Timothy Goebel

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American figure skater

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Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. He was the first person to land a quadruple salchow jump in competition and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program. He landed 76 career quadruple jumps before his retirement in 2006.

Personal life

Goebel was born on September 10, 1980, in Evanston, Illinois.

Goebel initially attended Loyola Marymount University. Beginning in the fall of 2006, he studied at Columbia University's School of General Studies, After working for the Nielsen ratings company, he joined an ad agency, MEC, as a consumer analyst. As of April 2016, he was pursuing a master's degree in data science from New York University Stern School of Business. In January 2017, he began working as a data analyst for Google.

In April 2016, Goebel became engaged to his boyfriend of three years, Thomas Luciano. They married on April 29, 2017, in Newport, Rhode Island.

Career

Early in his career, Goebel was coached by Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts near his Illinois home and then moved to California to work with Frank Carroll.

During his skating career and prior to the arrival of Nathan Chen to the sport, Goebel was sometimes referred to as the "Quad King" because of his ability to land quadruple jumps. On March 7, 1998, in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the Junior Grand Prix Final, Goebel became the first skater in the world to land a quadruple Salchow, and the first American skater to land a quadruple jump of any kind in competition. International Skating Union officials ratified the jump at the end of the month after watching a video provided by the parents of Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler.

On October 31, 1999, at the 1999 Skate America in Colorado Springs, Goebel became the first skater to land three quads in one program. In the free skate, he landed a quad salchow in combination, a quad toe loop, and a quad salchow as a solo jump.

Goebel also made history at the 2002 Olympics by becoming the first skater to successfully land a quad Salchow in combination in Olympic competition. Goebel's repertoire of quadruple jumps made him one of the most competitive skaters in the world during the peak of his career. He would land a total of 76 quads in competition. Goebel was heavily criticized early in his career for focusing exclusively on jumping to the detriment of choreography and presentation, but in later years he improved in those areas.

Goebel increasingly struggled with his jumps after 2003 due to injuries. At the 2006 U.S. Championships, in what he had previously announced would be his last competitive season, he was unable to land either a quadruple jump or triple Axel cleanly, and dropped to a seventh-place finish which left him far short of qualifying for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Goebel represented the Winterhurst Figure Skating Club. He was coached by Audrey Weisiger in Fairfax, Virginia, after having been previously coached by Carol Heiss Jenkins, Glyn Watts and Frank Carroll.

On April 25, 2006, Goebel announced his retirement from competitive skating. He planned to continue to contribute to the sport as a technical specialist, having received certification for competitions sanctioned by the United States Figure Skating Association. He worked as a technical specialist at the Aviator Figure Skating Academy in New York.

He attended Columbia University, graduating in 2010 with a degree in mathematics. In 2016, he received a Master of Science in Business Analytics degree from New York University Stern School of Business, and currently works for Google as a Marketing Mix Modeling Partner Program Manager.

Programs

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::data[format=table] | Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition | 2005–2006 | 2004–2005 | 2003–2004 | 2002–2003 | 2001–2002 | 2000–2001 | 1999–2000 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Competitive highlights

  • GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
  • JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
  • WD – Withdrew from competition |level=senior|ref= |season1=1996–97|season2=1997–98|season3=1998–99|season4=1999–2000 |season5=2000–01|season6=2001–02|season7=2002–03|season8=2003–04 |season9=2004–05|season10=2005–06 | | | | | | | | | | | | |level=junior|ref= |season1=1994–95|season2=1995–96|season3=1996–97|season4=1997–98 | | | | | |

Detailed results

|208.28|2004 NHK Trophy |73.65|2003 NHK Trophy | | | | |137.60|2003 Cup of China | | | |

Senior level

|season=1996–97 |Aug 23–28, 1996|FRA 1996 Grand Prix International St. Gervais||–||–|2|– |Jan 13–21, 1996|USA 1997 U.S. Championships|10|–|6|–|6|– |season=1997–98 |Aug 26–29, 1997|GER 1997 Nebelhorn Trophy|1|–|1|–|1|– |season=1998–99 |Feb 7–14, 1999|USA 1999 U.S. Championships|2|–|3|–|3|– |Feb 21–28, 1999|CAN 1999 Four Continents Championships|12|–|13|–|13|– |Mar 20–28, 1999|FIN 1999 World Championships|13|–|12|–|12|– |season=1999–2000 |Oct 27–31, 1999|USA 1999 Skate America|3|–|2|–|2|– |Dec 2–5, 1999|JPN 1999 NHK Trophy|2|–|2|–|2|– |Jan 13–16, 2000|FRA 1999–2000 Grand Prix Final|5|–|4|–|3|– |Feb 6–13, 2000|USA 2000 U.S. Championships|2|–|2|–|2|– |Mar 23 – Apr 3, 2000|FRA 2000 World Championships|7|–|10|–|11|– |season=2000–01 |Oct 26–29, 2000|USA 2000 Skate America|2|–|1|–|1|– |Nov 9–12, 2000|GER 2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice|2|–|2|–|2|– |Feb 15–18, 2001|JPN 2000–01 Grand Prix Final|5|–|5|–|5|– |Jan 14–21, 2001|USA 2001 U.S. Championships|3|–|1|–|1|– |Mar 17–25, 2001|CAN 2001 World Championships|4|–|4|–|4|– |season=2001–02 |Oct 24–28, 2001|USA 2001 Skate America|1|–|1|–|1|– |Nov 9–11, 2001|GER 2001 Sparkassen Cup on Ice|2|–|2|–|2|– |Dec 13–16, 2001|CAN 2001–02 Grand Prix Final|3|–|3|–|3|– |Jan 6–13, 2002|USA 2002 U.S. Championships|1|–|2|–|2|– |Feb 9–21, 2002|USA 2002 Winter Olympics|3|–|3|–|3|– |Mar 16–24, 2002|JPN 2002 World Championships|4|–|2|–|2|– |season=2002–03 |Jan 6–13, 2003|USA 2003 U.S. Championships|1|–|3|–|2|– |Mar 24–30, 2003|USA 2003 World Championships|2|–|2|–|2|– |season=2003–04 |Nov 6–9, 2003|CHN 2003 Cup of China|2|–|1|–|1|– |Nov 27–30, 2003|JPN 2003 NHK Trophy|1|–|2|–|2|– |season=2004–05 |Nov 4–7, 2004|JPN 2004 NHK Trophy|2|–|2|–|2|– |Jan 9–16, 2005|USA 2005 U.S. Championships|1|–|2|–|2|– |Mar 14–20, 2005|RUS 2005 World Championships|14|–|9|–|10|– |season=2005–06 |Oct 20–23, 2005|USA 2005 Skate America|6|–|8|–|6|– |Nov 17–20, 2005|FRA 2005 Trophée Éric Bompard|4|–|6|–|4|– |Jan 7–15, 2006|USA 2006 U.S. Championships|5|–|8|–|7|–

Junior level

|season=1994–95 |Nov 21–27, 1994|HUN 1995 World Junior Championships|17|–|12|–|14|– |Jan 6–13, 1995|USA 1995 U.S. Championships (Junior)|6|–|5|–|5|– |season=1995–96 |Nov 26 – Dec 2, 1995|AUS 1996 World Junior Championships|12|–|6|–|7|– |Jan 13–21, 1996|USA 1996 U.S. Championships (Junior)|1|–|1|–|1|– |season=1996–97 |Nov 24 – Dec 1, 1996|KOR 1997 World Junior Championships|5|–|2|–|2|– |season=1997–98 |Aug 19–23, 1997|FRA 1997 JS Grand Prix de Saint Gervais||–||–|1|– |Sep 25–28, 1997|UKR 1997 JS Ukrainian Souvenir||–||–|1|– |Mar 5–8, 1998|SUI 1997–98 Junior Series Final|4|–|1|–|1|–

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