[header] How to become an olympic figure skater [title] Start early. [step] If you are serious about olympic-level figure skating, you should start training as a child. Some olympic-level skaters (such as johnny weir) started as late as their early teenage years, but this is rare. 
[substeps] Many figure skaters start around 5 years old. However, there are successful figure skaters who began in the 7-12 age range.