EVENT - FIGURE SKATING, ICE DANCING

HEIGHT 5'6"

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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);

Athlete Bio

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