Curran Oi
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| Curran Oi | |
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| Born | October 19, 1990 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Hometown | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Coach | Matthew Savoie |
| Skating club | Yale FSC |
| Began skating | 1996 |
Curran Oi (born October 19, 1990) is an American figure skater. He won two ISU Junior Grand Prix silver medals and placed fifth at the 2009 World Junior Championships. He is the founder of Stats on Ice, an online statistics database on figure skaters.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Oi was born on October 19, 1990, in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] He is the brother of Bryna Oi, the 2011 Japanese national ice dancing champion with Taiyo Mizutani.[3] His brother, Aidan Oi, competed in swimming and attended Boston University Academy.[citation needed]
Oi began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009,[4] graduating in 2013 with a degree in nuclear engineering and physics.[5] He then enrolled as a PhD student in biophysics at Yale University.[5]
Career[edit]
Oi began skating at age six after seeing the sport on television.[6] He trained at the Skating Club of Boston under Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.[7] He won a silver medal on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in his first year on it and placed 5th at the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final.[8]
Oi was selected for the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Scholastics Honors Team.[9][10]
Oi announced that he would not compete in the 2009–10 season in order to focus on his studies.[4] In 2014, he started skating again, and has been coached by Matthew Savoie once a week.[5][11]
Programs[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2008–09 [2] |
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| 2007–08 [12] |
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| 2006–07 [13] |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
| International[14] | ||||||
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| Event | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 10–11 | 15–16 |
| Junior Worlds | 5th | |||||
| JGP Final | 5th | |||||
| JGP Belarus | 5th | |||||
| JGP Estonia | 6th | |||||
| JGP France | 2nd | |||||
| JGP Italy | 2nd | |||||
| JGP Norway | 4th | |||||
| Gardena | 1st J | |||||
| National[15] | ||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 3rd N | 4th J | 6th J | 6th | 18th | |
| U.S. Collegiate Ch. | 2nd[5] | |||||
| N: Novice; J: Junior | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (March 31, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Oi crunches numbers for website". Ice Network.
- ^ a b "Curran OI: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 7, 2010.
- ^ "Japan Figure Skating Championships 2011". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn (May 2, 2009). "Oi won't compete in upcoming season". Ice Network.
- ^ a b c d Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (November 25, 2014). "The Inside Edge: Ge enjoying surprising success; Oi gets back in the rink; Russian ladies taking costumes to new levels". Ice Network.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (January 31, 2007). "Oi Snags Junior Men's Pewter Medal". Skate Today.
- ^ Griswold, Alison (February 5, 2009). "Wellesley High's Curran Oi skates his way into record books". GateHouse News Service. Wicked Local.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (May 25, 2009). "Oi Boy". Golden Skate.
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating to Honor 10 Exceptional Scholar Athletes at 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ U.S. Figure Skating Honors 10 Exceptional Scholar Athletes at 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- ^ Brannen, Sarah S. (November 4, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Dolensky delivers in the moment; Castelli's dress gets passed around; Oi off to Easterns; Pairs go rowing". Ice Network.
- ^ "Curran OI: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008.
- ^ "Curran OI: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 20, 2007.
- ^ "Competition Results: Curran OI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016.
- ^ "Curran Oi". IceNetwork.
- "Earlier version: 2009". Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 2006 to 2008 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- "Earlier version: 2009". Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
External links[edit]
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