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Tessa Virtue Biography

Birth Name:Tessa Virtue

Birth Place:London, Ontario, Canada

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Was part of the youngest ice dance team to win an Olympic gold medal with Scott Moir at the 2010 Vancouver Games
  • She and Scott Moir were the first North American ice dancers to become Olympic champions when they took the gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games
  • Was awarded the first 10․0 in ice dancing in an international competition with Scott Moir at Skate Canada in 2009
  • Began skating with Scott Moir in 1997, forming the team that would later go on to become the first Canadian ice dancing team to win the Junior World Championships in 2006
  • Quote: "We [her and Scott Moir] started this thing at the Olympics in Vancouver where we'd hug before we stepped on the ice, and we breathe slowly at the same time․ We want to feel totally in unison and in synch․"
  • Her skating partner is Scott Moir, with whom she won the gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
  • Best known as an ice dancer and figure skater for the Canadian Olympic team
  • Her gold medal-winning free skate with Scott Moir was set to Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No․ 5․"
  • When she and Scott Moir won the gold medal in Vancouver, she was suffering from leg pain related to a 2008 shin surgery that made it difficult to walk even a short distance