An Evening with Champions
2012 dates and performers to be determined
2011 Evening with Champions performers
Thank you to the following inspirational athletes who made the event successful:
Hosts
Paul Wylie - 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist, Harvard and Eliot House Alum
Emily Hughes - 2007 Olympic Silver Medalist and a member of the 2006 Olympic Team
Ladies
Yuna Kim - 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2009 World Champion, 2009 Four Continent Champion, 3 Time Grand Prix Final Champion, www.yunakim.com/
Oksana Baiul - 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist
Rachael Flatt - 2010 U.S. National Champion, 2008 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. Silver Medalist, www.figureskatersonline.com/rachaelflatt/
Emily Hughes - Olympian, Harvard student
Christina Gao - 2009 U.S. Junior Bronze Medalist, www.figureskatersonline.com/christinagao/profile.htm
Yasmin Siraj - 2010 U.S. Junior Silver Medalist and a two-time medalist in the Junior Grand Prix Series. Yasmin is also a Brookline, Mass. native and a student at Brookline High school, web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=101020&mode=I
Men
Ross Miner - 2011 US National Bronze Medalist
Shawn Sawyer - Olympian, 2011 Canadian National Silver Medalist
Jason Wong - 2010 US Collegiate Champion
Alexander Aiken - 2011 US Junior Bronze Medalist
Ice Dance
Maia and Alex Shibutani - 2011 World Bronze Medalists
Charlotte Lichtman and Dean Copely - 2011 U.S. Junior Champions, 2011 World Junior Bronze Medalists, www.ice-dance.com/athletes/244-profile-charlotte-lichtman-a-dean-copely
Pairs
Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov - Three-Time Olympic Champions, Four-Time World Champions
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir - 2009 World Junior Bronze Medalists
Synchronized
The Haydenettes - Synchronized Skating 2011 World Bronze Medalists and 2011 U.S. National Champions, www.haydensynchroteams.com/haydenettes.html
Team Excell - Boston Skating Club's own synchronized skating team, http://www.excelsynchro.org/
Evening with Champions history
Every year, An Evening with Champions invites world-class ice skaters to express their artistry and athletic ability before an audience of all ages. Over the past 40 years, skaters such Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano, Michelle Kwan, Ilia Kulik, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Oksana Baiul, Nancy Kerrigan and countless others have graced the Harvard ice with their talent. This year's event raised $86,000.
An Evening with Champions was founded in 1970 by former US champion John Misha Petkevich. Since then it has been run entirely by Harvard University students, including 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1990 Harvard graduate Paul Wylie, raising more than $2.2 million for the Jimmy Fund.
For more information:
Contact: Kelly See
Phone: (617) 582-7916
E-mail: kelly_see@dfci.harvard.edu
To purchase tickets: www.aneveningwithchampions.org
