Scott Moir

Scott Moir
CM OLY
Full nameScott Patrick Moir
Born (1987-09-02) September 2, 1987 (age 37)
London, Ontario
HometownIlderton, Ontario
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Figure skating career
Country Canada
PartnerTessa Virtue
CoachMarie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Romain Haguenauer
Skating clubMontreal International School of Skating
Began skating1990
RetiredSeptember 17, 2019
Highest WS1 (2017–18)
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Olympic Games 3 2 0
World Championships 3 3 1
Four Continents Championships 3 2 2
Grand Prix Final 1 5 0
Canadian Championships 8 1 1
World Team Trophy 0 1 1
World Junior Championships 1 1 0
Junior Grand Prix Final 1 1 0
Medal list
"" Olympic Games ""
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Ice dance
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Turin Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2012 Nice Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2017 Helsinki Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2008 Gothenburg Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2011 Moscow Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2013 London Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Los Angeles Ice dance
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Goyang Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2012 Colorado Springs Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gangneung Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vancouver Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2013 Osaka Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Colorado Springs Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Colorado Springs Ice dance
Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2016–17 Marseille Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2009–10 Tokyo Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2011–12 Quebec City Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2012–13 Sochi Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2013–14 Fukuoka Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2017–18 Nagoya Ice dance
Canadian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Vancouver Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2009 Saskatoon Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2010 London Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2012 Moncton Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mississauga Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ottawa Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ottawa Ice dance
Gold medal – first place 2018 Vancouver Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2007 Halifax Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Ottawa Ice dance
World Team Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tokyo Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Ljubljana Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2005 Kitchener Ice dance
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2005–06 Ostrava Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2004–05 Helsinki Ice dance
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Scott Patrick Moir CM OLY (/ˈmɔɪjər/ MOY-ər; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final champion, an eight-time Canadian national champion (2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2017–2018), the 2006 World Junior champion and the 2006 Junior Grand Prix champion. Moir and Virtue are also the 2018 Olympic gold medallists in the team event and the 2014 Olympic silver medallists in the team event. Upon winning their third Olympic gold medal, they became the most decorated Canadian ice dance team of all time and the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time.[2][3] Widely regarded as one of the greatest ice dance teams of all time,[4][5][6][7] they are the only ice dancers in history to achieve a Super Slam, having won all major international competitions in their senior and junior careers. Virtue and Moir are holders of the world record score for the now-defunct original dance.[8]

Virtue and Moir were paired in 1997, at the ages of seven and nine. They are the 2004 Canadian junior champions and became Canada's top ice dance team in 2007. They are the 2008 World silver medallists and the 2009 World bronze medallists and became the first ice dance team to receive a 10.0 for a program component score under the new ISU Judging System.[9] In 2010, they became the first ice dancers from North America to win an Olympic gold medal, ending the 34-year streak of the Europeans. Virtue and Moir are the youngest ice dance team ever to win an Olympic title, the first ice dancers to win a gold medal in their Olympic debut, and the first ice dance team to win Olympic gold on home ice.[10]

Virtue and Moir continued to be one of the world's top ice dance teams after their first Olympic victory in 2010. They are the 2010 and 2012 World champions, the 2011 and 2013 World silver medallists, and the 2014 Olympic ice dance and team event silver medallists. After taking a two-season break from the sport, they returned to competition in the fall of 2016 and became the 2017 World champions, having an unprecedented undefeated season. At the 2018 Olympics, they became only the second ice dance team in history to have won two Olympic gold medals in the individual event.[5]

Having skated together for over twenty years, Virtue and Moir are the longest-standing ice dance partnership in Canadian history.[2] In 2018, Time magazine noted that "they've become especially beloved by new and returning spectators alike for their passionate performances and undeniable chemistry, on and off the ice."[11] On September 17, 2019, Virtue and Moir announced that they are "stepping away" from the sport after 22 years as ice dancing partners.[12] In 2020, Virtue and Moir were inducted to the Order of Canada "for their athletic excellence and for inspiring a new generation of figure skaters",[13] and in 2023, they were awarded the Order of Sport, marking induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[14]

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  4. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (April 25, 2018). "New-look Virtue, Moir redefine ice dance greatness". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Virtue and Moir rival Torvill and Dean as ice dancing's greatest". Eurosport. February 20, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "There will never be another Virtue and Moir". CBC Sports. February 21, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  7. ^ Samuels, Robert (February 19, 2018). "After wardrobe malfunction, Canadian and French rivals face off for ice dancing gold". Washington Post.
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  12. ^ "Canadian stars Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir say they're 'stepping away' from ice dancing". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. September 18, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  13. ^ "Ice dancers Virtue, Moir among 114 Order of Canada inductees". CBC Sports. November 27, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "Virtue and Moir lead star-studded group of inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame". CBC Sports. October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.