Nam Nguyen

Who they were

Personal life Nam Nguyen was born May 20, 1998, in Ottawa . [ 1 ] Both of his parents are from Vietnam — his father, Sony, moved to Canada in 1988 and sponsored his wife, Thu, in 1994. [ 2 ] His father is an engineer and his mother works for a medical software company. [ 2 ] His sister, Kim, is six years younger and is also a figure skater. [ 3 ] He lived in Richmond, British Columbia , and Burnaby , B.C. from 1999 to 2012, and then moved to Toronto , Ontario,

Nam Nguyen is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2019 Skate Canada silver medallist, and two-time Canadian national champion. He has placed as high as fifth at the World Championships, in 2015.

Path and career

Career Nguyen began skating in 2003. [ 1 ] Growing up, his figure skating idols were Evgeni Plushenko , Stephane Lambiel , and Jeffrey Buttle . Nguyen also cited his former training mates, Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez , as being his inspirations. [ 2 ] Early career Nguyen during the gala at the 2009 Four Continents Championships From 2007 to 2009, Nguyen won three Canadian national men's titles — Juvenile, Pre-Novice, and Novice — each time becoming the youngest skater to do so. [ 3 ]

Why this date

Nam Nguyen appears on our May 20 calendar for 1998 as a birth entry.