Tessa Virtue
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| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  Canada |
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| Height: | 160 cm | |
| Partner: | Scott Moir | |
| Coach: | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva | |
| Choreographer: | Igor Shpilband | |
| Skating Club: | Ilderton Skating Club | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Ice Dance Total: | 184.89 | 2007 4CC |
| Comp. Dance: | 36.91 | 2005 World Juniors |
| Original Dance: | 59.72 | 2005 JGP Andorra |
| Free Dance: | 95.38 | 2007 Worlds |
| Most Recent Results : | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| World Championships | 183.94 | 6th | 2007 |
| Four Continents | 184.89 | 3rd | 2007 |
| National Championships | 189.49 | 2nd | 2007 |
Tessa Virtue (born May 17, 1989 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian figure skater. She currently competes in ice dance with Scott Moir. They joined forces on the ice in 1997 are the 2004 Canadian Junior national champions. After capturing the silver medal at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, they returned the next year to become the 2006 World Junior ice dance champions. In their first year on the senior Grand Prix circuit, they won the silver medal at Skate Canada International. Virtue & Moir are coached by Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva.
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[edit] Programs
2006-2006
Original Dance:
Association Tango
Free Dance:
Valse Triste by J. Sibelius
Exhibition:
Tennessee Waltz
2005-2006
Original Dance:
Beautiful Maria by The Mambo Kings; Do You Only Want to Dance by Julio Daviel Big Band
Free Dance:
Malagueña by Raul Di Blasio
Exhibition:
No Me Amos by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
2004-2005
Original Dance:
Call Me Irresponsible by Bobby Darin; Puttin' on the Ritz (Instrumental)
Free Dance:
Adiós Nonino by Ástor Piazzolla
Exhibition:
Ballet Lesson no. 3; Everybody Dance Now by C&C Music Factory
2003-2004
Original Dance:
Tears on my Pillow by Little Anthony; Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
Free Dance:
Russian Medley
Exhibition:
Tears on my Pillow by Little Anthony; Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Moir)
| Event | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 |
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| World Championships | 6th | |||||
| Four Continents Championships | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
| World Junior Championships | 11th | 2nd | 1st | |||
| Canadian Championships | 3rd N. | 7th J. | 1st J. | 4th | 3rd | 2nd |
| Trophee Eric Bompard | 4th | |||||
| Skate Canada International | 2nd | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Montreal | 1st | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Andorra | 1st | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Harbin | 1st | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Courchevel | 2nd | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Croatia | 4th | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia | 6th | |||||
| NACS Thornhill | 1st J. | |||||
| Western Ontario Sectionals | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Skate Canada Profile
- Tessa Virtue at the International Skating Union biography page
[edit] Navigation
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1997: Federica Faiella & Luciano Milo | 1998: Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek | 1999: Natalia Romanyta & Daniel Barantsev | 2000: Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto | 2001: Elena Khaliavina & Maxim Shabalin | 2002: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin | 2003: Nora Hoffmann & Attila Elek | 2004: Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozin | 2005: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir | 2006: Madison Hubbell & Keiffer Hubbell |
