Men
USA
Ryan SHANE
USA- Date of birth23 Jun 2004
- ProfessionAthlete, Chef, Coach
- HometownSalt Lake City
- Place of birthCleveland, OH
- Start skating / Club He took up the sport at age 10 at the Cleveland Heights Speedskating club in Ohio, United States of America. / Cleveland Heights Speedskating: United States
- HobbiesCooking. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- LanguagesEnglish
- Other nameShane ["I go by my last name as there was another skater on the US team before me also named Ryan [Pivirotto]."] (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- CoachNicole Golembiewski [club]; Stephen Gough [national], CAN; Frederic Blackburn [national], CAN
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
Hungarian short track skaters Shaoang Liu and Sandor Liu Shaolin. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
Coach Li Geng. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
To win a gold medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. Outside of sport, he wants to own a restaurant. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023; teamusa.org, 01 Aug 2022)
Winning bronze in the men's 3000m relay at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Dresden, Germany. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
COACHING
He has worked as a coach at the Cleveland Heights Speedskating club in Ohio, United States of America. (shaker.life, 01 Sep 2022)
OCCUPATION
He has worked as a chef de partie [station chef] at a fine dining restaurant in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2022)
He has worked as a coach at the Cleveland Heights Speedskating club in Ohio, United States of America. (shaker.life, 01 Sep 2022)
OCCUPATION
He has worked as a chef de partie [station chef] at a fine dining restaurant in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2022)
He trains for up to 40 hours per week. He combines sessions on the ice with running, cycling, technique work, and strength training.
He first tried figure skating alongside his sister, but short track appealed to him more. "It took me a long time to be any good. I worked up from the bottom and often was last in competitions. But I turned disappointment into motivation."
Nicole Golembiewski [club]; Stephen Gough [national], CAN; Frederic Blackburn [national], CAN
