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Weaver/Poje in 2009.
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Country represented | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kitchener, Ontario |
February 25, 1987 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Waterloo, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Kaitlyn Weaver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Alice Graham Alexandra Nino |
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Coach | Nikolai Morozov, Pasquale Camerlengo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Angelika Krylova, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Paul MacIntosh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Nikolai Morozov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Peter Tchernyshev, Antonio Najarro, Geoffrey Tyler, Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe, Mathew Gates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Kitchener Waterloo SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training locations |
Hackensack, New Jersey Moscow, Russia Toronto, Ontario |
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Former training locations |
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario |
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Began skating | 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World standing | 1 (As of 1 January 2015[update]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season's bests | 1 (2014, 2015). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 182.93 2015 World Team Trophy |
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Short dance | 73.78 2016 Cup of China |
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Free dance | 110.18 2016 Worlds |
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Medal record
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Andrew Poje (born February 25, 1987) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Kaitlyn Weaver, he is a two-time World medalist (2014 silver, 2015 bronze), a two-time Four Continents champion (2010, 2015), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2014–15, 2015–16), and a two-time Canadian national champion (2015, 2016).
Andrew Poje was born February 25, 1987 in Waterloo, Ontario. His ancestry is Slovak — mother born in Bratislava — and Slovenian Gottscheer. He is the great-nephew of former pair skater and coach Agnesa Búřilová (née Wlachovská). He has some knowledge of French.
Poje took up ice dancing at age seven and also skated in singles until he was 13. In his early career, he competed with Alexandra Nino, with whom he is the 2001 Canadian novice silver medalist. He teamed up with Alice Graham in late spring 2004. They trained in Kitchener-Waterloo with coaches Paul MacIntosh, Rebecca Babb, Susie McGrigor, and Bernie Ford. They won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2005 Canadian Championships and placed 9th at the senior level at the 2006 Canadian Championships.
Poje teamed up with American-born Kaitlyn Weaver in August 2006. They trained in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario under coach Paul MacIntosh.