Timothy Goebel

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<ref name=AP980331/> and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program. He landed 76 career quadruple jumps before his retirement in 2006.<ref name=USFS060425/>

Personal life

Goebel was born on September 10, 1980, in Evanston, Illinois.<ref name=ISU-0506 /> He was adopted through Catholic Charities by Ginny and Richard Goebel as an infant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Citation needed

Goebel initially attended Loyola Marymount University. Beginning in the fall of 2006, he studied at Columbia University's School of General Studies,<ref name=Observer161121/> graduating in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Citation needed After working for the Nielsen ratings company, he joined an ad agency, MEC, as a consumer analyst.<ref name=NBC140408/> As of April 2016, he was pursuing a master's degree in data science from New York University Stern School of Business.<ref name=IN160413/> In January 2017, he began working as a data analyst for Google.<ref name=IN170511/>

In April 2016, Goebel became engaged to his boyfriend of three years, Thomas Luciano.<ref name=IN160413/> They married on April 29, 2017, in Newport, Rhode Island.<ref name=IN170511/>

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.<ref name=Mittan1997/>

During his skating career and prior to the arrival of Nathan Chen to the sport, Goebel was sometimes referred to as the "Quad King"<ref name=USAT030223/><ref name=radno /> 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.<ref name=IN110927/> 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.<ref name=AP980331/>

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.<ref name=CBS991202 />

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.<ref name=USFS060425/> 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.<ref name=NYT060115/><ref name=NBC060213/>

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.<ref name=USFS060425/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Programs

File:Timothy Goebel 2003 NHK Trophy.jpg

Goebel performs a hydroblade, one of his signature moves, in 2003.

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2005–2006 <ref name=ISU-0506 />	Sing, Sing, Sing Template:Small	Night on Bald Mountain Template:Small	Stray Cats Strut Template:Small
2004–2005 <ref name=ISU-0405 />	Concerto Elegiaque for Piano in D Minor Template:Small	The Queen Symphony Template:Small
2003–2004 <ref name=ISU-0304 />	Romeo and Juliet Template:Small
2002–2003 <ref name=ISU-0203 />		Rapsodia Espanola, Tango Op. 65 N. 2 Template:Small Fantasticas Template:Small
2001–2002 <ref name=ISU-0102 />	Danse macabre Template:Small	An American in Paris Template:Small	American Pie Template:Small Freedom Template:Small
2000–2001 <ref name=ISU-0001 />	2001: A Space Odyssey Also sprach Zarathustra Template:Small Slow Waltz	Henry V Canone inverso 1812 Overture Template:Small	Windmills of Your Mind Template:Small American Pie Template:Small Cup of Life Template:Small
1999–2000	Caravan Template:Small	Seven Years in Tibet Template:Small	Ain't No Sunshine Template:Small

External links

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• Timothy Goebel Template:Webarchive at the U.S. Olympic Committee