Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue
Virtue and Moir in 2010
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1989-05-17) May 17, 1989 (age 27) London, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner	Scott Moir
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
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	1994
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 Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Ice dancing 2014 Sochi Team 2014 Sochi Ice dancing World Championships 2010 Turin Ice dancing 2012 Nice Ice dancing 2008 Gothenburg Ice dancing 2011 Moscow Ice dancing 2013 London Ice dancing 2009 Los Angeles Ice dancing Four Continents Championships 2008 Goyang Ice dancing 2012 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2009 Vancouver Ice dancing 2013 Osaka Ice dancing 2006 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2007 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Ice dancing 2009–10 Tokyo Ice dancing 2011–12 Quebec City Ice dancing 2012–13 Sochi Ice dancing 2013–14 Fukuoka Ice dancing Canadian Championships 2008 Vancouver Ice dancing 2009 Saskatoon Ice dancing 2010 London Ice dancing 2012 Moncton Ice dancing 2013 Mississauga Ice dancing 2014 Ottawa Ice dancing 2017 Ottawa Ice dancing 2007 Halifax Ice dancing 2006 Ottawa Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2006 Ljubljana Ice dancing 2005 Kitchener Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2005–06 Ostrava Ice dancing 2004–05 Helsinki Ice dancing World Team Trophy 2009 Tokyo Team 2012 Tokyo Team

Arctic Edge FSC

Tessa Jane Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2014 Olympic silver medalists, the 2010 and 2012 World champions, the 2008 and 2012 Four Continents champions, the 2006 World Junior champions and seven time Canadian national champions (2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2017).

Virtue and Moir began skating together in 1997 and they won their first World Championship medal, a silver, in 2008. At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they became the first ice dance team to ever receive a 10.0 component score mark under the 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, the short dance and the combined total score. They are the most decorated Canadian ice dance team of all time.

Virtue was born in London, Ontario, Canada. Born to Kate and Jim Virtue, she is the youngest of four children. She attended Holy Names High School in Windsor, Ontario, in addition to an electronic learning school called "AMDEC" based in Stratford, Ontario. In 2003, she began living in Canton, Michigan, USA, due to her training. After the 2014 Olympics, she moved back to London, Ontario.