Timothy Goebel

Timothy Goebel
File:Timothy Goebel.jpg 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	(1980-09-10) September 10, 1980 Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
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 Representing United States Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake Men's singles World Championships 2003 Washington, D.C Men's singles 2002 Nagano Men's singles Grand Prix Final 2001–2002 Kitchener Men's singles 1999–2000 Lyon Men's singles World Junior Championships 1997 Seoul Men's singles Junior Series Final 1997–1998 Lausanne Men's singles

Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980) is an American former 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.

Personal life

Goebel was adopted through Catholic Charities by Ginny and Richard Goebel as an infant. He initially attended Loyola Marymount University. Beginning in the fall of 2006, he studied at Columbia University, graduating in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the School of General Studies.

Career

Early in his career, Goebel was coached by Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts near his Illinois home and then moved to California to work with Frank Carroll.

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.

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 salchow 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.

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

File:Timothy Goebel 2003 NHK Trophy.jpg

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 Modest 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	Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev	The Queen Symphony by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2002–2003	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 Pyotr 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	Ain't No Sunshine by David Sanborn, Sting

Competitive highlights

Results
International
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
Olympics									3rd
Worlds						12th	11th	4th	2nd	2nd		10th
Four Continents						13th
Grand Prix Final							3rd	5th	3rd
GP Bompard													4th
GP Cup of China											1st
GP NHK Trophy							2nd				2nd	2nd
GP Skate America							2nd	1st	1st				6th
GP Sparkassen Cup								2nd	2nd
Nebelhorn					1st
International: Junior
Junior Worlds		14th	7th	2nd	WD
JS Final					1st
JS France					1st
JS Ukraine					1st
St. Gervais				2nd
Blue Swords		4th		2nd
National
U.S. Championships	1st N.	5th J.	1st J.	6th	WD	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	WD	2nd	7th
GP = Grand Prix; JS = Junior Series (later Junior Grand Prix); WD = Withdrew Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

• Timothy Goebel at the U.S. Figure Skating
• Timothy Goebel at the International Skating Union
• US Olympic Committee Biography
• USFSA News: Goebel retires from competitive skating