Tanith Belbin
Olympian 2006, 2010
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GOLD
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SILVER
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BRONZE
Athlete Bio#
Height
5'6"
Age
40
Hometown
Kirkland
EVENT - FIGURE SKATING, ICE DANCING
HEIGHT 5'6"
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Vancouver 2010, 4th (Ice Dance - Mixed)
- Olympic Games Turin 2006, silver (Ice Dance - Mixed)
Career Highlights
- 2009 - Skate America - 1st
- 2009 - World Team Trophy - 1st
- 2009 - World Championships - 2nd
- 2008 - Grand Prix Final, Goyang City - WD
- 2008 - Cup of China - 2nd
- 2008 - Skate America - 2nd
- 2008 - World Championships - 4th
- 2008 - U.S. Figure Skating Championships - 1st
- 2007 - Grand Prix Final, Turin - 2nd
- 2007 - Cup of China - 1st
- 2007 - Skate America - 1st
- 2007 - World Championships - 3rd
- 2007 - Four Continents Championships - 2nd
- 2007 - State Farm U.S. Championships - 1st
- Two-time World Championships silver medalists (2005, 2009)
- Two-time World Championships bronze medalists (2006, 2007)
- Five-time U.S. Champions (2004-08)
- Ranked No. 2 in ISU World Standings as of May
Personal
Coaches: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
Partner: Ben Agosto
Originally from Canada, Belbin began skating at 2 1/2 because her mom was a skating coach. She went through five partners before teaming with Agosto. Agosto was born in Chicago, but he moved to Detroit in 1998 to skate with Belbin. They missed out on competing at the 2002 Winter Games, despite finishing second at the 2002 U.S. Championships, because of Belbin's unfinished citizenship process. They organized and skated in the 2005 Skate Aid for Tsunami Relief that raised $40,000 for tsunami relief in Southeast Asia. Belbin would like to become involved in broadcast journalism after her skating career is over.
DID YOU KNOW...?
- Belbin has worked as a "Good Morning America" correspondent and a Ford NY model
- Belbin was named ESPN.com Page 2's "Hottest Female Athlete" in 2006
Image by Harry How/Getty Images
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2009 – silver (Ice Dance - Mixed)
- Years of participation: Ice Dance - Mixed 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Medals: 4 (2 silver, 2 bronze)
- Silver – 2009 (Ice Dance - Mixed); 2005 (Ice Dance - Mixed)
- Bronze – 2007 (Ice Dance - Mixed); 2006 (Ice Dance - Mixed)
