Kaitlyn Weaver

Kaitlyn Weaver

Weaver/Poje in 2009.
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Former country(ies) represented United States
Born April 12, 1989
Houston, Texas
Residence Toronto, Ontario
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Partner Andrew Poje
Former partner Charles Clavey (USA)
Coach Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika Krylova, Shae-Lynn Bourne
Former coach Paul McIntosh
Choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne, Pasquale Camerlengo
Former choreographer Antonio Najarro, Geoffrey Tyler
Skating club Sault FSC
Training locations Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Toronto, Ontario
Former training locations Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Began skating 1995
World standing 1 (As of 13 December 2014)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 182.93
2015 World Team Trophy
Short dance 73.14
2015 World Team Trophy
Free dance 109.80
2014–15 Grand Prix Final

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Weaver (born April 12, 1989) is an American-Canadian ice dancer. With partner Andrew Poje, she is the 2014 World silver medalist, a two-time Four Continents champion (2010, 2015), the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, and 2015 Canadian national champion.

Personal life

Kaitlyn Weaver was born in Houston, Texas on April 12, 1989.[2] She is of Norwegian, Irish, Welsh, and German descent.[3] Weaver lived in Connecticut during part of her adolescence. She moved to Waterloo, Ontario in August 2006 and then to Toronto in January 2008.[4][5] She became a Canadian citizen on June 22, 2009.[6][7]

Career

Early career

Weaver began skating at six and took up ice dancing at eleven.[8] Her first partner was Charles Clavey, with whom she competed for the United States.[8] Together, they were the 2006 US national pewter medalists on the junior level. They parted ways after that competition.

2006–2010

Weaver teamed up with Canada's Andrew Poje in August 2006.[8] She relocated from Texas to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada to skate with him.[9] They were coached by Paul McIntosh.

Due to a rule change requiring ice dancers to sit out only one season between country hopping, Weaver/Poje were able to compete on the 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix, winning two bronze medals. They went to the 2007 Canadian Championships and won the bronze medal in their first season together. They were placed on the team to the 2007 Junior Worlds. Weaver dislocated her left shoulder in the warm-up before the original dance but was able to compete and the couple won the bronze medal.[10][11] They placed 20th at the 2007 World Championships.

In the 2007–08 season, Weaver/Poje competed on the senior Grand Prix series at the 2008 Skate Canada International, where they placed 6th, and at the 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard, where they placed 7th. They won the silver medal at the 2008 Canadian Championships, placed 5th at the 2008 Four Continents, and 17th at the 2008 World Championships. In January 2008, they moved to Toronto to train with new coach Shae-Lynn Bourne.[5][12][13]

In the 2008–09 season, Weaver/Poje competed on the Grand Prix series at the 2008 Cup of China, where they placed 6th, and at the 2008 NHK Trophy, where they placed 7th. They won the bronze medal at the 2009 Canadian Championships and placed 5th at the 2009 Four Continents. Weaver received Canadian citizenship on June 22, 2009 in Kitchener, Ontario, after a special grant of citizenship issued by the federal cabinet.[6] Advised by Bourne that they needed a more competitive atmosphere, they switched training bases in 2009 to the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where they are coached by Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelika Krylova.[14] They also continue to work with Bourne.[14][15] Massimo Scali, Natalia Annenko, and Elizabeth Punsalan are also members of the coaching team in Michigan.[14]

During the 2009–10 season, Weaver/Poje won their first Grand Prix medal, bronze at 2009 Skate Canada International. They also won bronze at the 2010 Canadian Championships. They were sent to the 2010 Four Continents where they won the gold medal. They did not qualify for the Olympic or World team.

2010–present

During the 2010–11 season, Weaver/Poje won silver medals at the 2010 NHK Trophy and the 2011 Canadian Championships. They qualified for their first Grand Prix Final, where they finished 5th. They were fourth at the 2011 Four Continents. They were sent to the 2011 World Championships and placed 5th, a significant improvement over their previous best result of 17th at the event.[16]

In the 2011–12 season, Weaver/Poje chose their free dance music on the suggestion of an anonymous fan.[17] Karl Hugo composed additional music to add greater variation to the program.[17] Weaver/Poje competed at three Grand Prix events and won three silver medals. They took the bronze medal at 2012 Four Continents before ending their season at the 2012 World Championships, where they placed fourth.[18]

For the 2012–13 season, Weaver/Poje decided to go in a new direction and asked a contemporary dancer, Allison Holker, to work with them on their free dance.[19][20] They began their season by winning gold at the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.[21] Weaver/Poje's Grand Prix assignments were the 2012 Skate America and 2012 Cup of China. At both events, they were second in the short and third in the free dance and won the bronze medal overall behind Russians Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev.

Weaver fractured her left fibula on December 14, 2012 when she fell into the boards during training in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and underwent surgery on December 18 in Toronto.[22][23] As a result, the duo withdrew from the 2013 Canadian Championships.[22] Weaver was told to stay off her left foot for six to eight weeks.[23] Hoping to compete at Worlds, Poje continued to train in Michigan, with coach Krylova acting as his partner, while Weaver recovered in Toronto.[23][24] In mid-February, Weaver/Poje were added to Canada's World team.[25] They placed fifth at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario.

In 2013–14, Weaver/Poje won two silver medals on the Grand Prix series and placed fifth at the Grand Prix Final. After taking silver at the 2014 Canadian Championships, they were selected to represent Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where they finished seventh. At the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Weaver/Poje placed second in the short dance and third in the free dance. Finishing 0.02 of a point behind Italy's Cappellini/Lanotte and 0.04 ahead of France's Pechalat/Bourzat, they ended the competition as silver medalists.[26]

In 2014–15, Weaver/Poje took gold at both of their Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 NHK Trophy. In December 2014, they won the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona,[27] having ranked first in both segments ahead of the United States' Madison Chock / Evan Bates. They again defeated Chock/Bates at the Four Continents Championships,[28] held in Seoul in February 2015. Weaver/Poje were third in the short dance but first in the free dance, en route to their second Four Continents title. They capped off the season with a bronze medal at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

With Poje

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2014-2015
[29][30][31]		 The Four Seasons
by Antonio Vivaldi
arranged by Max Richter:
2013–2014
[32][33][30][34][35][36]
  • Quickstep: 42nd Street – Finale
    by Harry Warren
    choreo. by Geoffrey Tyler
  • A levare
    by Gideon Kramer, Astor Piazzolla
  • Yo soy Maria
    by Gideon Kramer, Astor Piazzolla
  • Milonga de la Anunciacion
    by Gideon Kramer, Astor Piazzolla
    choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo, Shae-Lynn Bourne
2012–2013
[12][19]		 The Sound of Music
by Rodgers & Hammerstein:
  • Waltz: Edelweiss
  • Polka: Do Re Mi
  • Waltz: Favorite Things
  • Polka: Do Re Mi
  • Je Suis Malade
    performed by Lara Fabian
    arranged by Karl Hugo
2011–2012
[37][30]
  • Je Suis Malade
    performed by Lara Fabian
    arranged by Karl Hugo
2010–2011
[38][30]		 Moulin Rouge!:
  • Sparkling Diamonds
  • Come What May
  • El Tango de Roxanne
Original dance
2009–2010
[7][39][30]
  • Spanish Flamenco
    by unknown
2008–2009
[40][30]
  • The Prayer
    by Josh Groban, Charlotte Church
2007–2008
[41][30]
  • Blues for Klook
    by Eddie Louis
  • Dorogoi Dlinnoyu
    (Those Were The Days)
    by Martin Lass
2006–2007
[8][42][30]
  • Jeanne y Paul
    by Ástor Piazzolla
  • Verano Porteno
    from The Story of Tango
    by Raul Garello

With Clavey

Season Original dance Free dance
2005–2006
[43]
  • Cha Cha: Subway Harry
  • Salsa: Bomba Caramba
2004–2005
[44]
    2003–2004
    [44]
      • Malaguena – Dibliasi
      2002–2003
      [44]
        2001–2002
        [44]

          Competitive highlights

          GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

          With Poje for Canada

          Weaver and Poje during the compulsory dance at the 2008 World Championships
          International[45]
          Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
          Olympics 7th
          Worlds 20th 17th 5th 4th 5th 2nd 3rd
          Four Continents 5th 5th 1st 4th 3rd 1st
          GP Final 5th 4th 5th 1st
          GP Bompard 7th
          GP Cup of China 6th 6th 3rd
          GP NHK Trophy 7th 2nd 2nd 1st
          GP Rostelecom 2nd 2nd
          GP Skate America 4th 3rd
          GP Skate Canada 6th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st
          CS Nebelhorn 1st
          Nepela Trophy 1st
          U.S. Classic 2nd
          International: Junior[45]
          Junior Worlds 3rd
          JGP Czech Rep. 3rd
          JGP Taiwan 3rd
          National[46]
          Canadian Champ. 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd WD 2nd 1st
          Team events
          World Team
          Trophy                     		2nd T
          (2nd P)           		4th T
          (1st P)
          TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
          T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

          With Clavey for the United States

          International[43]
          Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06
          JGP Andorra 5th
          JGP Croatia 5th
          National
          U.S. Champ. 7th N. 2nd N. 4th J.
          Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

          References

          1. ↑ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
          2. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014.
          3. ↑ "Profiles". Official website of Weaver and Poje. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
          4. ↑ "Success Stories: Kaitlyn Weaver is a winner". Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009.
          5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Official website: Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje". weaverpoje.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012.
          6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Olympic hopeful Kaitlyn Weaver obtains Canadian citizenship". Citizenship and Immigration Canada. June 22, 2009. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012.
          7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nealin, Laurie (June 23, 2009). "Weaver adds red and white to red, white and blue". IceNetwork.
          8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Mittan, Barry (May 1, 2007). "Color Them Bronze". SkateToday.
          9. ↑ McConnell, Sheila (April 2009). "From Humble Beginnings to Childhood Dreams Come True: Kaitlyn Weaver goes the distance with Waterloo". University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011.
          10. ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (March 2, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev maintain lead at Junior Worlds". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
          11. ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (March 3, 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev win Junior World title". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
          12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013.
          13. ↑ Hoyt, Melanie (March 22, 2008). "Shae-Lynn Bourne". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008.
          14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Russell, Susan D. (November 29, 2011). "Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew Poje and the Detroit Dynasty". IFS Magazine. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
          15. ↑ Elfman, Lois (July 6, 2011). "Training ramps up for Weaver, Poje". Icenetwork. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
          16. ↑ Brodie, Rob (July 27, 2011). "Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje Twizzle Into the Top Five". IFS Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
          17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Elfman, Lois (March 19, 2012). "Weaver, Poje anything but 'Malade' before worlds". Ice Network.
          18. ↑ Walker, Elvin (June 10, 2012). "Weaver and Poje push towards World podium". Golden Skate.
          19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Elfman, Lois (August 16, 2012). "Weaver and Poje go modern, take new direction". Icenetwork.
          20. ↑ Elfman, Lois (August 23, 2012). "Holker brings 'crazy ideas' to dance choreography". Icenetwork.
          21. ↑ Bőd, Titanilla (October 19, 2012). "Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje: "Inspiration can come from anywhere if you are open to ideas"". Absolute Skating.
          22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Ice dance duo out of Canadian championships after Kaitlyn Weaver injures ankle". The Canadian Press (The Province). December 18, 2012. Archived from the original on December 18, 2012.
          23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Brodie, Rob (January 22, 2013). "Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje: Taking it One Day at a Time". IFS Magazine.
          24. ↑ "Virtue, Moir take big lead in ice dance at Nationals". The Canadian Press (TSN). January 19, 2013.
          25. ↑ "Weaver, Poje join Skate Canada's world team". Skate Canada (IceNetwork). February 15, 2013.
          26. ↑ Brodie, Rob (August 24, 2014). "Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje". IFS Magazine.
          27. ↑ Slater, Paula (14 December 2014). "Weaver and Poje: 'We've got tons of room to grow'". Golden Skate.
          28. ↑ Slater, Paula (13 February 2015). "Weaver and Poje not 'placeholders'". Golden Skate.
          29. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union.
          30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.7 "Programs". Official website of Weaver and Poje. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.
          31. ↑ Smith, Beverley (August 20, 2014). "Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje look to push the limits with intense and detailed focused programs". Skate Canada.
          32. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
          33. ↑ "Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje: 2013/2014". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014.
          34. ↑ Smith, Beverley (October 9, 2013). "Geoffrey Tyler brings tap dancing to the ice with Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje's 42nd Street short dance". Skate Canada.
          35. ↑ Thayer, Jacquelyn (August 6, 2014). "Weaver and Poje Aim to Dominate". ice-dance.com.
          36. ↑ Tone, Florentina (August 7, 2014). "Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje: "We are focusing on the here and now"". Inside Skating.
          37. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012.
          38. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
          39. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010.
          40. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009.
          41. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008.
          42. ↑ "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007.
          43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 "Kaitlyn WEAVER / Charles CLAVEY: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006.
          44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 "Programs". Official site of Weaver & Clavey. Archived from the original on May 23, 2013.
          45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 "Competition Results: Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE". International Skating Union.
          46. ↑ "Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje". Skate Canada.

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