Timothy Goebel

Timothy Goebel
Timothy Goebel competes his long program at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Ontario.
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Richard Goebel
Country represented	United States
Born	September 10, 1980 (1980-09-10)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Former coach	Donna Dickinson Audrey Weisiger Frank Carroll Carol Heiss Jenkins Glyn Watts
Former choreographer	Lori Nichol Tatiana Tarasova
Skating club	Winterhurst FSC
Retired	April 25, 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	208.28 2004 NHK Trophy
Short program	73.65 2003 NHK Trophy
Free skate	137.60 2003 Cup of China
Medal record Men's Figure skating Competitor for United States Olympic Games Bronze 2002 Salt Lake Men's singles World Championships Silver 2003 Washington, D.C Men's singles Silver 2002 Nagano Men's singles Grand Prix Final Bronze 2001–2002 Kitchener Men's singles Bronze 1999–2000 Lyon Men's singles World Junior Championships Silver 1997 Seoul Men's singles Junior Series Final Gold 1997–1998 Lausanne Men's singles

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Men's singles

Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American retired figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. He was the first person to land a quadruple salchow in competition and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program. He landed 76 career quadruple jumps before his retirement in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Goebel was adopted through Catholic Charities by Ginny and Richard Goebel as an infant.

Goebel was sometimes referred to as the "Quad King" because of his ability to land quadruple jumps. On March 7, 1998, in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the Junior Grand Prix Final, Goebel became the first skater in the world to land a quadruple Salchow, and the first American skater to land a quadruple jump of any kind in competition. It was videotaped by another skater's father.

At the 1999 Skate America in Colorado Springs on October 31, 1999, Goebel became the first skater to land three quadruple jumps in one program. In the long program, he landed a quad salchow, a quad toe loop in combination, and a quad toe as a solo jump.

Goebel also made history at the 2002 Olympics by becoming the first skater to successfully land a quad salchow jump in combination in Olympic competition. Goebel's repertoire of quadruple jumps made him one of the most competitive skaters in the world during the peak of his career.

Goebel was heavily criticized early in his career for focusing exclusively on jumping to the detriment of choreography and presentation, but in later years he improved in those areas.

However, after 2003, Goebel began increasingly to struggle with his jumps due to injuries. At the 2006 U.S. Championships, in what he had previously announced would be his last competitive season, he was unable to land either a quadruple jump or triple axel cleanly, and dropped to a seventh-place finish which left him far short of qualifying for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Goebel represented the Winterhurst Figure Skating Club. He was coached by Audrey Weisiger in Fairfax, Virginia, after having been previously coached by Carol Heiss Jenkins, Glyn Watts, and Frank Carroll.

Retirement

On April 25, 2006, Goebel announced his retirement from competitive skating.

On July 27, 2006, he announced that he would finish his undergraduate education at Columbia University beginning in the fall of 2006. In May 2010, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Columbia University's School of General Studies. He previously attended Loyola Marymount University.

He plans to continue to contribute to the sport as a technical specialist, having received certification for competitions sanctioned by the United States Figure Skating Association. He works as a technical specialist at the Aviator Figure Skating Academy in New York.

Programs

Goebel performs a hydroblading maneuver, one of his signature moves, in 2003.

Season	Short Program	Free Skating	Exhibition
2005 - 2006	Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman	A Night On Bald Mountain by Modeste Mussorgsky	Stray Cats Strut by Brian Setzer
2004 - 2005	Concerto Elegiaque for Piano in D Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff	The Queen Symphony by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2003 - 2004	Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev	The Queen Symphony by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2002 - 2003	Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev	Rapsodia Espanola, Tango Op. 65 N. 2 by Espanola Fantasticas by J. Turina
2001 - 2002	Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns	An American in Paris by George Gershwin	American Pie by Don Mclean Freedom by Paul McCartney
2000 - 2001	2001 A Space Odyssey (Sprach Zarathustra & Slow Waltz) by Strauss	Henry V soundtrack & Canone Inverso 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky (Grand Prix Final second long program)	Windmills of Your Mind by Neil Diamond American Pie by Don Mclean Cup of Life by Ricky Martin
1999 - 2000	"Caravan" by Duke Ellington	Seven Years in Tibet soundtrack	Ain't No Sunshine by David Sanborn & Sting

Competitive highlights

Event	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Winter Olympic Games									3rd
World Championships						12th	11th	4th	2nd	2nd		10th
Four Continents Championships						13th
World Junior Championships		14th	7th	2nd	WD
U.S. Championships	1st N.	5th J.	1st J.	6th	WD	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	WD	2nd	7th
Grand Prix Final							3rd	5th	3rd
Skate America							2nd	1st	1st				6th
NHK Trophy							2nd				2nd	2nd
Trophée Eric Bompard													4th
Cup of China											1st
Sparkassen Cup								2nd	2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy					1st
ISU Junior Series Final					1st
Ukrainian Souvenir					1st
Grand Prix St. Gervais				2nd	1st
Blue Swords		4th		2nd

• N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

External links

• Timothy Goebel at the United States Figure Skating Association
• Timothy Goebel at the International Skating Union
• US Olympic Committee Biography
• USFSA News: Goebel retires from competitive skating