CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Olympic Team Event bronze medalist (2018)
Olympian (2018)
Four Continents champion (2010)
World Junior champion (2009, '08)
Junior Grand Prix Final champion (2007)
U.S. champion (2016)
U.S. silver medalist (2015, '12)
U.S. pewter medalist (2018)
U.S. junior champion (2008)
U.S. junior silver medalist (2005)
Grand Prix Series medals: 7

HISTORICAL PERSONAL BESTS (pre 2018-19 season)
International Competition
SP – 89.04 (2017 Skate America®)
FS – 182.28 (2016 Trophee de France)
Final Score – 267.53 (2016 Trophee de France)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
SP – 96.52 (2018 U.S. Championships)
FS – 187.77 (2015 U.S. Championships)
Final Score – 272.48 (2015 U.S. Championships)

SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 9 ... Previously coached by Yelena Sergeeva, Nikoli Morozov, Brian Orser, Ghislain Briand, Jason Dungjen and Yuka Sato ... Became the first man to win back-to-back World Junior titles in 2008-09 ... Known for doing a triple Lutz with both arms over head, later dubbed the "Rippon Lutz".

PERSONAL NOTES
Was born deaf and underwent corrective surgery at Yale University as a child ... The oldest of six children (four boys and two girls) ... Has choreographed programs for international competitors Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner and Christina Gao ... Enjoys running and hiking ... Won season 26 of Dancing with the Stars ... Since retiring has become a public figure appearing on a number of television shows ... Authored an autobiography, "Beautiful on the Outside: A Memoir". 

PREVIOUS SEASON NOTES

• 2017-18 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Let Me Think About It" by Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
  FS Music: "Arrival of the Birds" by The Cinematic Orchestra and "O" by Coldplay
   
• 2016-17 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Let Me Think About It" by Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
  FS Music: "Arrival of the Birds" by The Cinematic Orchestra and "O" by Coldplay

• 2015-16 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen
  FS Music: The Beatles medley

• 2014-15 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Nyah" from the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
  FS Music: "Piano Concerto No. 1" by Franz Liszt

• 2013-14 Season Notes
  SP Music: Suite from Carmen for strings and drums by Georges Bizet & Rodion Shchedrin
  FS Music: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy
  
  Costume designer: Jan Longmire

• 2012-13 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Nessun Dorma" by Giacomo Puccini
  FS Music: Music from The Incredibles soundtrack by Michael Giacchino

• 2011-12 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Korobushka" by Bond
  FS Music: "Air" and "Toccata and Fugue" by Bach
  
  Costumes designed by Angela Arana

• 2010-11 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Romeo and Juliet" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  FS Music: "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
  
  Costumes designed by Stephanie Handler

• 2009-10 Season Notes
  SP Music: Selections from the Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack by Neil Diamond
  FS Music: "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" by Samuel Barber
  
  Costumes designed by Josiane Lamond

• 2008-09 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by J.S. Bach
  FS Music: "Send In The Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim and "I Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo

• 2007-08 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by J.S. Bach
  FS Music: "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven

• 2006-07 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Masquerade Waltz" by Aram Khachaturian
  FS Music: Music from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

• 2005-06 Season Notes
  SP music: "Just For You" by Giovanni
  FS music: "Croatian Rhapsody" and "Wonderland" by Maksim Mrvica and "Whisper from the Mirror" by Keiko Matsui

• 2004-05 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Rondo Capriccioso" by Camille Saint-Saens
  FS Music: "Don Quixote" by Leon Minkus

• 2003-04 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Winter" (modern version) from "The Four Seasons" by Vivaldi
  FS Music: "Hungarian Rhapsody" by Listz

• 2002-03 Season Notes
  FS Music: "Fantaisie Impromptu, Op.66" by Chopin

COMPETITIVE HISTORY

• 2018 Olympic Winter Games – 10th
• 2018 Olympic Winter Games – 3rd (Team)
• 2018 U.S. Championships – 4th
• 2017 Grand Prix Final – 5th
• 2017 Skate America® – 2nd
• 2017 NHK Trophy – 2nd
• 2017 Finlandia Trophy – 3rd
• 2016 Grand Prix Final – 6th
• 2016 Trophée de France – 3rd
• 2016 Skate America® – 3rd
• 2016 U.S. International Classic – 3rd
• 2016 World Championships – 6th
• 2016 U.S. Championships – 1st
• 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb – 2nd
• 2015 Rostelecom Cup – 4th
• 2015 Skate Canada International – 4th
• 2015 Finlandia Trophy – 2nd
• 2015 World Championships – 8th
• 2015 Four Continents Championships – 10th
• 2015 U.S. Championships – 2nd
• 2014 Trophée Eric Bompard – 5th
• 2014 Skate Canada International – 10th
• 2014 Finlandia Trophy – 2nd
• 2014 Four Continents Championships – 8th
• 2014 U.S. Championships – 8th
• 2013 NHK Trophy – 4th
• 2013 Skate America® – 2nd
• 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy – 2nd
• 2013 U.S. Championships – 5th
• 2012 NHK Trophy – 8th
• 2012 Cup of China – 4th
• 2012 World Team Trophy – 2nd (team)
• 2012 World Championships – 13th
• 2012 Four Continents Championships – 4th
• 2012 U.S. Championships – 2nd
• 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard – 4th
• 2011 Skate Canada International – 4th
• 2011 Four Continents Championships – 5th
• 2011 U.S. Championships – 5th
• 2010 World Championships – 6th
• 2010 Four Continents Championships – 1st
• 2010 Skate Canada International – 3rd
• 2010 Skate America® – 4th
• 2010 U.S. Championships – 5th
• 2009 NHK Trophy – 6th
• 2009 Trophee Eric Bompard – 3rd
• 2009 World Junior Championships – 1st
• 2009 U.S. Championships – 7th
• 2008 Cup of Russia – 5th
• 2008 Skate America® – 8th
• 2008 World Junior Championships – 1st
• 2008 U.S. Championships, Junior – 1st
• 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final – 1st
• 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria) – 2nd
• 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Romania) – 1st
• 2007 U.S. Championships, Junior – 6th
• 2007 Eastern Sectionals, Junior – 1st
• 2007 South Atlantic Regionals, Junior – 1st
• 2006 U.S. Championships, Junior – 11th
• 2006 Eastern Sectionals, Junior – 3rd
• 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) – 6th
• 2005 Triglav Trophy, Junior – 1st
• 2005 U.S. Championships, Novice – 2nd
• 2005 Eastern Sectionals, Novice – 1st
• 2005 South Atlantic Regionals, Novice – 4th
• 2004 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate – 6th
• 2004 South Atlantic Regionals, Intermediate – 4th
• 2003 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile – 7th
• 2003 South Atlantic Regionals, Juvenile – 4th