Tessa Virtue
A Canadian Figure Skater Written by Grace O'Connell
Hi, I'm Tessa Virtue. I competed in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games in figure skating.
I was born on May 17 1989 in London, Canada. I'm 24 years old. My hobbies are golfing, dancing, traveling, photography, fashion, and shopping. I started skating when I was 6 years old and I wanted to skate because I didn't want to be the only kid in my class who couldn't skate on a field trip at the arena.
This is how figure skating started...
First of all, figure skating is the oldest sport in the Olympic Winter Games. It started as far back as 1908. It was first called "Special Figures" (ha, ha!) in the first Winter Olympics. Today, there is individual men's and women's events, pairs events, ice dancing, and team events. The equipment in this event is custom-made boots with high strength carbon-steel blades, and a suit made of stretchable material (often has lace, silk, ruffles, and sparkles).
My skating partner is Scott Moir. Here's some facts about him...
Scott Moir and I both won silver in this years olympics.
We've been partners since we were little. He likes to play ice hockey in his free time. We both have the same coach: Marina Zueva.
Here we are at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
We came in second place that sunday night with a score of 76.33, but we were behind Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White 2.56 points.
We both train at llderton Skating Club, Canada.
We train for 35 hours a week during the low season and 30 hours a week in the high season. There's a video of us at the bottom of this flyer ( two video's, make that! ).
There are common injuries in Figure Skating...
I had surgery on my shins in the 2010/11season. And I also had the same surgery in 2008, and I blamed it on over-training.
This is why I think Figure Skating is qualified to be an Olympic event...
Figure Skating is on ice, and people have been skating for a long time. It also is like dancing on ice, so it's good to take ballet lessons for this sport. People even tour the world for figure skating competitions and shows on ice. It's also fun! So it makes sense that figure skating is an Olympic sport.
Here are some of the top players for figure skating in the Vancouver Olympics.
VIRTUE Tessa / MOIR Scott CAN221.57 Gold medal in Team's Ice Dancing.
Joannie ROCHETTE CAN202.64 Bronze medal in Women's Individual.
Here's a few ways to contact me!
But I'm not about to give you all of my personal information! And of course I live in Canada!
Website: http://virtuemoir.com
Location: Canada
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tessa-Virtue/193291946959
Twitter: @Tessa_Virtue
2010 Winter Olympics Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir FD Symphony No 5
I'm Only Me When I'm With You - Scott and Tessa
And last of all, here are a few contests I've won.
Ice Dance2010 Vancouver, BC, CAN
Ice Dance2012 Nice, FRA
Ice Dance2010 Torino, ITA
Ice Dance2012
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Ice Dance2008 Goyang, KOR
I hope you like this flyer! :D -Tessa Virtue