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== Skating technique and influence ==

{{Main|Skating technique and influence of Johnny Weir}}

Weir had two coaches in his competitive figure skating career, [[Priscilla Hill]], who was, unlike many figure skating coaches, was "nurturing and gentle"<ref name="weir-176">Weir, p. 176</ref> and Russian [[Galina Zmievskaya]], who had a different approach to coaching than Hill. Hill trained Weir in [[pair skating]] to strengthen his skating and to focus on skills other than [[Figure skating jumps|jumps]]. Zmievskaya had a more Russian approach and focused on "drill sergeant-like demands for discipline and rigor".<ref name="benton2">{{cite news |last=Benton |first=Nicholas F. |date=January 23, 2008 |title=Recharged Weir Determined to Take Back Skating Title |language=en-US |work=Falls Church News-Press |location=Falls Church, Virginia |url=https://fcnp.com/2008/01/23/recharged-weir-determined-to-take-back-skating-title/ |access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

Weir considered his style of figure skating artistic and classical and was known for his lyricism. He believed that his style was "a hybrid of Russian and American skating",<ref name="weir-782">Weir, p. 78</ref> which was brought out by hiring coaches from those countries and often caused conflicts with [[U.S. Figure Skating]], as did many of his costume choices. He was instructed by Yuri Sergeev, a dancer for the [[St Petersburg Ballet Theatre|St. Petersburg Ballet]], taught himself the Russian language, conversing with Zmievskaya in Russian, and compared himself to Russian skater [[Evgeni Plushenko]]. In 2014, Weir designed Olympic gold medalist [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]'s costume for his free skating program, worn during the [[2014 Winter Olympics|Sochi Olympics]].