Matthew Gonzalez

Matthew Gonzalez
Born	Matthew Gonzalez 1 October 1986 (1986-10-01) (age 25) Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Matthew Gonzalez (born 1 October 1986), is an American figure skater, who competed in the 2010 series of the UK's Dancing On Ice with Eastenders actress Danniella Westbrook. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.^[1]

Early life

When Matthew was young he always had a passion for Figure Skating and Performing. He began competitive Roller Skating at age 8. He competed Regionally and Nationally. After attending Nationals in Roller Skating, He moved to California where he was able to pursue Figure Skating and began Pairs Skating, and competed for several years.

After competing, Matthew went on to pursue other interests in the Entertainment Industry as a performer as well as in production. Multi-talented, he went on to work for Disney Entertainment in California and Japan as a dancer, puppeteer, actor, acrobat, and entertainment host.

Matthew returned to the ice and began his professional skating career over two years ago, and most recently toured last year with Holiday On Ice's new production, as a Principal Pair Skater. Aside from skating, he is a graduate with a Bachelors Degree in Entertainment Business from Full Sail University.^[2]

Career

Dancing On Ice

Gonzalez first appeared in the hit UK series in January 2010 when partnered with EastEnders star, Danniella Westbrook for Series 5. The couple came second on the scoreboard in the first week, where only the female celebrities performed with the professionals. In Week 3, Danniella and Matthew came fourth on the scoreboard, then in Week 4 moved up to third. Week 5 saw them achieving second place, and then third in Week 6. In Week 7, they came second again, along with Week 8. Despite being second, Danniella and Matthew found themselves in the bottom two with Emily Atack and Fred Palascak. They survived the skate-off with the judges saving them four votes to one, with Nicky opting to save Emily. The following week, in Week 9, Danniella and Matthew came 5th on the scoreboard, and in the bottom two again, this time against Boyzone singer Mikey Graham and Melanie Lambert. They survived again in the closest judges vote ever, with three votes to two, Nicky and Jason saving Mikey instead, but Karen, Emma and Robin saved him and Danniella. Week 10 was prop week and their best week of the competition, as they scored 27.5 (5.5 from each judge) and topped the leaderboard above Hayley Tamaddon, and they were the only couple to do this. They scored 23 points in Week 11, but were eliminated in the skate off and missed out on the final. They came fourth overall. Matthew toured with Dancing on Ice: The Tour last year, being the Male Reserved Pro. It was revealed that Gonzalez would not compete in Series 6.

References

1. ^ http://www.theblueroom.me.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25656 The Blue Room Matthew Gonzalez
2. ^ http://www.theblueroom.me.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=25656 The Blue Room Matthew Gonzalez Early Life

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Name	Gonzalez, Matthew
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Date of birth	1 October 1986
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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