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Johnny Weir Net Worth: How Rich Is the Figure Skater in 2022?

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Weir is an American figure skater and television commentator known for representing the U.S. in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. The Johnny Weir net worth figure is $4 million in 2022.

Johnny Weir during ladies free skating in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Skate America
(Photo by Christian Petersen – – International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)

Early Life and Bio

Full NameJohn Garvin Weir
Birth Date / AgeJuly 2, 1984 / 37 Years Old
Birth PlaceCoatesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Source of WealthSkating / Commentary
Relationship StatusSingle
Height5 ft. 9 in. / 175 cm.
Net Worth$4 Million

John Garvin Weir was born in July of 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania to parents John and Patti (née Moore). His father was a nuclear power plant engineer, while his mother was a nuclear power plant worker and home inspector.

Of Norwegian heritage, Weir has one sibling, a younger brother by the name of Brian “Boz”.

Meanwhile, Johnny and his brother were raised in an Amish-dominated rural town named Quarryville. However, they would later relocate to New Britain, Connecticut, and then Newark, Delaware according to Philadelphia Magazine.

Weir was an honor roll student at Newark High School before enrolling at the University of Delaware. Yet, he would drop out before receiving his linguistics degree.

Johnny Weir competes in his Figure Skating men's short program at the Pacific Coliseum
(Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Johnny Weir Net Worth and Career

Weir began honing his craft of figure skating throughout the 1990s. Then, he became eligible to compete in the Junior Grand Prix during the 1999–2000 season. By 2001, he was ranked 18th-best in the world.

Incredibly, he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships for three straight years from 2003-to 2005. This inevitably led to him entering the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Weir placed fifth in 2006 and then sixth at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC.

Since 2013, Weir has been serving as a commentator for NBC. Multiple sources claim that he earns a salary of about $500 thousand for announcing skating competitions on the network.

In 2020, Weir was a contestant on the 29th season of Dancing with the Stars. He and his partner, Britt Stewart, made it to the semi-finals before getting eliminated.

Lastly, the Olympian made an appearance on The Masked Singer in 2019, but he was eliminated in the season’s first week.

Johnny Weir Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the former skater possesses about 696 thousand Instagram followers. To go along with that, Weir has roughly 376 thousand followers on his Twitter account as of June 2022.

Personal Life

In early 2011, Weir came out as gay and has since been involved with LGBTQ activism.

Weir officially partnered with Victor Voronov the following year. Unfortunately, the couple announced their split in 2015. Weir appears to remain single to this day.

Johnny Weir Net Worth

The Johnny Weir net worth figure of $4 million has been amassed since the early 2010s. Unfortunately, Olympic figure skaters don’t make much money. It’s his work as a commentator that has yielded him the biggest profits.

Johnny Weir FAQ

How tall is Johnny Weir?


Online sources list the former figure skater as standing about five feet nine inches. In other words, Weir is approximately 1.75 meters in height.

Who is Johnny Weir dating?


Nowadays, Weir is living the single life. He and his partner, Victor Voronov, split in 2015 after being together for roughly four years.

Johnny Weir News

Johnny Weir of the United States performs during the exhibition at the ISU Grand Prix
(Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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