Scott Moir facts for kids

Scott Moir
Scott Moir
	Moir at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Scott Patrick Moir
Country represented	Canada
Born	September 2, 1987 (age 32); London, Ontario
Home town	Ilderton, Ontario
Residence	London, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.79 m
Partner	Tessa Virtue
Coach	Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Former coach	Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein, Johnny Johns, Igor Shpilband, Carol Moir, Paul MacIntosh, Suzanne Killing
Choreographer	David Wilson, Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
Former choreographer	Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband, Suzanne Killing
Skating club	Montreal International School of Skating
Former skating club	Arctic Edge FSC; Ilderton Skating Club
Training locations	Montreal
Former training locations	Canton, Michigan; Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Began skating	1990
Retired	September 17, 2019
World standing	1 (2017–18); 11 (2016–17); 29 (2015–16); 4 (2014–15); 2 (2013–14); 2 (2012–13); 3 (2011–12); 4 (2010–11); 3 (2009–10); 4 (2008–09); 4 (2007–08); 6 (2006–07); 9 (2005–06); 18 (2004–05); 52 (2003–04)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	206.07; 2018 Winter Olympics
Short dance:	83.67; 2018 Winter Olympics
Free dance	122.40; 2018 Winter Olympics
Figure skating
Competitor for Canada
Olympic Games
World Championships
Four Continents Championships
Grand Prix Final
World Junior Championships
Junior Grand Prix Final

Scott Moir is an ice dancer from Canada. His skating partner is Tessa Virtue. Virtue and Moir have been skating together since 1997.

Virtue and Moir were the most successful junior-level Canadian ice dancers ever. They won Canada's first gold medal in ice dancing at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 2006. In that year, they also won the bronze medal at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, a senior-level competition for skaters who are from countries that are not in Europe.

In their first full season skating at the senior level, Virtue and Moir won the silver medal (second place) at the Skate Canada International and again at Nationals. Their debut at the World Championships was the highest debut by any team in over two decades when they placed 6th. This made them immediately seeded skaters going into the 2007/2008 season.

Virtue and Moir are known for their artistry, musicality, and grace on the ice. They often look as if they were dancing, not skating. They have a close connection. While most of their programs have been soft and romantic, Virtue and Moir have also done humorous programs in exhibition.

Virtue and Moir are coached by Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva.

Moir comes from a family of skaters. His older brother Danny competed internationally on the junior level with one of his cousins. That cousin now skates competitively as a synchronized skater. Other relatives of Moir's are judges and coaches.

Images for kids

Virtue/Moir at the 2005 Junior World Championships.
Virtue & Moir at the 2010 Worlds.
Virtue and Moir at 2011 Four Continents
Virtue and Moir debuting their newly modified short dance at the 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Virtue/Moir perform their The Great Gig in the Sky program at the 2009 Four Continents.
Virtue/Moir perform their Carmen-themed free dance at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup.
Virtue/Moir at Bompard 2013.
Virtue/Moir at Worlds 2012
Virtue and Moir with their Olympic gold medals
Virtue and Moir with the other medalists at the 2012 World Championships.