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Scott Moir
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Personal information
Full name Scott Patrick Moir
Country represented  Canada
Born (1987-09-02) September 2, 1987 (age 37)
London, Ontario
Home town Ilderton, Ontario
Residence Ilderton, Ontario
London, Ontario
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner Tessa Virtue
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Romain Haguenauer
Former coach Marina Zoueva
Oleg Epstein
Johnny Johns
Igor Shpilband
Carol Moir
Paul MacIntosh
Suzanne Killing
Choreographer David Wilson
Marie-France Dubreuil
Samuel Chouinard
Former choreographer Marina Zoueva
Igor Shpilband
Skating club Montreal International School of Skating
Former skating club
  • Arctic Edge FSC
  • K-W Skating Club
  • Ilderton Skating Club
Training locations Montreal, Quebec
Former training locations
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

Scott Patrick Moir (born September 2, 1987) is a famous Canadian ice dancer who is now retired from competition and works as a coach. He skated with his partner, Tessa Virtue. Together, they became some of the most successful and celebrated figure skaters in history.

Moir and Virtue won Olympic gold medals in 2010 and 2018, and a silver medal in 2014. They also won three World Championships and eight Canadian National Championships. They are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time. Many people consider them one of the greatest ice dance teams ever.

They are the only ice dancers to achieve a "Super Slam," which means they won every major international competition in both their junior and senior careers. Moir and Virtue started skating together in 1997 and competed for over 20 years, making them the longest-lasting ice dance team in Canadian history. They officially retired in 2019.

Personal life

Scott Moir was born in London, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in the nearby town of Ilderton, Ontario. He is the youngest of three brothers. His family has a strong connection to skating. His mother was a skating coach, and his older brothers also competed in skating.

Moir started skating when he was only three years old. At first, his mother wanted him to figure skate to become a better hockey player, which he also played for many years. He trained in the United States for a while but later moved to Montreal, Quebec, to train for the final years of his competitive career.

In 2022, Moir married Jaclyn Mascarin, who was his very first ice dance partner. They have a daughter who was born in 2021 and a son born in 2024.

Skating career

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Life after competition

After retiring from competitions, Moir and Virtue stayed busy. In 2010, they released a book about their lives called Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold. They also had their own reality TV show in 2014 called Tessa and Scott, which showed them preparing for the Olympics.

They have performed in many ice shows, including Stars on Ice in Canada and Japan. They also created their own successful tours, like "The Thank You Canada Tour" in 2018 and the "Rock the Rink" tour in 2019.

Over the years, Moir and Virtue have been supported by several major companies, including:

Coaching career

Carreira and Ponomarenko with Scott Moir at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
Moir (far left) with students, Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy

After he stopped competing, Scott Moir began a new career as a coach. In 2021, he became the Head Coach and Managing Director of the Ice Academy of Montreal's campus in London, Ontario. He helps train the next generation of ice dancers.

Some of the skaters he has coached include:

  • United States Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
  • Italy Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti
  • United Kingdom Layla Karnes / Liam Carr
  • Azerbaijan Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov
  • Canada Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
  • Japan Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita

Moir also works as a choreographer, creating routines for other skaters.

Records and achievements

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Awards and honours

2018 Winter Olympics - Gala Exhibition - Photo 245
Exhibition gala at 2018 Olympics

Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue have received many awards for their amazing achievements in figure skating.

  • London Sports Hall of Fame (2010): They were added to their local sports hall of fame while they were still competing, which is very unusual.
  • Canada's Walk of Fame (2018): They were given a star on Canada's Walk of Fame to honour their impact on sports.
  • Order of Canada (2020): Moir and Virtue were named Members of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours, for their excellence in sports and for inspiring young skaters.
  • Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (2023): They were officially welcomed into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.

Programs

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Tessa Virtue

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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Detailed results

2017 Worlds - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir - 16
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2017 World Championships
2016 GPF - Ice Dance - Winners
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2016 Grand Prix Final: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (center), Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France (left), and Alex and Maia Shibutani of the United States (right)
2016 GPF - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir - 22
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2016 Grand Prix Final
2014 Winter Olympics - Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir - 01
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2014 Winter Olympics
2012 World Championships Dance Podium
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2012 World Championships: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (center), Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States (left), and Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat of France (right)
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at 2010 World Championships (2)
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at the 2010 World Championships
Olympics 2010 Ice Dance podium
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2010 Winter Olympics: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (center), Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States (left), and Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia (right)
  • TSS – Total segment score highlighted in bold
  • TES – Technical element score
  • PCS – Program component score
ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 206.07 2018 Winter Olympics
Rhythm dance TSS 83.67 2018 Winter Olympics
TES 44.53 2018 Winter Olympics
PCS 39.14 2018 Winter Olympics
Free dance TSS 122.40 2018 Winter Olympics
TES 63.35 2018 Winter Olympics
PCS 59.05 2018 Winter Olympics
ISU personal bests in the +3/-3 GOE system (from 2010–11) 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 224.43 2010 World Championships
Short dance TSS 44.13 2010 World Championships
TES 22.22 2010 World Championships
PCS 21.91 2010 World Championships
Free dance TSS 70.27 2010 World Championships
TES 34.74 2010 World Championships
PCS 35.97 2010 World Championships

Senior level in +3/-3 GOE system after 2010

  • Small medals for the short dance and free dance are only awarded at ISU Championships.
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team result only. The individual placement at the ISU World Team Trophy is listed in parentheses.
Results in the 2010–11 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Feb 15–20, 2011 Taiwan 2011 Four Continents Championships 1 69.40 – – – WD
Apr 24 – May 1, 2011 Russia 2011 World Championships 1 74.29 2 107.50 2 181.79
Results in the 2011–12 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 6–9, 2011 Finland 2011 Finlandia Trophy 1 68.74 1 101.59 1 170.33
Oct 27–30, 2011 Canada 2011 Skate Canada International 1 71.61 1 106.73 1 178.34
Nov 17–20, 2011 France 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard 1 71.18 1 105.75 1 176.93
Dec 8–11, 2011 Canada 2011–12 Grand Prix Final 2 71.01 1 112.33 2 183.44
Jan 16–22, 2012 Canada 2012 Canadian Championships 1 68.41 1 111.61 1 180.02
Feb 7–12, 2012 United States 2012 Four Continents Championships 2 71.60 1 111.24 1 182.84
Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2012 France 2012 World Championships 1 72.31 1 110.34 1 182.65
Apr 18–22, 2012 Japan 2012 World Team Trophy 2 69.93 2 107.83 3 (2) 177.76
Results in the 2012–13 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 26–28, 2012 Canada 2012 Skate Canada International 1 65.09 1 104.32 1 169.41
Nov 8–11, 2012 Russia 2012 Rostelecom Cup 1 70.65 1 103.34 1 173.99
Dec 6–9, 2012 Russia 2012–13 Grand Prix Final 2 71.27 2 108.56 2 179.83
Jan 13–20, 2013 Canada 2013 Canadian Championships 1 79.04 1 108.19 1 187.23
Feb 6–11, 2013 Japan 2013 Four Continents Championships 1 75.12 2 109.20 2 184.32
Mar 10–17, 2013 Canada 2013 World Championships 2 73.87 2 111.17 2 185.04
Results in the 2013–14 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–6, 2013 Finland 2013 Finlandia Trophy 1 67.23 1 100.64 1 167.87
Oct 25–27, 2013 Canada 2013 Skate Canada International 1 73.15 1 107.88 1 181.03
Nov 15–17, 2013 France 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard 1 75.31 1 105.65 1 180.96
Dec 5–8, 2013 Japan 2013–14 Grand Prix Final 2 77.59 2 112.41 2 190.00
Jan 9–15, 2014 Canada 2014 Canadian Championships 1 76.16 1 117.87 1 194.03
Feb 6–22, 2014 Russia 2014 Winter Olympics (Team event) 2 72.98 2 107.56 2 N/A
Feb 6–22, 2014 Russia 2014 Winter Olympics 2 76.33 2 114.66 2 190.99
Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2016 Canada 2016 CS Autumn Classic International 1 77.72 1 111.48 1 189.20
Oct 28–30, 2016 Canada 2016 Skate Canada International 1 77.23 2 111.83 1 189.06
Nov 25–27, 2016 Japan 2016 NHK Trophy 1 79.47 1 116.37 1 195.84
Dec 8–11, 2016 France 2016–17 Grand Prix Final 1 80.50 1 116.72 1 197.22
Jan 16–22, 2017 Canada 2017 Canadian Championships 1 84.36 1 119.09 1 203.45
Feb 15–19, 2017 South Korea 2017 Four Continents Championships 1 79.75 1 117.20 1 196.95
Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2017 Finland 2017 World Championships 1 82.43 2 116.19 1 198.62
Results in the 2017–18 season 
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–23, 2017 Canada 2017 CS Autumn Classic International 1 79.961 1 115.80 1 195.76
Oct 27–29, 2017 Canada 2017 Skate Canada International 1 82.68 1 117.18 1 199.86
Nov 10–12, 2017 Japan 2017 NHK Trophy 1 80.92 1 117.72 1 198.64
Dec 7–10, 2017 Japan 2017–18 Grand Prix Final 2 81.53 2 118.33 2 199.86
Jan 8–14, 2018 Canada 2018 Canadian Championships 1 85.12 1 124.70 1 209.82
Feb 9–12, 2018 South Korea 2018 Winter Olympics (Team event) 1 80.51 1 118.10 1 N/A
Feb 19–20, 2018 South Korea 2018 Winter Olympics 1 83.67 2 122.40 1 206.07

Senior level in +3/-3 GOE system until 2010

Results in the 2006–07 season 
Date Event CD OD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score P Score
Nov 2–5, 2006 Canada 2006 Skate Canada International 3 29.51 2 54.12 3 88.29 2 171.92
Nov 17–19, 2006 France 2006 Trophée Éric Bompard 5 31.29 8 45.08 4 83.75 4 160.12
Jan 15–21, 2007 Canada 2007 Canadian Championships 2 34.98 2 59.71 2 94.80 2 189.49
Feb 7–10, 2007 United States 2007 Four Continents Championships 4 33.41 3 57.49 3 93.99 3 184.89
Mar 20–25, 2007 Japan 2007 World Championships 9 31.45 6 57.11 6 95.38 6 183.94
Results in the 2007–08 season 
Date Event CD OD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score P Score
Nov 1–4, 2007 Canada 2007 Skate Canada International 1 36.25 1 61.20 1 99.62 1 197.07
Nov 28 – Dec 2, 2007 Japan 2007 NHK Trophy 2 34.67 1 62.04 1 100.18 2 196.89
Dec 13–16, 2007 Italy 2007–08 Grand Prix Final – – 4 61.14 4 98.26 4 163.40
Jan 16–20, 2008 Canada 2008 Canadian Championships 1 40.04 1 65.29 1 103.76 1 209.09
Feb 11–17, 2008 South Korea 2008 Four Continents Championships 1 38.22 1 65.02 1 104.08 1 207.32
Mar 16–23, 2008 Sweden 2008 World Championships 2 38.71 3 64.81 1 105.28 2 208.80
Results in the 2008–09 season 
Date Event CD OD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score P Score
Jan 14–18, 2009 Canada 2009 Canadian Championships 1 39.33 1 63.76 1 94.68 1 197.77
Feb 2–8, 2009 Canada 2009 Four Continents Championships 1 36.40 1 60.90 2 94.51 2 191.81
Mar 24–28, 2009 United States 2009 World Championships 3 39.37 6 61.05 4 99.98 3 200.40
Apr 16–19, 2009 Japan 2009 World Team Trophy – – 2 60.98 2 95.73 2 (2) 156.71
Results in the 2009–10 season 
Date Event CD OD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score P Score
Oct 15–18, 2009 France 2009 Trophée Éric Bompard 1 38.41 1 61.91 1 97.39 1 197.71
Nov 19–22, 2009 Canada 2009 Skate Canada International 1 40.69 1 60.57 1 103.12 1 204.38
Dec 3–6, 2009 Japan 2009–10 Grand Prix Final – – 2 64.01 1 104.21 2 168.22
Jan 11–17, 2010 Canada 2010 Canadian Championships 1 43.98 1 70.15 1 107.82 1 221.95
Feb 14–27, 2010 Canada 2010 Winter Olympics 2 42.74 1 68.41 1 110.42 1 221.57
Mar 22–28, 2010 Italy 2010 World Championships 1 44.13 1 70.27 2 110.03 1 224.43


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