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New York Times - Found Jun. 14, 2008
Canadian native Tanith Belbin, left, won a silver medal in Turin in 2006. She was granted expedited citizenship by President Bush in 2005. Marching
USA Today - Found Jun. 19, 2008
USA celebrated a silver medal in ice dancing won by a man born in Chicago and a woman born in Ontario, Canada Ben Agosto and Tanith Belbin.
Sporting News - Found Jun. 18, 2008
Gain Tanith Belbin. Lose Becky Hammon. It happens all the time.
ESPN.com - Found Apr. 19, 2008
DETROIT -- Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto are leaving their longtime coaches, a month after missing the podium at the world
SI.com - Found Apr. 17, 2008
... their new coaches They have trained with Igor Shpilband since they started skating together in 1988 Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto won their...
Seattle Times - Found Jun. 22, 2008
Olympic ice dancing silver medalists Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto; 2008 national pairs champions Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker;
ESPN.com - Found Jun. 14, 2008
-- U.S. figure skating champions Evan Lysacek, Mirai Nagasu, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto all have been entered in Skate America, which kicks...
AP Sports: US champions to headline Skate America - AOL
US champions to headline Skate America - International Herald Tribune
Explore AllDetroit News - Found Jun. 14, 2008
-- U.S. figure skating champions Evan Lysacek, Mirai Nagasu, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto all have been entered in Skate America, which kicks...
AP via Kentucky.com - Found Jun. 22, 2008
... and ice dancer Tanith Belbin from Canada in the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy.
Home News Tribune - Found Jun. 21, 2008
... celebrated a silver medal in ice dancing won by a man born in Chicago and a woman born in Ontario, Canada ? Ben Agosto and Tanith Belbin.
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Tanith Belbin
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| Country: |  United States |
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| Date of birth: | July 11, 1984 | |
| Residence: | Northville, Michigan | |
| Height: | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |
| Partner: | Benjamin Agosto | |
| Former Partner: | Liam Dougherty (CAN), Ben Barruco (CAN - pairs), Andrew Hinton (CAN) |
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| Coach: | Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponossov |
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| Former Coach: | Igor Shpilband Marina Zoueva, Elizabeth Coates |
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| Former Choreographer: | Igor Shpilband, J. T. Hornstein | |
| Skating Club: | Arctic FSC | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Ice Dance Total: | 221.26 | 2005 Worlds |
| Comp. Dance: | 44.00 | 2005 4CC |
| Original Dance: | 67.54 | 2005 Worlds |
| Free Dance: | 111.54 | 2005 Worlds |
| Most Recent Results: | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| World Championships | 203.00 | 4th | 2008 |
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Competitor for the United States |
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| Silver | 2006 Turin | Ice dancing | |
Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin (born July 11, 1984 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian-American ice dancer. Though she holds dual citizenship, she competes for the United States and has competed for the U.S. since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, three time Four Continents Champion (2004-2006), and five-time US National Champion (2004-2008).
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Personal life
Tanith Belbin was born in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She lived and trained in Canton, Michigan for many years, but is currently training in Pennsylvania.
Belbin's mother is a costume designer and she makes some of Belbin's costumes.
Career
Tanith Belbin competed as a pair skater and ice dancer in Canada before concentrating completely on ice dancing. She was introduced to ice dancing by Paul Wirtz and competed with Liam Dougherty as an ice dancer and Ben Barruco as a pair skater in Canada. She did not compete internationally with them.
Unable to find a good dance partner in Canada, Belbin moved to Detroit in 1998, where she was partnered with Benjamin Agosto by their coach Igor Shpilband. They had early success, winning the bronze at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in their first competitive season. Belbin and Agosto qualified for the 2002 Olympics by placing second at U.S. championships, but were not able to go because Belbin was not an American citizen. Because Belbin started the citizenship process before new rules went into effect, her citizenship would not have been completed before 2007. Belbin and Agosto, therefore, focused more on Nationals and Worlds, winning Nationals four times, and earning the silver at Worlds going into the Olympics.
Fans of Belbin and Agosto wrote letters and signed petitions asking for a special act of Congress to let Belbin become a citizen in time for her to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where many believed they could medal. This was a controversial move. The mother of fellow American ice dancer David Mitchell believed that it was unfair to bend the rules for Belbin.[1] Supporters pointed out that the U.S. had three dance team spots at the Olympics only because Belbin and Agosto had earned the third spot by medalling at the 2005 World Championships. Had they not, the U.S. would have had only two spots. By this logic, Belbin and Agosto had earned their own spots. But the point was moot after Mitchell and his partner Loren Galler-Rabinowitz placed ninth at U.S. championships, nowhere near earning a spot on the World team.
However, by a special act of Congress on December 28, 2005, which President George W. Bush signed on December 31, 2005, Belbin became a naturalized citizen, making her able to compete for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In January 2006, the pair won their third consecutive national title and qualified for the Olympics. Maxim Zavozin, who is half of the 2005 Junior World Champion team of Matthews and Zavozin, also became a U.S. citizen through this special act.
At the Turin Olympics, Belbin and Agosto won the silver medal in ice dancing, the highest Olympic result of any American team in the discipline, and the first American ice dancers to win an Olympic medal in 30 years. They went on to win the bronze at Worlds.
For the 2007-2008 season, Belbin and Agosto began with first place finishes at both Skate America and Cup of China which qualified them for the Grand Prix Final, where they placed second. They won their 5th national title and then placed 4th at the 2008 Worlds after a fall by Belbin in the Compulsory Dance.
Belbin and Agosto were regular cast members of the Champions on Ice tour from 2004 until COI went out of business following the 2007 season. They were guest stars on part of the 2008 Stars on Ice tour.
Following the 2007-2008 season, Belbin and Agosto left Igor Shpilband, who had coached them for their entire partnership, and began working with the married coaching team of Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov in Aston, Pennsylvania.
Belbin and Agosto have been assigned to compete at Skate America and Cup of China in the 2008-2009 Grand Prix season.
Programs
| Season | Original Dance | Free Dance | Exhibition |
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| 2007-2008 | Appalachian Hoedown Bluegrass (Western Dance) |
Selection from Frederic Chopin arranged by Joseph Le Duca |
Let's Get Loud (Latin Original Dance)
SexyBack/My Love by Justin Timberlake |
| 2006-2007 | "Concierto Para Quinteto" by Astor Piazzolla Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla |
Overture from That's Entertainment
Amelie (soundtrack) by Yann Thiersen |
Let's Get Loud (Latin Original Dance) |
| 2005-2006 | Let's Get Loud (Latin combination): Salsa Rhumba Cha Cha: Let's get loud by Jennifer Lopez |
Bulenas Jaleo by Luis Winsberg Duende by Esteban |
Green Acres
American Woman, La Rosa Let's Get Loud (Latin Original Dance) |
| 2004-2005 | Charleston: Cabaret (musical) Slow Foxtrot: New York, New York Quickstep: Cabaret (musical) |
Shadritsa Edvin Marton's Russian Gypsy Dance |
Green Acres |
| 2003-2004 | Jitterbug: 5 months, 2 weeks, 2 days by Louis Prima Blues: Give me Some Money Too by Leni Hester Swing: Hey Pachuco by Royal Crown Revue |
West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein |
Elvis Presley Medley (Free Dance)
Green Acres |
| 2002-2003 | Waltz: La Traviata "Drinking Song" by G. Verdi Polka: Jolly Robbers by Franz von Suppe |
Heartbreak Hotel Hound Dog Jail House Rock & Teddy Bear by Elvis Presley |
Elvis Presley Medley (modified FD) |
| 2001-2002 | the Mask of Zorro, A Los Amigos | Sarajevo | Oscar Tango |
| 2000-2001 | More, Girls Girls Girls | Alexandros | Un Vie D'amour |
| 1999-2000 | Four Seasons | Un Vie D'amour |
Competitive highlights
(with Agosto)
| Event | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 | 2008-2009 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 2nd | |||||||||
| World Championships | 17th | 13th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | ||
| Four Continents | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| World Junior Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st J. | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Grand Prix Final | 3rd | 2nd | WD | 2nd | ||||||
| Skate America | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | TBD | |||
| Cup of China | 1st | 2nd | 1st | TBD | ||||||
| Trophee Lalique | 6th | 3rd | 4th | |||||||
| Cup of Russia | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | |||||||||
| Goodwill Games | 5th | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 4th | 1st | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Mexico | 1st | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 1st | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Canada | 1st | |||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 2nd |
- J = Junior level
(with Barrucco)
| Event | 1996-1997 |
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| Canadian Championships | 2nd N. |
- N = Novice level
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Official web site
- Tanith Belbin at the United States Figure Skating Association
- Tanith Belbin at the International Skating Union biography page
- Belbin's U.S. Olympic Team bio
- Tanith Belbin at the Internet Movie Database
- Care to Ice Dance? - Belbin & Agosto
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Description: Senior Free Dance Results Senior Free Dance Photos Tanith Belbin Press Conference Video Ben Agosto Press Conference Video (1/9/04) — Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto (Detroit SC) won their first U.S. senior dance title and were delighted to go
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Description: 06 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Ice Dancing Free Dance Tanith Belbin Ben Agosto (Silver) NBCOlympics.com 15 sec Feb , 06 View the full video at: http:/www.nbcolympics.com/video/5122869/detail.html Though their flamenco free dance earned only the fourth highest score of the night, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agostos total score was good enough for silver the U.S.s first Olympic ice dancing medal in 30 years.View the full video at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/5122869/detail.html Though their flamenco free dance earned only the fourth highest score of the night, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agostos total score was good enough for silver the U.S.s first Olympic ice dancing medal in 30 years.
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Description: 06 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Ice Dancing Compulsory Dance Tanith Belbin NBCOlympics.com 15 sec Feb 17, 06 View the full video at: http:/www.nbcolympics.com/video/5115651/detail.html Though U.S. ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto placed just sixth in the compulsory round, only a small amount separates them from the Italian leaders.View the full video at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/5115651/detail.html Though U.S. ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto placed just sixth in the compulsory round, only a small amount separates them from the Italian leaders.
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Description: 06 Winter Olympics Ice Dancing Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto NBCOlympics.com 14 sec Feb 19, 06 View the full video at: http:/www.nbcolympics.com/video/51 227/detail.html Following rare falls by three top teams in the original dance, Michigan residents Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto surged from sixth to second entering the free dance conclusion.View the full video at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/51 227/detail.html Following rare falls by three top teams in the original dance, Michigan residents Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto surged from sixth to second entering the free dance conclusion.
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Description: 06 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Ice Dancing Tanith Belbin Ben Agosto (Silver) NBCOlympics.com 14 sec Feb , 06 View the full video at: http:/www.nbcolympics.com/video/5122950/detail.html The favorites from Russia edged Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto for Olympic ice dancing gold. But the Detroit teams silver medal was the best U.S. result in 30 years.View the full video at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/5122950/detail.html The favorites from Russia edged Americans Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto for Olympic ice dancing gold. But the Detroit team apos;s silver medal was the best U.S. result in 30 years.