Timothy Goebel
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Men's singles | |
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| Timothy Goebel competes his long program at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Ontario. | ||
| Personal Info | ||
| Country: |  United States |
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| Date of birth: | September 10, 1980 | |
| Height: | 170 cm | |
| Former Coach: | Audrey Weisiger, Frank Carroll, Carol Heiss Jenkins,Glyn Watts | |
| Former Choreographer: | Lori Nichol | |
| Skating Club: | Winterhurst FSC | |
| Retired: | April 25, 2006 | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 208.28 | 2004 NHK Trophy |
| Short Program: | 73.65 | 2003 NHK Trophy |
| Free Skate: | 137.60 | 2003 Cup of China |
Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American retired figure skater. Goebel was adopted through Catholic Charities by Ginny and Richard Goebel as an infant. He is the first person to land a quadruple salchow in competition and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program. He landed 76 career quadruple jumps before his retirement in 2006. Goebel is the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist.
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[edit] Biography
Goebel was known as the "Quad King"[1] because of his ability to land quadruple jumps. On March 7, 1998, in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the Junior Grand Prix Final, Goebel became the first skater in the world to land a quadruple Salchow, and the first American skater to land a quadruple jump of any kind in competition. At Skate America in Colorado Springs on October 31, 1999, he became the first skater to land three quadruple jumps in one program. Goebel also made history at the 2002 Olympics by becoming the first skater to successfully land a quad salchow jump in combination in Olympic competition.
Goebel's repertoire of quadruple jumps made him one of the most competitive skaters in the world during the peak of his career. However, after 2003, Goebel began increasingly to struggle with his jumps due to injuries within the past year. At the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, in what he had previously announced would be his last competitive season, he was unable to land either a quadruple jump or triple axel cleanly, and dropped to a seventh-place finish which left him far short of qualifying for the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Goebel was heavily criticized early in his career for focusing exclusively on jumping to the detriment of choreography and presentation, but in later years he improved in those areas.
Goebel represented the Winterhurst FSC. He was coached by Audrey Weisiger in Fairfax, Virginia, after having been previously coached by Carol Heiss Jenkins, Glyn Watts, and Frank Carroll.
On April 25, 2006, Goebel announced his retirement from competitive skating. On July 27, 2006, he announced that he will finish his undergraduate education at Columbia University in the fall of 2006. He is currently double majoring in mathematics and psychology in their School of General Studies. He previously attended Loyola Marymount University. He plans to continue to contribute to the sport as a technical specialist, recently receiving certification for competitions sanctioned by the United States Figure Skating Association. He currently works as a technical specialist at the Aviator Figure Skating Academy in New York.
[edit] Programs
2005 - 2006 Season
Short Program
"Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman
Free Skate
"A Night On Bald Mountain" by Modeste Mussorgsky
Exhibition
"Stray Cats Strut" by Brian Setzer
2004 - 2005 Season
Short Program
"Concerto Elegiaque for Piano in D Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Free Skate
"The Queen Symphony" by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2003 - 2004 Season
Short Program
"Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev
Free Skate
"The Queen Symphony" by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2002 - 2003 Season
Short Program
"Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev
Free Skate
"Rapsodia Espanola", "Tango Op. 65 N. 2" by Espanola "Fantasticas" by J. Turina
2001 - 2002 Season
Short Program
"Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens
Free Skate
"An American in Paris" by George Gershwin.
Exhibition
"American Pie" by Don Mclean
"Freedome" by Paul McCartney
2000 - 2001 Season
Short Program
"2001 A Space Odyssey (Sprach Zarathustra & Slow Waltz)" by Strauss
Free Skate
Henry V soundtrack & Canone Inverso
"1812 Overture" by Tchaikovsky
Exhibition
"Windmills of Your Mind" by Neil Diamond "American Pie" by Don Mclean "Cup of Life" by Ricky Martin
The 1812 Overture free skate was used in the Grand Prix Final.
1999 - 2000 Season
Short Program
"Caravan" by Duke Ellington
Free Skate
Seven Years in Tibet soundtrack
Exhibition
"Ain't no sunshine" by David Sanborn & Sting
[edit] Competitive highlights
[edit] Post-1999
| Event | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 3rd | ||||||
| World Championships | 11th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 10th | ||
| U.S. Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | WD | 2nd | 7th |
| Grand Prix Final | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | ||||
| Skate America | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | |||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
| Trophee Eric Bompard | 4th | ||||||
| Cup of China | 1st | ||||||
| Sparkassen Cup | 2nd | 2nd |
[edit] Pre-1999
| Event | 1993-1994 | 1994-1995 | 1995-1996 | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 |
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| World Championships | 12th | |||||
| Four Continents Championships | 13th | |||||
| World Junior Championships | 14th | 7th | 2nd | |||
| U.S. Championships | 1st N. | 5th J. | 1st J. | 6th | WD | 3rd |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | |||||
| ISU Junior Series Final | 1st | |||||
| Ukrainian Souvenir | 1st | |||||
| Grand Prix St. Gervais | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| Blue Swords | 4th | 2nd |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Timothy Goebel at the United States Figure Skating Association
- Timothy Goebel at the International Skating Union biography page
- US Olympic Committee Biography
- USFSA News: Goebel retires from competitive skating
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