now will probably be older stuff from his competitive years.
Elvis kicked it off with the Goodwill Games, for which there are a ton of new pix.
elvisstojkogallery.tripod.com /new.html   (2842 words)

  
 Elvis is Back   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stojko is one of the headliners due to his reputation as an entertainer, a strength that he capitalizes on in many ways today.
Stojko is also developing his acting chops, preparing for a role in a Canadian production of "Grease." He play the slick radio host Vince Fontaine in the show.
Stojko is no stranger to such shows, he skates regularly for good causes here and in Canada.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20040907/LI_001.htm   (747 words)

  
 Elvis Stojko Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elvis is responsible for some of the most pivotal moments in figure skating history, not the least of which were the first quadruple-double and quadruple-triple jump combinations.
I first discovered Elvis in 1994, when I saw him compete in Lillehammer, Norway at the Winter Olympics, representing his home country of Canada.
Through this mutual fandom I have made many friends, and have shared many special moments with those fellow Elvis fans at the many events we have gathered at to see him perform.
elvisstojkogallery.tripod.com   (465 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Sports (Elviscerated)
Stojko and Lindros are friends, which makes them an unlikely pair to have at one another in a bar.
Lindros occasionally popped up at a Stojko practice while Elvis was preparing for the Olympics, and the two were known to joke about the rumor that had become attached to them.
Elvis Stojko was to win silver medal again at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, in a performance noted as much for the skater's courage as for his
www.snopes.com /sports/hockey/lindros.asp   (769 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Elvis Stojko
At a very young age, Stojko developed a love for things that move fast: motorcycles, cars, snowmobiles and the like.
He is also superstitious in his preparation: for the past 20 years, he has always put his left skate on first.
Stojko was named after his father's idol — Elvis Presley.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/profiles/stojko.htm   (106 words)

  
 1995 World Wushu Championships
The Elvis face and/or name were also hyped in four hectic radio spots, a full-color poster and numerous flyers and press releases.
Nor was it until the advent of Elvis Stojko that this world-class tournament finally did succeed in attracting the jaded, big-market, Balto/Washington media's full attention.
Elvis and sifu Doyle checked their lighting and music cues and rehearsed their piece for the last time on the afternoon of the 18th at the Baltimore Arena, site of the Championships.
www.angelfire.com /ca4/GlenDoyle/ikffeb96.html   (2612 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Olympics - Athlete of the Day
And I am much stronger than I was before." Stojko's intestinal fortitude and his affinity for fighting comes naturally -- he's a fl belt in karate and a practitioner of Chinese kung-fu.
In 1997, Stojko became the first man to land a quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop in competition.
Stojko pushes the edge of the envelope because he wants to, not because he has to.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/events/1998/nagano/athlete_of_day/stojko.html   (612 words)

  
 Elvis Stojko Biography / Biography of Elvis Stojko Sports Stars Biography
Stojko, whose parents named him after the king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley, has jumped his way to the king's throne in men's figure skating.
Elvis Stojko (Stoykoe) was born January 22, 1972.
Stojko grew up on a 50-acre farm in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, in an area just north of Toronto.
www.bookrags.com /biography-elvis-stojko-spo   (205 words)

  
 Elvis Stojko Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elvis' first appearance onscreen came about halfway through the show, as Foley wandered outside a cabin, distraught that his Christmas TV special wasn't panning out as he'd planned.
The "Mexican Elvis", El Vez, and his female backup singers, the El Vettes, arrive to entertain for Dave's TV show.
Elvis comes downstairs, annoyedly exclaiming that he's on his way out until Dave asks him to stay.
elvisstojkogallery.tripod.com /foley.html   (418 words)

  
 Elvis is looking to be the King: 2/12/98
If Elvis Stojko is to finally win his figure skating Olympic gold medal, it will be done his way, with no frills and a macho edge that judges have learned to expect and appreciate from the stocky Canadian.
Stojko's performance today will be limited by the restrictions of the short program.
Stojko was the first skater to complete a quadruple toe loop-triple toe loop in competition, and he promises to include it in his long program.
www.s-t.com /daily/02-98/02-12-98/d03sp165.htm   (716 words)

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