American figure skater Andrew Torgashev has earned a unique nickname at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
The Olympian is nicknamed “The Pizza King” due to his unconventional diet in 2022.
Determined to regain a critical leap, Torgashev began a pizza diet in which he consumed pizza for 53 consecutive days.
Surprisingly, this diet worked for him.
Torgashev said: “I ended up losing weight and getting my quadruple toe curl back during that time. So it was a success. Since then, I’ve reduced the amount of pizza I eat.”
The 24-year-old Floridian is currently buying into this cheesy claim to fame on the world stage.
The young man introduces himself on Instagram as Team USA’s Figure Skating Pizza Ambassador and has fun with the role, citing barbecue chicken and honey prosciutto as top pizza ingredients.
On the ice, her effectiveness seems evident as she helped the United States win a gold medal in the team event earlier in the games.
In the men’s individual short program on Tuesday, February 10, Torgashev put in an impressive performance, with his score of 88.94 placing him in second position at the halfway point of the competition.
