Benjamin Agosto

**Benjamin Alexandro “Ben” Agosto** (an haife shi a watan Janairu 15, 1982) ɗan wasan kankara ɗan Amurka ne. Tare da abokin tarayya Tanith Belbin, Agosto shine wanda ya lashe lambar azurfa ta Olympics na 2006, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta duniya sau hudu, zakaran Nahiyoyi hudu na 2004–2006, da zakaran Amurka 2004–2008 .

## Rayuwa ta sirri
An haifi Benjamin Agosto Janairu 15, 1982, a Chicago, Illinois, kuma ya girma a Northbrook, Illinois . Shi ɗa ne ga mahaifin Puerto Rican kuma mahaifiyar Bayahudiya wacce danginta ke da tushe a Romania da Rasha .    Agosto ya halarci makarantar sakandare a Makarantar Waldorf ta Chicago, sannan ya yi shekaru biyu a makarantar sakandare ta Glenbrook North, kuma ya kammala karatun digiri tare da girmamawa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Michigan a watan Yuni 2000. Ya taka leda a makarantar jazz band.

Agosto ya zauna a Detroit, Michigan, daga Yuni 1998 sannan Canton, Michigan, kafin ya koma Aston, Pennsylvania, a lokacin rani na 2008. Ya ƙaura zuwa Lacey, Washington, a cikin Satumba 2010  sannan zuwa Scottsdale, Arizona, a cikin 2014. 

## Sana'a

### Shekarun farko
Agosto ya fara wasan kankara tun yana da shekaru shida, bayan ya karbi nau'ikan kankara guda biyu don ranar haihuwarsa, kuma ya fara rawan kankara tun yana dan shekara 12.  A farkon aikinsa, Susie Wynne ne ya horar da shi.  Ya yi wasa tare da Katie Hill daga 1995 zuwa 1998,  yana fafatawa da ita akan matakan novice da ƙarami, gami da na duniya. Sun fice daga Sashen Midwestern. Lokacin da wannan haɗin gwiwa ya ƙare, Agosto ya tashi daga Chicago zuwa Michigan a 1998 don horar da Igor Shpilband .

### Haɗin gwiwa tare da Belbin

A cikin 1998, kocin Agosto ya haɗa shi da Tanith Belbin na Kanada. A cikin lokacin 1999–2000, sun sami lambobin yabo biyu akan jerin ISU Junior Grand Prix kuma sun gama na 4 a Gasar JGP. Sun ci gaba da lashe kambun kananan yara na Amurka sannan suka dauki lambar tagulla a Gasar Kananan Yara ta Duniya ta 2000 .  A cikin 2000–2001, Belbin/Agosto sun sake yin gasa a jerin JGP, suna ɗaukar zinare a duk abubuwan da suka faru guda uku ciki har da na ƙarshe. Sun fito a matakin manya a gasar Amurka ta 2001 kuma sun sami lambar azurfa, wanda ya ba su damar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya na farko, inda suka zo na 17.

Belbin/Agosto ya lashe kambun kasa na Amurka na 2004 kuma zai ci gaba da maimaita sau hudu. A Nationals a cikin 2005, shekara ta ƙarshe na tsarin 6.0, sun sami madaidaiciya madaidaiciya shida don gabatarwa a cikin rawa na kyauta. Daga cikin 30 6.0s da aka bayar a cikin rawan kankara a Amurkawa, Belbin/Agosto suna da 14 daga cikinsu. Adadin su na 6.0 a Gasar Amurka shine na biyu kawai ga Michelle Kwan (38).

A cikin Fabrairu 2005, Belbin/Agosto sun shirya kuma suka yi a cikin nasu nunin fa'idar fa'idar wasan skating, Skate Aid for Tsunami Relief, wanda ya tara sama da $37,000 don ayyukan agaji na Red Cross.

Belbin/Agosto ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2005 . Lambun azurfa da suka samu tare da sanya sauran tawagar Amurkawa sun ba Amurka maki uku a gasar Olympics a raye-rayen kankara, karo na farko da hakan ya faru tun 1984. Ta wata doka ta musamman ta Majalisar da ta wuce ranar 28 ga Disamba, 2005, wadda Shugaba Bush ya rattaba hannu a kan Sabuwar Shekara ta 2005, Belbin ta zama ' yar asalin Amurka, wanda ya sa ta sami damar shiga Amurka a wasannin Olympics na lokacin sanyi na 2006 . Belbin/Agosto ya ci gaba da lashe lambar azurfa ta Olympics a cikin rawan kankara a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu, 2006. Su ne tawagar Amurka ta farko ta raye-rayen kankara tun shekara ta 1976, shekarar farko da aka fafata a gasar wasannin Olympics, ta lashe lambar yabo ta Olympics.

Belbin/Agosto ya fara kakar 2006–2007 tare da raye-raye na kyauta da ake kira Wannan Nishaɗi ne amma ya isa Nationals tare da sabon shiri ga kiɗan Amelie. Sun ci zinare a Nationals, lambar azurfa a Nahiyoyi huɗu, da tagulla a Duniya.

A cikin 2007-2008, sun lashe lambobin zinare a Skate America da Cup of China wanda ya ba su damar zuwa gasar Grand Prix na karshe, inda suka dauki lambar azurfa. Sun ci takensu na ƙasa na 5 sannan suka sanya na 4 a Gasar Duniya ta 2008 bayan faɗuwar da Belbin ta yi a raye-rayen dole. Belbin/Agosto sun kasance memba na zakarun na yau da kullun a balaguron kankara daga 2004 har COI ta fita kasuwanci bayan kakar 2007. baƙi a wani ɓangare na 2008 Taurari akan balaguron kankara.

A cikin Afrilu 2008,  Belbin / Agosto ya bar Igor Shpilband kuma ya fara aiki tare da ƙungiyar masu horar da aure na Natalia Linichuk da Gennadi Karponosov a Ice Works Skating Complex a Aston, Pennsylvania .  Baya ga koyar da fasaha daban-daban,  Linichuk ya shawarci Belbin ya sami nauyin kilo 10 kuma ya haɓaka wasu tsokoki don yin wasan tsere da sauri da ruwa.  Wannan kuma ya ba wa Belbin ƙarin ƙarfi don riƙe muƙamanta da kyau, don haka ya sauƙaƙa ɗagawa ga Agosto. 

Belbin/Agosto ya fara kakar 2008-2009 a 2008 Skate America da 2008 Cup of China, ya lashe azurfa a duka gasa. Sun janye daga 2008 – 2009 ISU Grand Prix Final bayan raye-rayen asali saboda raunin baya ga Agosto. Sun fice daga gasar Amurka ta 2009 kafin a fara taron saboda raunin da Agosto ya samu.  An nada su a cikin tawagar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2009 . A Worlds, sun ci raye-raye na asali kuma sun sanya na biyu a cikin tilas da raye-raye na kyauta don lashe lambar azurfa gabaɗaya.

Belbin/Agosto sun lashe gasar Grand Prix a cikin kakar 2009-10: Kofin 2009 na China da 2009 Skate America . Sun fice daga gasar Grand Prix Final saboda dalilai na likita.  A Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2010, ba su iya kwato taken ƙasarsu ba, inda suka ƙare na biyu a bayan Meryl Davis da Charlie White . An zabi Belbin/Agosto don wakiltar Amurka a gasar Olympics ta lokacin sanyi ta 2010 .  Sun kare a matsayi na 4 a gasar raye-rayen kankara . Ba su yi gasa ba a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 .

A kan Disamba 15, 2015, US Figure Skating sanar Belbin da Agosto za su kasance mambobi na US Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class na 2016.  An gudanar da bikin ƙaddamarwa a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 2016, a Gasar Ƙwallon Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru na Amurka na 2016 .
## Hotuna

File:2010_Stars_on_Ice_in_Manchester_-_0944.jpg|Benjamin a yayin wasa a birnin Manchester, 2010
File:2007_Skate_America_Belbin-Agosto03.jpg|Benjamin 
File:Tanith_BELBIN_Benjamin_AGOSTO_2009WC.jpg|Benjamin Alexandro “Ben” Agosto


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