Tessa Virtue
Canadian ice dancer, Olympic champion with Scott Moir.
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She is a retired Canadian ice dancer who, with partner Scott Moir, won five Olympic medals including three golds.[1] They are the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time and the only ice dance team to achieve a Super Slam.[1] The Canadian ice dancer Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue entered the world on May 17, 1989, in London, Ontario.[1][2]
Life and work
She married Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly in 2023, and they had a son in August 2024.[3] A school trip to a skating rink motivated Virtue to start taking lessons when she was six years old.[4] In 1997, when Virtue was seven and Moir was nine, they became a skating pair.[5] For training under Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva, Virtue relocated to Canton, Michigan, in 2004.[6]
On September 17, 2019, after 22 years as partners, Virtue and Moir declared they were leaving the sport.[7]
What the cited sources add
Rutherford also reported that after losing the 2017 Grand Prix Final, Virtue and Moir re-examined every element to eliminate reasons for judges not to give a +3 Grade of Execution.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Russell, "Road to the Olympic Games: Virtue-Moir partnership 20 years in the making", CBC Television, March 30, 2017; "Canada's Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir become most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history", ESPN, February 20, 2018; Rutherford, "New-look Virtue, Moir redefine ice dance greatness", U.S. Figure Skating, April 25, 2018; "Virtue and Moir rival Torvill and Dean as ice dancing's greatest", Eurosport, February 20, 2018; "There will never be another Virtue and Moir", CBC Sports, February 21, 2018; Samuels, "After wardrobe malfu en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir", skatecanada.ca; "Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR: 2013/2014", isuresults.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ((CP24)), "Tessa Virtue reveals she's engaged to Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly", 2023-01-04; DiManno, "Leafs' Morgan Rielly is finding joy after so many disappointing endings", Toronto Star, 2021-02-07; "Tessa Virtue marries Morgan Rielly in two secret transatlantic weddings - exclusive", HELLO!, 2024-02-01; Vega, "Tessa Virtue and Morgan Rielly got married with two secret weddings: Report", Toronto Star, 2024-02-01; TSN ca Staff, "Tessa Virtue, Morgan Rielly welcome first child", TSN, 2024-08-17 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Interview with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir", Golden Skate, September 17, 2007; "The platonic passion of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mittan, "News Virtue, Moir win dance at Skate Canada", IceNetwork, November 22, 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Beacon, "Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir return to competition with Montreal event", Montreal Gazette, September 29, 2016; Bruner, "Everything We Know about Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's Relationship", February 12, 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tessa Virtue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Russell, "Road to the Olympic Games: Virtue-Moir partnership 20 years in the making", CBC Television, March 30, 2017; Bruner, "The Internet Is Thrilled About Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir's Ice Dancing Gold Medal", February 19, 2018; "Canadian stars Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir say they're 'stepping away' from ice dancing", The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2019; "Ice dancers Virtue, Moir among 114 Order of Canada inductees", CBC Sports, November 27, 2020; "Virtue and Moir lead star-studded group of inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame", en.wikipedia.org
- Rutherford, "New-look Virtue, Moir redefine ice dance greatness", U.S. Figure Skating, April 25, 2018. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
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- Wikipedia: Tessa Virtue (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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