Patrick Chan’s Girlfriend Tess Johnson is an accomplished fashion designer; her eponymous company specializes in “designer garments born from unique prints, couture techniques, and classic design”. Her career as a fashion designer though, isn’t what made headlines over the past few years in the skating world. Those headlines focused on the fact that her boyfriend Patrick Chan dumped his long-time coach and replaced her with his girlfriend’s mother – Kathy Johnson. Patrick claims that the…

Ski slopestyle gold medalist Joss Christensen’s girlfriend Brita Sigourney is a fellow Olympic athlete in Sochi, there to compete in the ski halfpipe. Interestingly enough, this actually isn’t her first trip to Sochi. The last time Brita was in Sochi, she suffered a season ending injury (for the third season in a row) when she broke her collarbone and tore shoulder ligaments. It has been about a year since that crash and she is ready…

Marissa Castelli spends so much time with her Olympic figure skating partner, Simon Shnapir, one might get the wrong impression as people often do with pair skaters. Marissa Castelli’s boyfriend David Leenen would surely beg to differ. David Leenen is from Ottawa originally, where he attended Ashbury College. He eventually moved to Boston to attend Boston University, where he was a member of the Skating Club of Boston. Marissa Castelli was also a member of…

When 22 year old Megan Bozak was growing up in Illinois, she was better at sports than all the boys in her neighborhood, and a lot of guys didn’t like that. But, apparently her athletic talents don’t upset the boys anymore; and Megan Bozek’s boyfriend Andrew Ferguson clearly doesn’t have problem one with the talented Olympic women’s hockey team defender either. Andrew Ferguson, after all, is one tough dude. As rugby captain for McMaster University’s…

Ooops, she did it again. Just like Vancouver, Charles Hamelin’s girlfriend Marianne St-Gelais kissed her sweetheart smack on the lips at the track right after his gold medal win yesterday, and the press has gone wild with it. It was the kiss of the 2010 Olympics, making Canadian short track skaters Charles Hamelin and Marianne St-Gelais famous world-over and capturing the heart of Canadians. Yesterday, after crossing the finish line in the men’s 1,500-metre race,…

Camaraderie is a critical element for the success of a team.  We saw it in October with a bearded group of brothers in Boston, and again this February in Seattle with a devastating Seahakws D with total, unwavering trust in one another.  While talent, studying, coaching, and luck will all play in to the success of a team, it’s rare to find a winning team that doesn’t first and foremost trust one another. Take the…

David Wise’s Wife Alexandra Wise is a big reason that his story stands out from others in his sport, largely thought of as a bunch of ski bums. David Wise was only 20 years old when he married Alexandra, and now at the age of 23 is raising his daughter with her in the midst of international competition and a rigorous Olympic training schedule. This balance definitely sets him apart from most of his teammates…