Johnny Weir is a Figure skater, actor, and producer. He is a two-time Olympian, and Grand Prix Final Bronze Medalist. Johnny Weir has been the youngest U.S. National Champion in Figure skating since 1991.

How much is Johnny Weir’s net worth?

The estimated annual salary of a figure skater is $20k. However, Johnny Weir most likely earns around $25k as he is a commentator for the Sochi Winter Games.

His net worth is estimated at about $2 million. His impressive net worth shows that the years of hard work was really worth it.

His father’s name is John Weir and his mother is Patti Weir. He has a younger brother, Brian Weir. His mother, Patti was a home inspector.

Johnny Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. His nationality is American and belongs to the Norwegian ethnicity. As a kid, he was shy and smart. He used to be an honor roll student, with excellent grades. Johnny was an “accomplish rider” at the age of nine, winning many equestrian competitions and competing in the Devon Horse Show with his pony, Shadow. Despite his young age, Johnny became successful, and his family moved to Little Britain, Connecticut for further training. Johnny started testing with skates when he was just 11 years old. He started to show his excellent skating skills within the week of learning with a successful axel jump. Later the Weir family moved to New Jersey in order to live nearer Johnny’s coach and rink. 

What high school did Johnny Weir attend?

Johnny Weir went to Newark High School, where he graduated in the year of 2002. He was an honor student in his high school and went to the University of Delaware. He studied linguistics at his university before dropping out in order to full-time pursue his career as a figure skater. 

What is Johnny Weir doing now?

Johnny is a figure skater, actor, and producer. He has been in many competitions for figure skating as well as acted in multiple productions. He has more than 70 credits for filmography. His latest credit includes Spinning Out, a TV series, where he played as Gabriel Richardson.

Johnny Weir’s parents first bought him a pair of used figure skates when he was just about 10 years old. He was self-taught himself and practiced on a patch of ice in the cornfield near their house in Quarryville, where he grew up. Later, he found out that he was skilled at figure skating, therefore his parents got a teacher for him. In order to be near the skating coach, the Weir family moved to Delaware.

His coach paired him up with Jodi Rudden for practice and sharpen on other aspects of figure skating. Later the pair won the South Atlantic Regionals and were qualified for the Junior Olympics. Johnny Weir won many awards within the few years of his career.

Johnny Weir started practicing figure skating in 1992, however, he got serious only after 1994. He had been actively participating in Figure Skating until 2010 where he took a break for 3 seasons in order to focus more on his personal life as well as his other career choices.

Awards and Nomination

Johnny Weir has won many awards throughout the many years that he has been active. He has also been recorded for achieving the Youngest U.S. National Champion since 1991 (2004), as well as First American to win Cup of Russia (2007). Some of his awards include the Reader’s choice award in 2008 and 2010, Human Rights Campaign “Visibility Award” in 2010, and was ranked the seventh-best figure skater in the world in the 2008-2009 season.

Who is Johnny Weir dating?

Johnny Weir was married to Victor Voronov, a Law school graduate in 2011, a few months after same-sex marriage was legalized. However, the couple finally divorced him in 2015. Johnny officially came out on June 11, with the publication of his autobiography, Welcome to My World.  

How tall is Johnny Weir?

His Body measurement. Shoe size, dress size, height, and weight are not found.

Social Media

Johnny Weir is active in social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. He also has an official website, http://johnnygweir.com/, where he updates on his life as well as his career. On his Facebook, @TheOfficialJohnnyGWeir, he has more than 100k followers. On his Instagram, @johnnygweir, he has more than 466k followers. On his Twitter account, he has more than 370k followers.

Did You Know?

• He was self-taught himself and practiced on a patch of ice in the cornfield near their house in Quarryville.
• By the age of 13, he had already mastered all the single and double jumps.
• During his teens, he was very antisocial therefore, didn’t have many friends.

Facts of Johnny Weir