Alex Shibutani

Alex Shibutani
The Shibutanis in 2011
Full nameAlex Hideo Shibutani
Born (1991-04-25) April 25, 1991 (age 33)
Boston, Massachusetts
HometownAnn Arbor, Michigan
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineIce dance
Began skating1998
Retired2018
Highest WS2nd (2016–17)
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships 0 1 2
Four Continents Championships 1 2 1
Grand Prix Final 0 0 2
U.S. Championships 2 4 2
World Junior Championships 0 1 0
Junior Grand Prix Final 0 0 1
Medal list
"" Olympic Games ""
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Boston Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Moscow Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Helsinki Ice dance
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Taipei Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2011 Taipei Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gangneung Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Seoul Ice dance
Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2016–17 Marseille Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2017–18 Nagoya Ice dance
U.S. Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Saint Paul Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kansas City Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2011 Greensboro Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2012 San Jose Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2015 Greensboro Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2018 San Jose Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Omaha Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Boston Ice dance
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Sofia Ice dance
Junior Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2009–10 Tokyo Ice dance

Alex Hideo Shibutani[1] (born April 25, 1991) is an American former competitive ice dancer. Partnered with his sister Maia Shibutani, he is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2018), a three-time World medalist (silver in 2016; bronze in 2011 and 2017), the 2016 Four Continents champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2016, 2017). The Shibutanis have also won six titles on the Grand Prix series and a silver medal at the 2009 World Junior Championships. They are two-time members of the US Olympic team, competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In 2018, they became the first ice dancers who are both of Asian descent to medal at the Olympics (bronze in team figure skating and ice dancing).[2][3] They are the second sibling duo to ever share an ice dancing Olympic medal, and the first from the United States.[4]

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