Matthew Savoie
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Savoie in 2003.
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born | September 12, 1980 |
Residence | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Former coach | Linda Branan |
Former choreographer | Tom Dickson |
Former skating club | Illinois Valley FSC |
Began skating | 1989 |
Retired | 2006 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined 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 former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time U.S. bronze medalist, the 2006 Four Continents bronze medalist, and competed at the 2006 Olympics.
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Skating career
Matthew Savoie first gained prominence when he won the gold medal on the junior level at the 1997 U.S. Championships. He went on to place in the top five at every U.S. Nationals between 1999 and 2006, winning bronze medals in 2001, 2004, and 2006 and pewter medals (fourth place) in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2005.[1]
Savoie won bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, the Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships. He represented the United States three times at the World Championships.[2]
Savoie was the first alternate to the 2002 Olympic team. In 2004, he underwent knee surgery due to parallel tendonitis.[3] By winning the bronze at the 2006 U.S. Championships, Savoie earned a chance to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[4] He finished seventh overall.
Savoie was raised in Peoria, Illinois, and trained there with coach Linda Branan throughout his career.[5] He also worked with coach Gene Hefron, choreographer Tom Dickson, and modern dance teacher Kathy Johnson.[5][6]
In July 2006, Savoie was appointed as the athlete representative to the Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee of the International Skating Union.[7] He completed a four-year term.
Personal life and post-competitive career
Savoie graduated from Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois) in 1998.[5] He graduated summa cum laude from Bradley University in 2002, with a major in political science[1] 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.[1] 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,[6] where he also served as secretary of the LAMBDA (LGBT) Law Students Association.[8] Savoie graduated in 2009. He is currently working as an associate in the law firm of Choate Hall & Stewart.[9]
Savoie married attorney Brian Boyle on October 7, 2012 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.[10]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2005–2006 [2] |
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2004–2005 [11] |
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2003–2004 [12] |
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2002–2003 [13] |
Cirque du Soleil:
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2001–2002 [14] |
Cirque du Soleil:
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2000–2001 [15] |
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Competitive highlights
Results[1][2][13][15] | ||||||||||||
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Event | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 |
Olympics | 7th | |||||||||||
Worlds | 12th | 16th | 11th | |||||||||
Four Continents | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | ||||||||
Grand Prix Final | 3rd | |||||||||||
GP Cup of China | 8th | 7th | ||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 9th | |||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 3rd | 5th | ||||||||||
GP Skate America | 5th | 6th | 3rd | |||||||||
GP Sparkassen | 3rd | |||||||||||
Bofrost | 3rd | |||||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 4th | 3rd | ||||||||||
JGP Final | 3rd | 6th | ||||||||||
JGP China | 4th | |||||||||||
JGP France | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||||
JGP Germany | 1st | |||||||||||
Gardena | 1st J. | |||||||||||
National | ||||||||||||
U.S. Champ. | 8th N. | 4th N. | 1st J. | 11th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd |
Midwest. Sect. | 3rd N. | 4th N. | 3rd J. | 3rd | 2nd | |||||||
UGL Regionals | 3rd N. | 1st N. | 1st J. | 1st | ||||||||
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix UGL = Upper Great Lakes |
References
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