Timothy Goebel

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

Timothy Goebel

Timothy Goebel competes his long program at the 2001 Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Ontario.
Personal Info
Country:	United States
Height:	170 cm
Coach:	Audrey Weisiger
Choreographer:	Lori Nichol
Skating Club:	Winterhurst FSC
Retired:	April 25, 2006
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	208.28	2004 NHK Trophy
Short Program:	73.65	2003 NHK Trophy
Free Skate:	137.60	2003 Cup of China

Timothy Richard Goebel was born on September 10, 1980 in Evanston, Illinois. He was adopted through Catholic Charities by Ginny and Richard Goebel. He is best known for winning the Olympic bronze medal in men's figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and for being the first person to land a quadruple salchow in competition.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Programs 3 Competitive highlights 4 External links 5 Navigation

[edit] Biography

Goebel was known as the "Quad King"[1] 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 Skate America in Colorado Springs on October 31, 1999, he became the first skater to land three quadruple jumps in one program. 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. However, after 2003, Goebel began increasingly to struggle with his jumps due to injuries within the past year. At the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating 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 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.

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

On April 25, 2006, Goebel announced his retirement from competitive skating. On July 27, 2006, he announced that he will finish his undergraduate education at Columbia University in the fall of 2006. He previously attended Loyola Marymount University. He plans to continue to contribute to the sport as a technical specialist, recently receiving certification for competitions sanctioned by the United States Figure Skating Association. He currently works as a technical specialist at the Aviator Figure Skating Academy in New York.

[edit] Programs

2005 - 2006 Season

Short Program

"Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman

Free Skate

"A Night On Bald Mountain" by Modeste Mussorgsky

Exhibition

"Stray Cats Strut" by Brian Setzer

2004 - 2005 Season

Short Program

"Concerto Elegiaque for Piano in D Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Free Skate

"The Queen Symphony" by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2003 - 2004 Season

Short Program

"Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev

Free Skate

"The Queen Symphony" by Tolga Kashif, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2002 - 2003 Season

Short Program

"Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev

Free Skate

"Rapsodia Espanola", "Tango Op. 65 N. 2" by Espanola "Fantasticas" by J. Turina

2001 - 2002 Season

Short Program

"Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens

Free Skate

"An American in Paris" by George Gershwin.

Exhibition

"American Pie" by Don Mclean

"Freedome" by Paul McCartney

2000 - 2001 Season

Short Program

"2001 A Space Odyssey (Sprach Zarathustra & Slow Waltz)" by Strauss

Free Skate

Henry V soundtrack & Canone Inverso

"1812 Overture" by Tchaikovsky

Exhibition

"Windmills of Your Mind" by Neil Diamond "American Pie" by Don Mclean "Cup of Life" by Ricky Martin

The 1812 Overture free skate was used in the Grand Prix Final.

1999 - 2000 Season

Short Program

"Caravan" by Duke Ellington

Free Skate

Seven Years in Tibet soundtrack

Exhibition

"Ain't no sunshine" by David Sanborn & Sting

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99	99-00	00-01	01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Winter Olympic Games									3rd
World Championships						12th	11th	4th	2nd	2nd		10th
Four Continents						13th
U.S. Championships	1st N.	5th J.	1st J.	6th	WD	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	WD	2nd	7th
Grand Prix Final							3rd		3rd
Skate America							2nd	1st	1st				6th
NHK Trophy							2nd				2nd	2nd
Trophee Eric Bompard													4th
Cup of China											1st
Sparkassen Cup								2nd	2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy					1st
World Juniors		14th	7th	2nd
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

[edit] External links

• Lee Marshall Management - Representing Goebel
• Timothy Goebel at the United States Figure Skating Association
• Timothy Goebel at the International Skating Union biography page

• USOC Bio Page - US Olympic Committee Biography
• USFSA News - Goebel retires from competitive skating

[edit] Navigation