Matthew Savoie

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Matt Savoie
Savoie in 2003.
Personal Info
Country: Flag of the United States United States
Date of birth: September 12, 1980 (1980-09-12) (age 27)
Residence: Peoria, Illinois
Height: 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Coach: Linda Branan
Choreographer: Tom Dickson
Skating Club: Illinois Valley FSC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total: 206.67 2006 Olympics
Short Program: 75.64 2006 Four Continents
Free Skate: 137.52 2006 Olympics

Matthew Savoie (born September 12, 1980, in Peoria, Illinois), is an American figure skater. He is a three-time US National bronze medalist, the 2006 Four Continents bronze medalist and a member of the 2006 Olympic team.


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[edit] Biography

Matthew Savoie first gained prominence when he won the gold medal on the junior level at the 1997 United States Figure Skating Championships. He went on to place in the top five at every U.S. Figure Skating Championships between 1999 and 2006, winning bronze medals in 2001, 2004, and 2006 and pewter medals (fourth place) in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2005.

He has won bronze medals at the Junior Grand Prix Final, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He has represented the United States three times at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Savoie was the first alternate to the 2002 Olympic team. He earned a chance to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics team by finishing third at US Nationals. Savoie finished seventh overall in Torino, with two solid programs.

Savoie was raised in Peoria, Illinois, and trained there with coach Linda Branan throughout his career. He has also worked with coach Gene Hefron and choreographer Tom Dickson.

He graduated summa cum laude from Bradley University in 2002, with a major in political science and a minor in biology. He went on to earn his master's degree in urban planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005 and received the AICP Outstanding Graduate Student Award for 2005. He was admitted to the law school at Cornell University in 2005, but obtained a deferral for a year to focus on making the Olympic team. He joined the program in September 2006. While Savoie has not given up his Olympic eligibility, he does not plan to compete during the 2006-07 season and will focus instead on law school.

In the summer of 2006, Savoie was appointed the athlete representative to the singles and pairs technical committees of the International Skating Union.[1]

[edit] Competitive highlights

[edit] Post-2000

Event 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006
Winter Olympic Games 7th
World Championships 12th 16th 11th
Four Continents Championships 4th 5th 5th 3rd
U.S. Championships 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 4th 3rd
Grand Prix Final 3rd
Skate Canada International 3rd 5th
Cup of China 8th 7th
Bofrost Cup 3rd
NHK Trophy 9th
Skate America 6th 3rd
Cup of Russia 3rd 4th 5th

[edit] Pre-2000

Event 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
World Junior Championships 4th 3rd
U.S. Championships 8th N. 4th N. 1st J. 11th 4th 4th
Skate America 5th
Bofrost Cup 3rd
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 3rd 6th
Junior Grand Prix, China 4th
Junior Grand Prix, France 2nd 3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 1st
Gardena Spring Trophy 1st J.
Midwestern Sectionals 3rd N. 4th N. 3rd J. 3rd 2nd
Upper Great Lakes Regionals 3rd N. 1st N. 1st J. 1st
  • N = Novice level; J = Junior level

[edit] References

  1. ^ Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating

[edit] External links

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