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Matt Savoie 
Savoie in 2003.Personal information Country represented United States Born September 12, 1980 Residence Peoria, Illinois Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Coach Linda Branan Choreographer Tom Dickson Skating club Illinois Valley FSC ISU personal best scores Combined total 206.67
2006 OlympicsShort program 75.64
2006 Four ContinentsFree skate 137.52
2006 OlympicsMedal recordMen's Figure skating Competitor for United States Four Continents Championships Bronze 2006 Colorado Springs Men's singles Grand Prix Final Bronze 2000–2001 Tokyo Men's singles World Junior Championships Bronze 2000 Oberstdorf Men's singles Junior Series Final Bronze 1997–1998 Lausanne Men's singles Matthew Savoie (born September 12, 1980, in Peoria, Illinois), is an American figure skater. He is a three-time U.S. bronze medalist, the 2006 Four Continents bronze medalist and a member of the 2006 Olympic team[citation needed].
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Biography
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[citation needed].
He has won bronze medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, the Grand Prix Final, and the World Junior Championships. He has represented the United States three times at the World Championships[citation needed].
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[citation needed].
Savoie was raised in Peoria, Illinois, and trained there with coach Linda Branan throughout his career. He 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, and graduated in 2009. He is currently working as an associate in the law firm of Choate Hall & Stewart.[1]
Following his competitive career, Matt completed a four-year term as the athlete representative to the Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee of the International Skating Union.[2]
Competitive highlights
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 Winter Olympic Games 7th World Championships 12th 16th 11th Four Continents Championships 4th 5th 5th 3rd World Junior Championships 4th 3rd U.S. Championships 8th N. 4th N. 1st J. 11th 4th 4th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 4th 3rd Grand Prix Final 3rd Skate Canada International 3rd 5th Cup of China 8th 7th Bofrost Cup on Ice 3rd 3rd NHK Trophy 9th Skate America 5th 6th 3rd Cup of Russia 3rd 4th 5th 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
References
External links
- Matthew Savoie at the United States Figure Skating Association
- Matthew Savoie at the International Skating Union
- Profile from Peoria Journal Star - The Legacy Project
- From Peoria to Torino
- Savoie's U.S. Olympic Team bio
Categories:- 1980 births
- American male single skaters
- Bradley University alumni
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic figure skaters of the United States
- People from Peoria, Illinois
- Sportspeople from Illinois
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
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