Morgan Matthews

For other uses, see Morgan Matthews (disambiguation).

Morgan Matthews

Matthews and Maxim Zavozin in 2006.
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	May 21, 1987 (1987-05-21) (age 24)
Height	170 cm (5.6 ft)
Partner	Leif Gislason
Former partner	Maxim Zavozin
Skating club	Skating Club of New York
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Four Continents Championships Silver 2006 Colorado Springs Ice dancing World Junior Championships Gold 2005 Kitchener Ice dancing Bronze 2004 The Hague Ice dancing

Morgan Matthews (born May 21, 1987 in Chicago) is an American ice dancer.

She teamed up with Maxim Zavozin in 2001. The duo won the 2003 and 2004 U.S. Junior titles and captured the 2005 World Junior championships. After placing a disappointing fifth at the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships, Matthews and Zavozin announced the end of their partnership on February 26, 2007.^[1]

Matthews formed a new partnership with Canadian Leif Gislason which ended after 2 years and a 5th place finish at U.S. Nationals. She began a partnership with Elliot Pennington, who last competed in 2005 with Jane Summersett. Unfortunately due to a serious injury, Matthews retired from competitive skating in September 2009 and is now coaching other skaters in Boston.

Matthews also competed in pair skating. In 1999, she and partner Val Rising-Moore placed 5th in the novice pairs event at U.S. Nationals.^[2]

Competitive highlights

(with Gislason)

Event	2008-2009
U.S. Championships	5th
Eastern Sectionals	1st

(with Zavozin)

Event	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
World Championships					16th
World Junior Championships		11th	3rd	1st
Four Continents Championships					2nd
U.S. Championships	3rd N.	1st J.	1st J.	5th	4th	5th
Cup of Russia						6th
Skate America						4th
Cup of China					5th
Trophée Eric Bompard					4th
Nebelhorn Trophy						2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final			3rd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, France				1st
Junior Grand Prix, USA				1st
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia			3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Italy		4th
Junior Grand Prix, Canada		3rd

• N = Novice level; J = Junior level

References

1. ^ Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating
2. ^ Mittan, Barry (January 26, 2003). "Matthews and Zavozin Make Quick Impact on Dance Scene". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2002/012603.shtml. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 

External links

• Official Site
• Care to Ice Dance? - Matthews & Zavozin
• Matthews & Zavozin at the International Skating Union
• Matthews & Zavozin at the United States Figure Skating Association

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Name	Matthews, Morgan
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Date of birth	May 21, 1987
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