Scott Moir

Scott Moir
Virtue and Moir at the 2008 World Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Scott Patrick Moir
Country represented	Canada
Born	September 2, 1987 (1987-09-02) London, Ontario
Home town	Ilderton, Ontario
Residence	Canton, Michigan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Partner	Tessa Virtue
Coach	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Former coach	Carol Moir Paul MacIntosh Suzanne Killing
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Skating club	Ilderton Skating Club
Current training locations	Canton, Michigan
Former training locations	Kitchener-Waterloo
Began skating	1990
World standing	3 (As of 17 June 2011 (2011 -06-17))
Season's bests	2 (2010–2011) 1 (2009–2010) 3 (2008–2009)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	224.43 2010 Worlds
Comp. dance	44.13 2010 Worlds
Original dance	70.27 (WR) 2010 Worlds
Short dance:	74.29 2011 Worlds
Free dance	112.33 2011 Grand Prix Final
Medal record Pair's Ice dancing Competitor for Canada Olympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Ice dancing World Championships Gold 2010 Turin Ice dancing Bronze 2009 Los Angeles Ice dancing Silver 2008 Gothenburg Ice dancing Four Continents Championships Gold 2012 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Silver 2009 Vancouver Ice dancing Gold 2008 Goyang Ice dancing Bronze 2007 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Bronze 2006 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Grand Prix Final Silver 2011–2012 Quebec City Ice dancing Silver 2009–2010 Tokyo Ice dancing World Junior Championships Gold 2006 Ljubljana Ice dancing Silver 2005 Kitchener Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2005–2006 Ostrava Ice dancing Silver 2004–2005 Helsinki Ice dancing

Scott Moir (born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 & 2012 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and four-time (2008–2010, 2012) Canadian national champions.

They were the first ice dance team to receive a 10.0 for a program component score under the new ISU Judging System. They are the current world record score holders for the original dance.

Personal life

Moir was born in London, Ontario, Canada and raised in Ilderton, Ontario. He attended Medway High School (Arva, Ontario), in addition to an electronic learning highschool called AMDEC. He currently lives and trains in Canton, Michigan, USA. Moir comes from a skating family. He is the younger brother of Danny Moir and Charlie Moir. His cousins Sheri Moir and Cara Moir competed at the 2007 World Synchronized Skating Championships for Canada's Nexxice team. His mother is a coach.

In October 2010, Moir, Virtue and co-writer Steve Milton published a book about their career called Tessa And Scott: Our Journey From Childhood Dream To Gold .

Career

Early career

Virtue & Moir at the 2005 Junior World Championships.

Virtue and Moir began skating together in 1997, paired together by his aunt. Early in their career, Virtue and Moir trained in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario with Paul MacIntosh and Suzanne Killing.

In the 2001–2002 season, Virtue and Moir won the bronze medal at the 2002 Canadian Championships at the novice level. The following season, they placed 7th at the 2003 Canadian Championships in the junior division. In 2003, they moved to Canton, Michigan and began working with coaches Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena.

They made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2003-2004 ISU Junior Grand Prix. They placed 4th at the event in Croatia and 6th in Slovakia. At the 2004 Canadian Championships, they won the Junior title and qualified to be part of the Canadian team at the 2004 World Junior Championships, where they placed 11th.

The following season, Virtue and Moir moved up to the senior level nationally but remained juniors internationally. On the 2004-2005 ISU Junior Grand Prix, they won the event in China and the silver medal at the event in France. This qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they also won the silver medal. They made their senior national debut at the 2005 Canadian Championships, where they placed fourth. They were named to the team to the 2005 World Junior Championships and won another silver medal.

Virtue and Moir remained at the junior level internationally in the 2005–2006 season. On the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, they won both their events as well as the Junior Grand Prix Final. At the 2006 Canadian Championships, they placed 3rd and were named as first alternates to the Olympic team. They were named to the team for the 2006 Four Continents, winning the bronze medal. At the 2006 World Junior Championships, they became the first Canadian ice dancers to win the title.

Senior career

2006–2007 season

In the 2006–2007 season, they moved up to the senior level internationally. They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2006 Skate Canada International, where they won the silver medal. They placed 4th at the 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard.

At the 2007 Canadian Championships, they won the silver medal, and repeated their bronze medal finish at Four Continents. In their debut at the World Championships, they placed 6th.

2007–2008 season

Virtue and Moir were assigned to Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy for the 2007–2008 Grand Prix season. They won the 2007 Skate Canada International and placed second in the 2007 NHK Trophy. Those placements qualified them for the Grand Prix Final, where they came in fourth place.

Virtue and Moir won their first Canadian national title at the 2008 Canadian Championships and earned spots for the Four Continents and World Championships.

They won the 2008 Four Continents Championships. At the 2008 World Championships in Sweden, Virtue and Moir won the silver medal, winning the free dance segment with their program to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg soundtrack.

2008–2009 season

In the 2008–2009 season, Virtue & Moir withdrew from both their Grand Prix events due to Virtue's medical condition; she had been diagnosed with chronic exertional compartment syndrome and underwent surgery in October 2008 to alleviate the condition. She returned to the ice at the start of December, which she later said was probably too early. At the 2009 Canadian Championships, they won the gold medal.

At the 2009 Four Continents Championships, they won the silver medal behind Americans Meryl Davis & Charlie White. At the 2009 World Championships, they won the bronze medal, after placing 3rd in the compulsory dance, 6th in the original dance, and 4th in the free skate.

2009–2010 season

Virtue & Moir at the 2010 Worlds.

Virtue and Moir started the 2009–2010 Olympic season at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, finishing first by a margin of 16.07 points ahead of the silver medalists, Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat. They also won the 2009 Skate Canada International, with a total combined score of 204.38 points, again ahead of Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat. At that competition, they received the first 10.0 component score for ice dance under the Code of Points. They were second at the Grand Prix Final behind Meryl Davis & Charlie White.

In January 2010, they won their third consecutive National title at the 2010 Canadian Championships, placing first in all three segments of the competition and earning 221.95 points overall, 37.25 ahead of the silver medalists Vanessa Crone & Paul Poirier. They set Canadian records for the free dance and the combined total.

They competed in the ice dancing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics from February 19 through 22. They placed second in the compulsory dance, earning a new personal best score of 42.74 points, just 1.02 off the lead. In the original dance, they received 68.41 points, placing first in that segment of the competition. They scored 110.42 points in the free dance, winning the gold medal with an overall total score of 221.57, surpassing silver medalists, Davis and White, by 5.83 points. In the free dance, they received four 10.00 marks from the judges in the program components, two for performance execution and two for interpretation. They became the first Canadian, as well as North American ice dance team to win Olympic gold. In addition, they were youngest dance team and the first ice dance team to win the Olympic gold on home ice and also the first ice dancers to win gold in their Olympic debut since the inaugural Olympic ice dance event in 1976.

They competed at the 2010 World Championships, placing first in the compulsory dance with 44.13 points, improving their previous personal best. They also won the original dance with 70.27 points, a world record under the ISU Judging System. They placed second in the free dance with 110.03 points, 0.46 behind Meryl Davis & Charlie White. Overall they claimed their first World Championship title scoring 224.43 points, 1.40 ahead of Meryl Davis & Charlie White. They received numerous program components marks of 10.00 in both the original and free dances.

2010–2011 season

Virtue and Moir at 2011 Four Continents

For the 2010–2011 ISU Grand Prix season, Virtue and Moir were assigned to the 2010 Skate Canada International and to the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard. Due to her chronic exertional compartment syndrome Virtue had to undergo another surgery in October 2010, leading to their withdrawal from both events. They also withdrew from the Canadian Championships because they had not had enough time to train after the surgery.

Virtue and Moir made their season debut at the 2011 Four Continents. They were in the lead following the short dance but withdrew midway through the free dance after Virtue felt tightness in her left quad muscle. They changed a lift to alleviate the problem. At the 2011 World Championships, they placed second overall by 3.48 points behind the American team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White.

2011–2012 season

Virtue and Moir were assigned to two Grand Prix events, 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard, having declined a newly introduced option to compete in a third. They announced their music selections in August. Virtue and Moir won their first event of the season, 2011 Finlandia Trophy. They won both their Grand Prix events and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they won the silver medal. Moir expressed dissatisfaction with the scoring of the free dance, which he felt they should have won. In late December 2011, the ISU acknowledged a scoring error in the free dance; had the scoring been correctly calculated (+0.5 points), Virtue and Moir would have won that segment. The scores from the Grand Prix Final were left unchanged, however.

Virtue and Moir won their fourth national title in January 2012. In February, the competed at the 2012 Four Continents Championships. After a second place short dance, they rallied in the free dance to win their second Four Continents championships and first since 2008. It was also their first victory over training mates Meryl Davis and Charlie White since the 2010 World Championships.

Other skating

Virtue and Moir have toured with Stars on Ice in Canada and performed in ice shows such as Festa on Ice, Shall We Dance On Ice, All That Skate in Los Angeles and 2011 All That Skate Summer.

Programs

Virtue & Moir perform their The Great Gig in the Sky program at the 2009 Four Continents.

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2011–2012	Hip Hip Chin Chin by Club des Belugas Temptation by Diana Krall Mujer Latina by Thalia	Funny Face by George Gershwin Basal Metabolism by Adolph Deutsch 'S Wonderful by George Gershwin	I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles cover by T. V. Carpio
2010–2011	Schenkst du beim Tango mir dein Herz by Dajos Bela & Sein Tanzorchester Nights and Days soundtrack by Waldemar Kazanecki	Hip Hip Chin Chin by Club des Belugas Temptation by Diana Krall Mujer Latina by Thalia	I Want to Hold Your Hand by The Beatles cover by T. V. Carpio
	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2009–2010	Farrucas by Pepe Romero	Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler arranged by Ryner Stoetzer	Everybody Dance Now by C & C Music Factory Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp
2008–2009	Won't You Charleston with Me? from The Boyfriend	The Great Gig in the Sky Money by Pink Floyd	Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp
2007–2008	Dark Eyes Russian Folk Song	Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand	I Could Have Danced All Night by Jamie Cullum Dare You to Move by Switchfoot
2006–2007	Assassination Tango Building the Bullet by Luis Bacalov	Valse Triste by Jean Sibelius	Black Magic Woman by Santana Tennessee Waltz by Holly Cole Trio
2005–2006	Beautiful Maria by The Mambo Kings Do You Only Wanna Dance by Julio Daviel Big Band	Malaguena by Raúl di Blasio	No Me Ames by Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Everybody Dance Now by C & C Music Factory
2004–2005	Call Me Irresponsible by Bobby Darrin Puttin On The Ritz	Adiós Nonino by Ástor Piazzolla	Everybody Dance Now by C & C Music Factory
2003–2004	Tears on My Pillow by Little Anthony Tutti Frutti by Little Richard	Russian Medley by Johann Christian Bach	Tears on My Pillow by Little Anthony Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
2002–2003	Les Poissons Concerto Sopra Motivi dell'Opera by Johann Christian Bach	Magaienha by Sérgio Mendes Eres Todo En Mi by Ana Gabriel Tres Deseos by Gloria Estefan

Competitive highlights

Virtue & Moir with their Olympic gold medals

(with Virtue)

Post-2006

Event	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009	2009–2010	2010–2011	2011–2012
Winter Olympic Games				1st
World Championships	6th	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd
Four Continents Championships	3rd	1st	2nd		WD	1st
Canadian Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st		1st
Grand Prix Final		4th		2nd		2nd
Skate Canada International	2nd	1st		1st		1st
Trophée Eric Bompard	4th			1st		1st
NHK Trophy		2nd
Finlandia Trophy						1st

Pre-2006

Event	2001–2002	2002–2003	2003–2004	2004–2005	2005–2006
Four Continents Championships					3rd
World Junior Championships			11th	2nd	1st
Canadian Championships	3rd N.	7th J.	1st J.	4th	3rd
Junior Grand Prix Final				2nd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Canada					1st
Junior Grand Prix, Andorra					1st
Junior Grand Prix, China				1st
Junior Grand Prix, France				2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia			4th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia			6th
NACS Thornhill			1st J.
Western Ontario Sectionals		1st J.	1st J.	1st
N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

(with Virtue)

Post-2006

2011–2012 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
January 16–22, 2012	2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships	1 68.41	1 111.61	1 180.02
December 8-11, 2011	2011–2012 Grand Prix Final	2 71.01	1 112.33	2 183.34
November 17–20, 2011	2011 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard	1 71.18	1 105.75	1 176.93
October 27–30, 2011	2011 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International	1 71.61	1 106.73	1 178.34
October 6–9, 2011	2011 Finlandia Trophy	1 68.74	1 101.59	1 170.33
2010–2011 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
April 24 – May 1, 2011	2011 ISU World Championships	1 74.29	2 107.50	2 181.79
February 15–20, 2011	2011 ISU Four Continents Championships	1 69.40	– WD	– –

2009–2010 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 22–28, 2010	2010 ISU World Championships	1 44.13	1 70.27	2 110.03	1 224.43
February 14 – 27, 2010	2010 Winter Olympic Games	2 42.74	1 68.41	1 110.42	1 221.57
January 11 – 17, 2010	2010 Canadian Figure Skating Championships	1 43.98	1 70.15	1 107.82	1 221.95
December 3 – 6, 2009	2009–2010 ISU Grand Prix Final	NONE	2 64.01	1 104.21	2 168.22
November 19 – 22, 2009	2009 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International	1 39.33	1 63.76	1 103.12	1 204.38
October 15–18, 2009	2009 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard	1 38.41	1 61.91	1 97.39	1 197.71
2008–2009 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
April 16–19, 2009	2009 ISU World Team Trophy	NONE	2 60.98	2 95.73	2 156.71
March 24–28, 2009	2009 ISU World Championships	3 39.37	6 61.05	4 99.98	3 200.40
February 2–8, 2009	2009 ISU Four Continents Championships	1 36.40	1 60.90	2 94.51	2 191.81
January 14–18, 2009	2009 Canadian Figure Skating Championships	1 39.33	1 63.76	1 94.68	1 197.77
2007–2008 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 16–23, 2008	2008 ISU World Championships	2 38.71	3 64.81	1 105.28	2 208.80
February 11–17, 2008	2008 ISU Four Continents Championships	1 38.22	1 65.02	1 104.08	1 207.32
January 16–20, 2008	2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships	1 40.04	1 65.29	1 103.76	1 209.09
December 13–16, 2007	2007–2008 ISU Grand Prix Final	NONE	4 61.14	4 98.26	4 163.40
November 28 – 12, 2007	2007 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy	2 34.67	1 62.04	1 100.18	2 196.89
November 1–4, 2007	2007 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada	1 36.25	1 61.20	1 99.62	1 197.07
2006–2007 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 20–25, 2007	2007 ISU World Championships	9 31.45	6 57.11	6 95.38	6 183.94
February 7–10, 2007	2007 ISU Four Continents Championships	4 33.41	3 57.49	3 93.99	3 184.89
January 15–21, 2007	2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships	2 34.98	2 59.71	2 94.80	2 189.49
October 15 – 18, 2006	2006 Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard	5 31.29	8 45.08	4 83.75	4 160.12

• CD = Compulsory Dance; OD = Original Dance; FD = Free Dance.
• SD = Short Dance.
• Personal bests highlighted in bold.

External links

• Official Site
• Skate Canada Profile
• Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir at the International Skating Union
• "Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir". IceNetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38772&mode=P. 
• World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: DancePDF (11.0 KB)
• Photos of Scott Moir