Savoie in 2003. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | September 12, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Peoria, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Linda Branan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Tom Dickson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Illinois Valley FSC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Combined total | 206.67 2006 Olympics |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short program | 75.64 2006 Four Continents |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free skate | 137.52 2006 Olympics |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Matthew Savoie (born September 12, 1980, in Peoria, Illinois), is an American figure skater. He is a three-time U.S. bronze medalist, the 2006 Four Continents bronze medalist and a member of the 2006 Olympic team.
Contents |
Matthew Savoie first gained prominence when he won the gold medal on the junior level at the 1997 U.S. Championships. He went on to place in the top five at every U.S. Nationals between 1999 and 2006, winning bronze medals in 2001, 2004, and 2006 and pewter medals (fourth place) in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2005.
He has won bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, the Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships. He has represented the United States three times at the World Championships.
Savoie was the first alternate to the 2002 Olympic team. He earned a chance to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics team by finishing third at US Nationals. Savoie finished seventh overall in Torino, with two solid programs.
Savoie was raised in Peoria, Illinois, and trained there with coach Linda Branan throughout his career. He also worked with coach Gene Hefron and choreographer Tom Dickson.
He graduated summa cum laude from Bradley University in 2002, with a major in political science and a minor in biology. He went on to earn his master's degree in urban planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005 and received the AICP Outstanding Graduate Student Award for 2005. He was admitted to the law school at Cornell University in 2005, but obtained a deferral for a year to focus on making the Olympic team. He joined the program in September 2006, and graduated in 2009. He is currently working as an associate in the law firm of Choate Hall & Stewart.[1]
Following his competitive career, Matt completed a four-year term as the athlete representative to the Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee of the International Skating Union.[2]
Event | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winter Olympic Games | 7th | |||||||||||
World Championships | 12th | 16th | 11th | |||||||||
Four Continents Championships | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | ||||||||
World Junior Championships | 4th | 3rd | ||||||||||
U.S. Championships | 8th N. | 4th N. | 1st J. | 11th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd |
Grand Prix Final | 3rd | |||||||||||
Skate Canada International | 3rd | 5th | ||||||||||
Cup of China | 8th | 7th | ||||||||||
Bofrost Cup on Ice | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||||||
NHK Trophy | 9th | |||||||||||
Skate America | 5th | 6th | 3rd | |||||||||
Cup of Russia | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |||||||||
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final | 3rd | 6th | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, China | 4th | |||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, France | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 1st | |||||||||||
Gardena Spring Trophy | 1st J. | |||||||||||
Midwestern Sectionals | 3rd N. | 4th N. | 3rd J. | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||
Upper Great Lakes Regionals | 3rd N. | 1st N. | 1st J. | 1st |