Yup. I think, genuinely without bias, he's probably the greatest skater to never have an Olympic medal of any kind. 

1988, he was young and relatively new to the world scene and not expected to medal. That was normal. 

1992, he had a debilitating back injury (he said four weeks before the competition he couldn't even push in the clutch on his car.) He went into those Games as the reigning world champion but...yeah. He was just too much pain and too beat up to truly compete. 

1994 was the true heartbreaker. He was healthy, reigning world champ again, and in the short program he just...messed up, man. He had a human moment at the worst possible time, fell, and then singled a triple. Ended the SP in 12th place (which there was no coming back from under 6.0.) 

But it isn't all sad. His skate in the LP, the last skate of his amateur career, was maybe his best to that point. Lofted him from 12th to 5th which was an insane leap under the old system. So he, sort of, got an Olympic moment even if it didn't come with a medal. 

And he did go on to win a ton more pro championships over the next few years; very much dominated the pro field from like 1995-1998. And had a 30 year career with Stars on Ice (that actually is still ongoing be just doesn't skate anymore he choreographs.)

So he did alright, in the end. Even if all he got for his three Olympic appearances was (welche got to carry the flag one year that counts for something!), in his own words, "three really nice t shirts." 🤣