Paul Wylie

Paul Stanton Wylie (born October 28, 1964) is an American figure skater, and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in men's singles skating.

[3] After competing in the 1992 Winter Olympics, as he planned, he retired from amateur competition and began his professional skating career.

[6] On August 14, 1999, Wylie married Kate Presbrey, a Cape Cod native and former Brown University Division 1 hockey player.

The family divides their time between Hyannis, Massachusetts, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where Wylie previously worked with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as director of the Dare to be a Daniel program.

[7] Wylie currently runs High Gear Travel, a sports-related travel agency,[6] and coaches figure skaters at the Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail, North Carolina, owned by Tom Logano, father of NASCAR star Joey Logano, whose sister Danielle is also a coach.

In 1985, wanting to rework some of his technique, Wylie left Fassi and began to train instead with Evy and Mary Scotvold, who were at that time located in Janesville, Wisconsin.

The USFSA had even left Wylie off the team for the 1992 World Championships, naming Mark Mitchell in his place.

[10] Kestnbaum also stated that Wylie used dramatic and powerful motions in his free skate, with a footwork section that portrayed a swordfight that "epitomized a heroic masculine energy".

Wylie might have used these movements in order to emphasize his "beautiful extended body lines"[10] and because he moved in harmony with his music.

One of the friends he was training with, Billy Griggs, was certified in CPR and immediately began chest compressions until medical attention arrived on scene.

He was immediately transferred to Charlotte, North Carolina hospital where doctors diagnosed him as having suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.