Curran Oi Explained

Curran Oi
Country:United States
Birth Date:October 19, 1990
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Hometown:Wellesley, Massachusetts
Height:1.69m (05.54feet)
Coach:Matthew Savoie
Formercoach:Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Formerchoreographer:Jamie Isley, Mark Mitchell
Skating Club:Yale FSC
Beganskating:1996
Combined Total:182.89
Combined Date:2009 World Juniors
Sp Score:69.40
Sp Date:2009 World Juniors
Fs Score:113.49
Fs Date:2009 World Juniors

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.

Personal life

Oi was born on October 19, 1990, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the brother of Bryna Oi, the 2011 Japanese national ice dancing champion with Taiyo Mizutani. His brother, Aidan Oi, competed in swimming and attended Boston University Academy.

Oi began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009, graduating in 2013 with a degree in nuclear engineering and physics. He then enrolled as a PhD student in biophysics at Yale University.

Career

Oi began skating at age six after seeing the sport on television. He trained at the Skating Club of Boston under Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson. 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.

Oi was selected for the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Scholastics Honors Team.[1] [2]

Oi announced that he would not compete in the 2009–10 season in order to focus on his studies. In 2014, he started skating again, and has been coached by Matthew Savoie once a week.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2008–09
  • The Phantom of the Opera
2007–08
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Freedom
2006–07
  • Children of Sanchez
  • Freedom

Competitive highlights

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International
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National
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N: Novice; J: Junior

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Figure Skating to Honor 10 Exceptional Scholar Athletes at 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships . 2008-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727025241/http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=40336 . 2011-07-27 . dead .
  2. http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=42485 U.S. Figure Skating Honors 10 Exceptional Scholar Athletes at 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships