Scott Moir | |
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Moir (right) and Virtue (left)
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Personal information | |
Full name | Scott Patrick Moir |
Country represented | Canada |
Born |
London, Ontario |
September 2, 1987
Home town | Ilderton, Ontario |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Partner | Tessa Virtue |
Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer |
Former coach | Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, Johnny Johns, Igor Shpilband, Carol Moir, Paul MacIntosh, Suzanne Killing |
Choreographer | David Wilson, Marie-France Dubreuil |
Former choreographer | Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband, Suzanne Killing |
Skating club | Montreal International School of Skating |
Former skating club | Arctic Edge FSC Ilderton Skating Club |
Training locations | Montreal |
Former training locations |
Canton, Michigan Kitchener-Waterloo |
Began skating | 1990 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 197.22 (WR) 2016–17 Grand Prix Final |
Short dance | 80.50 (WR) 2016–17 Grand Prix Final |
Free dance | 116.72 2016–17 Grand Prix Final |
Medal record
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Scott Patrick Moir (born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 and 2012 World champions, the 2008 & 2012 Four Continents champions, the 2006 World Junior champions and seven-time Canadian national champions (2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2017).
Moir began skating with Tessa Virtue in 1997. After winning the Canadian junior title in 2004, they became Canada's top ice dance couple in 2007 and won the silver medal at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships. In 2009, they became the first ice dance team to receive a 10.0 for a program component score under the new ISU Judging System. In addition, they became the first ice dancers from North America to win an Olympic gold medal, ending the 34 year streak of the Europeans. They became the first former World Junior ice dance champions to win the Olympics, and the first ice dance team to win the Olympic gold on home ice. They were also the first and only ice dancers to win gold on their Olympic debut. They are the youngest pair ever to win an Olympic title. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, they won silver medals in ice dancing and in the team event.
Virtue and Moir are the world record score holders for the original dance. They are also the current world record holders for the short dance and the combined total score. They are the most decorated Canadian ice dance team of all time.
Moir was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Alma (née MacCormack) and Joe Moir, and was raised in Ilderton, Ontario. He attended Medway High School (Arva, Ontario), in addition to an electronic learning high school called AMDEC. He currently lives in Ilderton, Ontario.