Keiffer Hubbell

Infobox Figure skater
title= Keiffer Hubbell


caption= The Hubbells in 2006.
fullname= Keiffer Hubbell
altname=
country= USA
formercountry=
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1989|1|15
birthplace= Lansing, Michigan
hometown= Sylvania, Ohio
residence= Ann Arbor, Michigan
height= convert|184|cm|ftin|abbr=on
partner= Madison Hubbell
formerpartner=
coach= Jaroslava Netchaeva,
Juri Tchesnitchenko
formercoach=
choreographer= Juri Tchesnitchenko,
Jaroslava Netchaeva
formerchoreographer=
skating club= Ann Arbor FSC
retired=
dance score= 167.57
dance date= 2008 JGP Mexico
CD score= 34.72
CD date= 2008 JGP South Africa
OD score= 53.51
OD date= 2008 JGP Mexico
FD score= 80.34
FD date= 2008 JGP Mexico

Keiffer Hubbell (born January 15, 1989 in Lansing, Michigan), is an American ice dancer. He competes with his sister Madison Hubbell. They are the 2006-2007 Junior Grand Prix Final champions.

Career

Keiffer Hubbell started skating at age 9.

He skates with his sister Madison Hubbell. They won the National silver medal on the novice level in 2006 behind sibling team Cathy Reed & Chris Reed. Making their junior international debut in the 2006-2007 season, they won a gold and a silver medal on the Junior Grand Prix, which qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they won the gold medal over training mates and rivals Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates. At the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, they won the silver medal, qualifying them for the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. At Junior Worlds, they placed sixth. However, due to the medical withdrawal of Samuelson & Bates, the United States dropped from three spots to the 2008 Junior Worlds down to two.

The Hubbells stayed Junior for the 2007-2008 season. However, they were forced to miss the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix season due to injury. They won their sectional competition to qualify for the 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships, where they won the gold medal on the Junior level. This qualified them for the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, their first international competition of the season, where they moved up a spot and placed fifth.

In the 2008-2009 season, the Hubbells competed again on the Junior Grand Prix. At the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Mexico City, Mexico, they won all three stages of the competition to win the gold overall. At their second event, the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Cape Town, South Africa, they again won all three stages of the competition to win the gold overall

Programs

Competitive highlights

(with Hubbell)

* N = Novice level; J = Junior level

External links

* [http://hubbells.ice-dance.com Official Site]
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