Morgan Matthews (born May 21, 1987) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With

Maxim Zavozin Maxim Igorevich Zavozin (russian: Максим Игоревич Завозин; born March 2, 1985) is a former competitive ice dancer who appeared internationally for the United States and Hungary. With Nóra Hoffmann for Hungary, he is the 2010 ...

, she is the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist and 2005 World Junior champion.

Personal life

Matthews was born May 21, 1987, in Chicago. She settled in Boston in May 2010. An economics major, she graduated from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

in May 2016.

Career

Early in her career, Matthews competed in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. In 1999 she and partner Val Rising-Moore placed 5th in the novice pairs event at U.S. Nationals. Matthews teamed up with

in 2001. The ice dancing duo became the 2003 and 2004 U.S. junior champions and went on to capture the 2005 World Junior title. They won the pewter medal at the 2006 U.S. Championships and were sent to the 2006 Four Continents where they won silver. The next season, they placed fifth at the 2007 U.S. Championships. Matthews and Zavozin announced the end of their partnership on February 26, 2007. Matthews teamed up with Canadian

Leif Gislason Leif Gislason (born July 17, 1983) is a Canadian ice dancer. He previously competed with Lauren Flynn, and the pair had some success on the junior level. He then teamed up with Lauren Senft in 2002. The two are the 2004 Canadian junior national ...

. They intended to represent Canada but Matthews' request for a release was denied by

U.S. Figure Skating U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee "USOPC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act an ...

. Their partnership ended after two years and a 5th-place finish at U.S. Nationals. She began a partnership with Elliot Pennington, who last competed in 2005 with Jane Summersett. Matthews had hip injuries due to a macerated labrum, acetabular dysplasia, and vascular necrosis. This led to her competitive retirement, in September 2009. In 2010, she joined the coaching staff at The Skating Club of Boston.

Programs

(with Zavozin)

Competitive highlights

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; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

With Gislason

With Zavozin

References

External links

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Matthews / Zavozin official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Morgan 1987 births American female ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Chicago Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American sportswomen