Mathew Gates
| Mathew Gates | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born |
June 29, 1975 Hitchin, England |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Former partner |
Emilie Nussear Eve Chalom |
| Former coach | Elizabeth Coates, Igor Shpilband, Warren Maxwell, Christopher Dean, Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov, Maia Usova |
| Skating club | Dallas FSC |
| Former training locations | Detroit Skating Club, Newington, Connecticut; Plano, Texas |
| Began skating | 1988 |
| Retired | 2003 |
Mathew Gates (born June 29, 1975) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With Eve Chalom, he is the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and a two-time (1997, 1999) U.S. national silver medalist.
Gates was born June 29, 1975 in Hitchin, England. He moved to the United States in 1992.
Gates was coached by Elizabeth Coates in England before she relocated to the U.S.
Gates teamed up with American skater Eve Chalom in 1992, following a tryout in Boston arranged by Coates. They decided to represent the United States. After winning national titles on the novice level in 1993 and on the junior level in 1995, the duo took bronze at the 1996 U.S. Championships in their first season as seniors.
In the 1996–97 season, Chalom/Gates were awarded silver at the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy and debuted on the Champions Series (later known as the Grand Prix series). They also won silver at the 1997 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, where they placed 17th.
Chalom/Gates were ineligible for the 1998 Winter Olympics because he was not yet an American citizen. They finished fourth at the 1998 U.S. Championships. They were coached by Coates and Igor Shpilband until the end of the 1997–98 season and then switched to Warren Maxwell and Christopher Dean in Plano, Texas. In their final season together, Chalom/Gates won their second national silver medal and finished 17th at the 1999 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
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