Timothy Goebel - "The Quad King"
Birthname: Timothy Richard Goebel
Born: Sept. 10, 1980, in Evanston, IL
Sign: Virgo
Height: 5’7”, Weight: 130 pounds
Parents: Adopted by Ginny and Rick Goebel
Siblings: None
Home Club: Winterhurst FSC
Hometown: Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Training Town: Los Angeles, California (El Segundo)
Coach: Frank Carroll
Choreographer: Lori Nichol
Significant Other: ???
Pets: Loby (Dog), Toby (Dog)
Hobbies: Books & Basketball
Favorites
Color: Blue
Cologne: Versace's "The Dreamer"
Book: Crime and Punishment
Magazine: GQ
TV Shows: Seinfeld, Law & Order, Will & Grace
Movies: (he's said a lot) Best In Show, Silence of the Lambs, Forrest Gump, Austin Powers 1 & 2 and Stigmata
Actors:Will Farrell, Gwenyth Paltrow & Reese Witherspoon
Foods: Pumpkin Pie
Cereal: Total
Soda Pop: Dr. Pepper
Ice Cream Flavor: Ben and Jerry's "Phish Food"
Candy: Snow Caps, Chocolate, Orbit gum
Most Prized Possesion: Golden Cross from Rome (He sometimes wears it around his neck.)
Favorite Charities: Make A Wish Foundation and Catholic Charities.
20 QUESTIONS
1. What’s in your bag?
Carry-on or checked? It’s a long list either way.
2. What are some of your “must have” products?
MP3 player, cell phone.
3. Best dish that you can cook?
Beef and vegetable stir-fry.
4. If you could be great at any other sport what would it be and why?
Tennis or hockey. They are the only sports I really watch on TV.
5. You’re stranded on an iceberg, what three things do you need to have with you?
A really warm coat, boots, and gloves.
6. What do you want to be when you grow up?
An investment banker.
7. What’s the hardest thing about your sport?
So many different skills to be perfect.
8. If you could have breakfast with anyone in the world who would it be and what would you order?
The Dalai Lama – an omelet w/ hash browns and coffee.
9. One thing you want to do before you die?
Tour Europe with my closet friends.
10. Ever answered a personal ad?
No – but I have read them for entertainment value.
11. Three words to describe you?
Complicated, determined, loyal.
12. Super power you wish you had and why?
Teleportation, I hate flying.
13. Best Halloween costume ever?
One year I was bitter (Ha-Ha).
14. Ever broken any bones?
Yes, my leg.
15. Any tattoos or piercings?
No, at least not yet.
16. Who’s your role model?
I know several really amazing people so I couldn’t pick just one.
17. What is your nickname and how did you get it?
Timmay, like the South Park character.
18. First concert?
End Fest in Cleveland, OH, back in like ’98.
19. Last poster pinned on your wall?
I don’t have any posters up.
20. Dream car?
Audi A8L, W12 & Mercedes-Benz SLR McClaren
# of Quads Completed in Competition: 69 and counting!!
Competitive History:
2006
State Farm U.S. National Championships, 7th
2005
Eric Bompard Trophee, 4th
Skate America, 6th
Campbell's International, 3rd
Marshall's U.S. Figure Skating Challenge, 3rd
World Championships, 10th
U.S. Nationals, 2nd
2004:
NHK Trophy, 2nd
Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic, 1st
Marshalls World Skating Challenge, 6th
U.S. Nationals, withdrew
2003:
International Figure Skating Challenge, 4th
NHK Trophy (Grand Prix), 2nd
Cup of China (Grand Prix), 1st
Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic, 2nd
International Figure Skating Challenge, 2nd
World Championships, 2nd
U.S. Nationals, 2nd
2001:
Grand Prix Final, 3rd
Hershey's Figure Skating Challenge (team), 2nd
Sparkassen (Nation) Cup, 2nd
Skate America, 1st
World Championships, 4th
U.S. National Championships, 1st
ISU Grand Prix Final, 3rd
2000:
Skate America, 1st
U.S. National Championships, 2nd
Nations Cup, 2nd
ISU Grand Prix Final, 3rd
World Championships, 11th
1999:
NHK Trophy Grand Prix, 2nd
Skate America, 2nd
U.S. National Championships, 3rd
World Championships, 12th
1998:
National Senior, withdrew World Junior Championships, withdrew-injury
World Junior Selection Competition, 1st
Goodwill Games, 5th
Grand Prix St. Gervais, 1st
1997:
Ukranian Souvenir, 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy, 1st
National Senior, 6th
World Junior Selection Competition, 1st
1996:
Pokal der Blauen Schwerter, 2nd
Grand Prix St. Gervais, 2nd
Gardena Spring Trophy, 2nd
National Junior, 1st
Eastern Great Lakes Junior, 1st
World Junior Championships, 7th
World Junior Selection Competition, 2nd
1995:
U.S. Olympic Festival, 2nd
World Junior, 5thWorld Junior Championships, 14th
1994:
Pokal der Blauen Schwerter, 4th
U.S. Olympic Festival, 2nd
National Novice, 1st
Midwestern Novice, 1st
Eastern Great Lakes Novice, 1st
1993:
Eastern Great Lakes Novice, 1st
Send Fan Mail To:
Timothy Goebel
c/o HealthSourth Training Center
555 Nash Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
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