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Alex Hideo Shibutani (born April 25, 1991) is an American former competitive ice dancer. Partnered with his sister Maia Shibutani, he is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2018), a three-time World medalist (silver in 2016; bronze in 2011 and 2017), the 2016 Four Continents champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2016, 2017).
May 5, 2023 · Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani ‘s accomplishments include two bronze medals at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and becoming the first Asian American ice dance couple elected to U.S. Figure Skating’s Hall of Fame.
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Maia Shibutani, 27, and her older brother Alex Shibutani, 30, are the sibling ice dancing team known as "ShibSibs." Maia, born in New York City, and Alex, born in Boston, moved to Colorado and then to Michigan as they focused on their skating. Both attended the University of Michigan.
Maia first began ice skating when she was four years old. Alex, three years older than his sister, quickly tired of being a spectator at the rink while Maia practiced and performed. So, he put on a pair of skates and stepped on the ice. They skated individually before their parents teamed them up, with the siblings having been inspired by the ice d...
The duo first performed in the Olympics as part of the U.S. team in 2014 in Sochi. The Shibutanis finished ninth, gaining attention with their Michael Jackson free dance...
The ShibSibs earned their first Olympic medal by taking bronze in team figure skating at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, becoming the first ice dancers of Asian descent to medal at the Olympics. They added a second bronze later in the Games after finishing third in the ice dance event, becoming the second pair of siblings to medal in ice dance after Fr...
Be sure to head to the Shibutani’s YouTube channel (ShibSibs), where viewers can watch episodes of “The ShibShow,” Vlogs, Olympic Sports explainers and some old school home videos -- including adorable footage of the first time the siblings were introduced after Maia was born. Launched in 2012, the channel has 154,000 subscribers and nearly 12 mill...
The siblings and Olympians are also authors. In September 2020, the ShibSibs released their first book “Kudo Kids,” a mystery for young adults with an Olympic twist and sibling protagonists Mika and Andy. “People ask, ‘What did you read when we were kids?’” Alex said on NBCLX’s My New Favorite Olympian podcast. “You know, we read Harry Potter and w...
Olympic ice dancer Alex Shibutani on tackling creative projects and taking on his next endeavour - photography. The PyeongChang 2018 bronze medallist with sister Maia, Alex has jumped into a variety of off-ice projects since stepping away from figure skating. And could choreography be next?
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Feb 20, 2018 · Maia and Alex Shibutani are ice dancing siblings who spend almost every hour together. Here's what to watch from them at the Olympics.
The brother-sister Olympic ice dance team of Alex and Maia Shibutani, known by their fans as the “Shib Sibs,” have spent most of their 20-something-year-old lives in rinks, bobbing and weaving in and out of complicated poses on top of freshly Zamboni’d ice.
