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Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue is a retired Canadian ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion , a three-time Four Continents champion , the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final champion, an eight-time Canadian National champion , and the 2006 World Junior champion. Virtue and Moir are also the 2018 Olympic gold medalists in the team event and the 2014 Olympic silver medalists in the team event. They are the most decorated Canadian ice dance team of all time and the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time.Virtue and Moir were paired in 1997, at the ages of seven and nine. They are the 2004 Canadian junior champions and became Canada's top ice dance team in 2007. They are the 2008 World silver medalists and the 2009 World bronze medalists and became the first ice dance team to receive a 10.0 for a program component score under the new ISU Judging System. In 2010, they became the first ice dancers from North America to win an Olympic gold medal, ending the 34-year streak of the Europeans. They are the youngest ice dance team ever to win an Olympic title. They were the first ice dancers to win a gold medal in their Olympic debut, and the first ice dance team to win Olympic gold on home ice.Virtue and Moir continued to be one of the world's top ice dance teams after their first Olympic victory in 2010. They are the 2010 and 2012 World champions, the 2011 and 2013 World silver medallists, and the 2014 Olympic ice dance and team event silver medalists.

After taking a two-season break from the sport, they returned to competition in the fall of 2016 and became the 2017 World champions, having an unprecedented undefeated season. As of 2018, they are five-time Olympic medalists. Virtue and Moir are holders of the world record score for the now-defunct original dance.Having skated together for over twenty years, Virtue and Moir are the longest-standing ice dance team in Canadian history. Due to their longevity, achievements and versatility on the ice, they are considered by many to be the greatest ice dancers of all time. In 2018, Time magazine noted that "they've become especially beloved by new and returning spectators alike for their passionate performances and undeniable chemistry, on and off the ice". On September 17, 2019, Virtue and Moir announced that they are "stepping away" from the sport after 22 years as ice dancing partners. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. May 1989
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Famous Tessa Virtue Quotes

“Tessa is a perfectionist in all ways. For example, her hair always has to be perfect for an interview or competition, she makes me look goofy next to her.”

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, Interview for Wdish (2013)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Scott Moir about Virtue

“We know that as soon as our competition is done there’s another Canadian taking their place at the starting line or waiting to race. I think that’s what’s so powerful is that we’re just part of something bigger than us.”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, Interview with Kristina Rutherford for Sportsnet.ca (January 2018)

“It is a tough act to follow, for sure. As I’m hearing him talk through some of the things I’m realizing why our partnership works, because we both think the world of one another. Scott is the most disciplined, driven athlete I’ve ever met. There’s a fierce competitor deep within and the passion and the raw talent that is there — the ability to move and hear music and interpret it — is unlike anyone else I’ve ever seen on the ice. And I think because he wears his heart on his sleeve people feel so drawn in and captivated by his performances. He’s generous, thoughtful and extremely insightful. He’s able to understand the glide of the blade differently.”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, Interview for Sportsnet.ca (January 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue about Moir

“I would never even think about skating with somebody else. The whole reason I wanted to come back to skating was to be close to Tessa again, and to share those moments.”

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, quoted in "Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir Will Leave Huge Hole In Our Hearts, Canadian Figure Skating" https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/02/20/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-retirement-figure-skating-legacy_a_23366266/ (20 February 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Scott Moir about Virtue

“We’re still working on it, we still do a lot of work to improve our communication, our efficiency together, to understand one another’s different preferences. It’s evolved over the course of two decades, for sure. Having spent so much time together, we realize it’s a unique dynamic but we’re so appreciative of what we have. It’s a special partnership. We still really enjoy skating together and I think that’s why we still are.”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, Interview for Sportsnet.ca (January 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue about Moir

“We're very proud of our business relationship, it's been very special for 20 years. Who can say that? It makes me shake my head sometimes driving to the rink, because I'm still excited to see Tessa at the arena for warmup. Who enjoys going in to work every day? That's ridiculous.”

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, quoted in "Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir's Quotes About Each Other Will Make You Wish They Were Dating" https://www.elitedaily.com/p/tessa-virtue-scott-moirs-quotes-about-each-other-will-make-you-wish-they-were-dating-8287527 (February 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Scott Moir about Virtue

Tessa Virtue Quotes about thinking

“I think that’s the beauty of the Olympics. There’s always a story. There’s always someone you’re invested in. There are so many Olympic moments that resonate with people all across Canada, and I think that’s the beauty of it. We’re just one of those stories and we’re grateful for the support we’ve received.”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, Interview with Kristina Rutherford for Sportsnet.ca (January 2018)

“Tessa’s hilarious… I think it’s one of the things that gets overlooked because she’s always so pulled together, but she has the best sense of humor. It’s been the joy of my life to have as many laughs as we’ve had along the way.”

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, quoted in "Scott & Tessa Say Their Relationship Is “So Much Better” than People Imagine" http://www.flare.com/celebrity/scott-tessa-say-their-relationship-is-so-much-better-than-people-imagine/ (26 February 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Scott Moir about Virtue

“We are best friends! I think our personalities balance one another extremely well — plus we know how to interact positively and productively with each other. We work hard at maintaining our partnership, but to be honest, it's just what we've come to know and depend on. I hardly remember my life without Scott!”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, Interview for Golden Skate (17 September 2007)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue about Moir

Tessa Virtue Quotes

“I screwed up the first competition and she stayed with me. That's when I knew I'd found the one.”

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, quoted by Olympic Channel (2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Scott Moir about Virtue

“This friendship and this bond that we share is, to us, the No. 1 priority.”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, quoted in "Scott & Tessa Say Their Relationship Is “So Much Better” than People Imagine" http://www.flare.com/celebrity/scott-tessa-say-their-relationship-is-so-much-better-than-people-imagine/ (26 February 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue about Moir

Friendship

“I’m motivated every single day to go to the rink because of what she brings. I know that she brings her best every day. With brilliant people, with being so creative, it’s hard to imagine you’d just be so steady. That last thing, that’s the consistency.”

Tessa Virtue

Scott Moir, Interview with Kristina Rutherford for Sportsnet.ca (January 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Scott Moir about Virtue

People , Imagination , Motivation

“Our partnership is so much more than that, and in a lot of ways it’s so much better.”

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue, quoted in "Scott & Tessa Say Their Relationship Is “So Much Better” than People Imagine" http://www.flare.com/celebrity/scott-tessa-say-their-relationship-is-so-much-better-than-people-imagine/ (26 February 2018)
Partnership with Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue about Moir

Way , Partnership

“So Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir solidified their legacy as perhaps the best ice dancing team the world has ever seen.”

Tessa Virtue

James McCarthy, in "SPORTS TALK: Wasn’t that a lovely show North Korea put on?" http://nunavutnews.com/nunavut-news/sports-talk-wasnt-lovely-show-north-korea-put/ (26 February 2018)

World , Dance

“Simply put, there will never be another Virtue and Moir.”

Tessa Virtue

Pj Kwong, CBC Sports, in "There will never be another Virtue and Moir" http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/figureskating/there-will-never-be-another-virtue-and-moir-1.4542769 (21 February 2018)

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