Jackie Wong

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Jackie Wong
Born (1982-04-11) April 11, 1982 (age 42)
British Hong Kong
Nationality (legal) American
Alma mater Stanford University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MArch, MBA)
Occupation McKinsey & Company consultant
Years active2009-present

Jackie Wong (born April 11, 1982) is a figure skating analyst. [1] [2] He blogs, tweets and sells merchandise as Rocker Skating as well as hosting the Ice Talk podcast at Ice Network. [3] He is based in New York. [4]

Wong has worked for architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and is currently an associate consultant at McKinsey & Company. [5] A former novice skater who has passed the U.S. Figure Skating juvenile tests and worked as a coach and a judge, he began covering figure skating for Examiner.com in 2009. [6]

He created Rocker Skating as a graduate business school project at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 and began attracting sponsorships. [7] His commentary ranges from offering technical play-by-plays [8] to sharing his opinions on a skater's choice of costumes and music. [9]

Wong has a bachelor's degree in economics and urban studies from Stanford University, a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and an MBA from Penn's Wharton School. [6] He contributed to the University of Pennsylvania's biomedical research department by analyzing the movement and positions of the arms, legs and head of ice skaters and presenting them as 3D models. [10] He was selected to compete in Season 36 of "Jeopardy!" [11] and came in second place on the episode that aired May 19, 2020. [12]

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  2. ↑ Cohen, Ben (2018-02-22). "The Most Trusted Name in Figure Skating News". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Ice Talk". icenetwork.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  4. ↑ Longman, Jeré (2018-02-20). "Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Are Ice Dancing's King and Queen". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Interview With Jackie Wong". Skate Guard. March 18, 2013. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  6. 1 2 Hersh, Philip (December 15, 2017). "Wong builds second career as figure skating analyst". icenetwork.com. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  7. ↑ Cohen, Ben (2018-02-22). "The Most Trusted Name in Figure Skating News". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Play-by-Plays". Rocker - Figure Skating Analysis by Jackie Wong. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  9. ↑ Radnofsky, Louise; Cohen, Ben (2018-02-10). "How Figure Skating Fell Hard for 'Moulin Rouge!'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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  11. ↑ "King of skating Twitter to appear on 'Jeopardy!' | U.S. Figure Skating". www.usfigureskating.org. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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