Competitve champion figure skater Adam Rippon once said, "I'm like a witch, and you can't kill me! I keep coming back every year, and every year I get better."
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1. First opnely gay U.S. Winter Olympian
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2. Originally from Pennsylvania, he relocated to train in Lakewood.
3. Broke his foot during training in January 2017.
4. Born deaf, Rippon had corrective surgery.
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