Timothy Goebel

Timothy Goebel is a name every figure skating fan should know for one reason: he was the first to land a quadruple Salchow in competition and the first to put three quads in a single program. That's not just athleticism, it's pioneering, and his 2002 Olympic bronze almost undersells how far ahead he pushed the technical ceiling. Seventy-six career quads before retiring in 2006 is staggering for that era. What I respect is that he then studied at Columbia rather than coasting on the medal. To me he reads as the quiet engineer who quietly rewrote what was jumpable in men's skating.

Name (English)

Timothy Goebel

Name (Japanese)

ティモシー・ゲーブル

Reading

てぃもしー・げーぶる

Born

September 10, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

figure skater

University

Columbia University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Illinois
• figure skater

Last updated

2026-06-02

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