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Madison Hubbell (born February 24, 1991) is an American former
ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. She competed with
Zachary Donohue Zachary Tyler "Zach" Donohue (born January 8, 1991) is an American former ice dancer. With Madison Hubbell, he is a two-time 2022 Winter Olympics medalist, a four-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist, the 2018 Grand Prix of Fig ...
from 2011 to 2022. With him, she is a two-time 2022
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medalist, a four-time
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medalist, the 2018
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champion, the 2014
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champion, and a three-time
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champion (2018–2019, 2021). She competed in ice dance with her brother Keiffer Hubbell from 2001 to 2011. With him, she is the 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2006 JGP Final champion, and two-time U.S. national pewter medalist (2009, 2011).


Personal life

Madison Hubbell was born on February 24, 1991 in
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. She is the daughter of Susan, a seamstress, and Brad Hubbell, a lawyer, and has two older brothers, Keiffer and Zachary. Hubbell began dating Spanish ice dancer Adrián Díaz in 2014. The couple announced their engagement in April 2018.


Early career

Madison Hubbell started skating as a five-year-old. She began ice dancing at age eight, skating with her first partner, Nicholas Donahue, for one year. She teamed up with her brother, Keiffer Hubbell, in early 2001. They originally represented the Lansing Skating Club in competition. Competing on the juvenile level, the Hubbells placed 7th at the 2002 U.S. Junior Championships and won gold at the 2003 U.S. Junior Championships. They began representing the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club in the 2003–2004 season. They won gold competing on the intermediate level at the 2004 U.S. Junior Championships. In the 2004–2005 season, the Hubbells moved up to the novice level, which is the first level that competes at the U.S. Championships. At the 2005 U.S. Championships, the Hubbells finished 5th overall. At the Estonia International Dance Competition, which was their first major international event, the Hubbells won all three segments of the competition and won the gold medal. This medal qualified the Hubbells for the USFSA reserve team for the following season. The Hubbells won the novice silver medal at the 2006 U.S. Championships, scoring 1.39 points less than the champions,
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/ Chris Reed.


2006–2007 season: Junior debut

The Hubbells moved up to the junior level both nationally and internationally. Making their
ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...
debut in
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, France, the Hubbells placed second in the compulsory and original dances and then won the free dance. They won the silver medal behind
Ekaterina Bobrova Ekaterina Alexandrovna Bobrova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Александровна Боброва, born 28 March 1990) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Dmitri Soloviev, she is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team even ...
/
Dmitri Soloviev Dmitri Vladimirovich Soloviev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Соловьёв, born July 18, 1989) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ekaterina Bobrova, he is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2013 World bro ...
by a margin of 0.78 points. The Hubbells were then assigned to their second event, in
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. They placed third in the compulsory dance segment and then won both the original and free dances to win the gold medal overall by a margin of victory of 1.84 points ahead of silver medalists
Grethe Grünberg Grethe Grünberg (born 17 December 1988) is an Estonian former ice dancer. With partner Kristjan Rand, she is the 2007 World Junior silver medalist and the 2005–2007 Estonian national champion. Career Grünberg began learning to skate in 19 ...
/ Kristian Rand. These two placements combined qualified them for the 2006–2007
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, for which the Hubbells were the third-ranked qualifiers. Qualifying for the event had also given them a bye to the U.S. Championships. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, the Hubbells placed second in the Midnight Blues compulsory dance by a margin of 0.17 points behind Bobrova/Soloviev. They won both the original and free dances to win the gold medal overall by a margin of victory of 2.17 points ahead of silver medalists and training mates Emily Samuelson /
Evan Bates Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Madison Chock, he is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and 2022), a four-time Grand P ...
. At the 2007 U.S. Championships, the Hubbells placed second in both compulsory dances behind Samuelson/Bates. They won the original dance and went into the free dance in first place overall, where they placed second. They won the silver medal overall, placing second by a margin of 0.17 points behind champions Samuelson / Bates, and 24.56 points ahead of bronze medalists and training-mates
Lynn Kriengkrairut Lynn Kriengkrairut ( th, ลินน์ เกรียงไกรรัตน์; ; born October 4, 1988) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, she is a two-time (2011–2012) Ice Challenge champi ...
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Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (born August 16, 1985) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Lynn Kriengkrairut, he is a two-time (2011–2012) Ice Challenge champion and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. Career Giulietti ...
. The top three junior dance teams were named to the 2007 Junior Worlds, and all three junior teams were coached by
Yaroslava Nechaeva Yaroslava "Yasa" Nechaeva (russian: Ярослава Нечаева, also romanized as ''Iaroslava Netchaeva'') is a former ice dancer who competed with Yuri Chesnichenko for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia. She currently lives in Ann Arbor, ...
and
Yuri Chesnichenko Yuri Chesnichenko (russian: Юрий Чесниченко, also romanized French-style as ''Iouri Tchesnitchenko'') is a former ice dancer who competed with Yaroslava Nechaeva for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia. He currently lives in Ann Arbo ...
. At the 2007 Junior Worlds, the Hubbells both fell in the Silver Samba compulsory dance and placed twelfth in that segment of the competition. They placed fifth in the original dance and fourth in the free dance to move up to place sixth overall.


2007–2008 season

The Hubbells withdrew from their 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix events and missed the fall season due to an injury to Keiffer. They returned to competition at the Midwestern Sectional Championships, where they won all three segments to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Championships. At the national championships, the Hubbells won the compulsory dance, placed third in the original dance, and then won the free dance to win the gold medal overall. At the 2008 World Junior Championships, the Hubbells placed fifth in all three segments of the competition and fifth overall.


2008–2009 season: Senior national debut

The Hubbells moved up to the senior level nationally and remained juniors internationally. They competed on the
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. At their first event in
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, Mexico, they won all three segments of the competition to win the gold medal by a margin of victory of 17.26 points ahead of silver medalists
Kharis Ralph Kharis Ralph (born April 22, 1992) is a Canadian former Ice dancing, ice dancer. With Asher Hill, she is the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, 2008 Canadian national junior champion and 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist. Personal ...
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Asher Hill Asher Hill (born March 19, 1991) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With previous partner Kharis Ralph, he is the 2008 Canadian national junior champion and 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist. He teamed up with Nicole Orford in 2015. He has ...
. The Hubbells were then assigned to their second event, the event in
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, where they again won all three segments of the competition to win the gold medal by a margin of victory of 9.25 points ahead of silver medalists
Piper Gilles Piper Gilles (; born January 16, 1992) is an American-Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Canada internationally. With Paul Poirier, she is the 2021 World bronze medalist and 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, as well as a three-tim ...
/
Zachary Donohue Zachary Tyler "Zach" Donohue (born January 8, 1991) is an American former ice dancer. With Madison Hubbell, he is a two-time 2022 Winter Olympics medalist, a four-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist, the 2018 Grand Prix of Fig ...
. These two placements combined qualified them for the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, for which the Hubbells were the top-ranked qualifiers. Qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final also gave them a bye to the U.S. Championships. The Junior Grand Prix Final was held for the first time concurrently with the
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and therefore did not include a
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segment. The Hubbells fell during the original dance and placed sixth in that segment of the competition. They placed second in the free skate and won the silver medal overall, scoring 6.47 points less than champions
Madison Chock Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Evan Bates, she is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and 2022), a fo ...
/ Greg Zuerlein. The Hubbells made their senior national debut at the 2009 U.S. Championships. They placed fourth in the compulsory dance, the original dance, and the free dance, to place fourth overall and win the pewter medal. At the 2009 World Junior Championships, the Hubbells placed second in the compulsory dance, third in the original dance, and fourth in the free skate to place fourth overall, scoring 0.46 points less than bronze medalists
Ekaterina Riazanova Ekaterina Vladimirovna Riazanova (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Рязанова, born 6 April 1991) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Ilia Tkachenko, she is the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard si ...
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Jonathan Guerreiro Jonathan Franciscovich Guerreiro (russian: link=no, Джонатан Францискович Гурейро; born 3 April 1991) is an Australian-Russian ice dancer. Representing Russia with Tiffany Zahorski, he is the 2018 NHK Trophy silver ...
.


2009–2010 season: Four Continents bronze

Following the 2009 Trophée Éric Bompard competition, the Hubbells moved from
Yaroslava Nechaeva Yaroslava "Yasa" Nechaeva (russian: Ярослава Нечаева, also romanized as ''Iaroslava Netchaeva'') is a former ice dancer who competed with Yuri Chesnichenko for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia. She currently lives in Ann Arbor, ...
and
Yuri Chesnichenko Yuri Chesnichenko (russian: Юрий Чесниченко, also romanized French-style as ''Iouri Tchesnitchenko'') is a former ice dancer who competed with Yaroslava Nechaeva for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia. He currently lives in Ann Arbo ...
, who had coached them in
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for 10 years, to
Pasquale Camerlengo Pasquale Camerlengo (born 14 April 1966) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer who is now a coach and choreographer. With Stefania Calegari, he won gold medals at Skate America, Skate Canada, and the International de Paris, and placed fift ...
and
Anjelika Krylova Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (russian: Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time (1998, 1999) World ...
in
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, Michigan. They won the bronze medal at the 2010 Four Continents Championships.


2010–2011 season

The Hubbells finished fourth at the 2011 U.S. Championships. On May 12, 2011, they announced the end of their partnership. Keiffer had experienced hip and back problems and was undecided about his future.


Hubbell and Donohue


2011–2012 season

On May 12, 2011,
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announced that Hubbell had teamed up with
Zachary Donohue Zachary Tyler "Zach" Donohue (born January 8, 1991) is an American former ice dancer. With Madison Hubbell, he is a two-time 2022 Winter Olympics medalist, a four-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist, the 2018 Grand Prix of Fig ...
. The two decided to train at the Detroit Skating Club under the guidance of the coaching team of
Pasquale Camerlengo Pasquale Camerlengo (born 14 April 1966) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer who is now a coach and choreographer. With Stefania Calegari, he won gold medals at Skate America, Skate Canada, and the International de Paris, and placed fift ...
,
Anjelika Krylova Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (russian: Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time (1998, 1999) World ...
, and Natalia Annenko-Deller. Hubbell/Donohue made their international debut at the
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, winning the gold medal. After taking bronze at the 2012 U.S. Championships, they were selected to compete at two ISU Championships; they placed fifth at the 2012 Four Continents in
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, and tenth at the 2012 World Championships in
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, France.


2012–2013 season

Hubbell/Donohue took bronze at the
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and then competed at two Grand Prix events. They placed fifth at the
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and fourth at the
2012 Trophée Éric Bompard The 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard the fifth event of six in the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in Paris on November 15 ...
(second in the free dance). After finishing fourth at the 2013 U.S. Championships, they were not selected for any ISU Championships.


2013–2014 season: Four Continents gold

After sustaining a concussion in June 2013, Hubbell spent six weeks recuperating. She attributed the injury to "lack of focus, as painful as that is to admit. I finished twizzles, I did my 3-turn, and I fell off my heel." Hubbell/Donohue won gold at the
2013 Nebelhorn Trophy The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 26–28, 2013 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. It is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. Medals were awarded in men's and ladies' singles, pair ...
, placed fourth at the
2013 Skate America The 2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America was the first event of six in the 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 17 ...
, and won their first Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2013 Skate Canada International. After placing fourth at the 2014 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents Championships and finished ahead of
Piper Gilles Piper Gilles (; born January 16, 1992) is an American-Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Canada internationally. With Paul Poirier, she is the 2021 World bronze medalist and 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, as well as a three-tim ...
/
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to take the gold medal. Hubbell/Donohue were first alternates for the 2014 World Championships but did not take the slot made available when
Meryl Davis Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) is a former competitive American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final ...
/ Charlie White withdrew; Hubbell had sustained a torn labrum in her left hip and underwent surgery in March 2014.


2014–2015 season

Hubbell/Donohue won bronze at both of their Grand Prix events, the
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and 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard, and then took bronze at the 2015 U.S. Championships. They placed 10th at the 2015 World Championships in
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, China. On April 13, 2015, Hubbell/Donohue announced that they had started training with
Marie-France Dubreuil Marie-France Dubreuil (born August 11, 1974) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With her husband Patrice Lauzon, she is a two-time (2006–2007) World Figure Skating Championships, World silver medallist. Personal life Mari ...
and
Patrice Lauzon Patrice Lauzon (born November 26, 1975) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With his wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medalist. Personal life Patrice Lauzon was born in Montreal, Quebec, ...
at the Centre Gadbois in Montreal.


2015–2016 season

In November 2015, Hubbell/Donohue won their first Grand Prix title, taking gold at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard in
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as a result of their first place in the short dance, ahead of Canada's
Piper Gilles Piper Gilles (; born January 16, 1992) is an American-Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Canada internationally. With Paul Poirier, she is the 2021 World bronze medalist and 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, as well as a three-tim ...
/
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. The second day of competition was cancelled due to the
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. After winning bronze at the
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, the two qualified to their first
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, where they finished sixth. Hubbell/Donohue took the bronze medal at the 2016 U.S. Championships. They placed fourth at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in
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and sixth at the 2016 World Championships in
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.


2016–2017 season

Ranked third in both segments at the 2017 U.S. Championships, Hubbell/Donohue remained national bronze medalists for a third consecutive year. In February, they placed fourth in the short dance, sixth in the free, and fourth overall at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in
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, South Korea. In March, Hubbell/Donohue won a small bronze medal for their short dance at the 2017 World Championships in
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, Finland. They dropped to ninth overall after placing tenth in the free dance.


2017–2018 season: World silver

Hubbell/Donohue began their season with gold at the 2017 CS U.S. International Classic. After taking bronze at the 2017 Skate Canada International and silver at the
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, they qualified to their third consecutive
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. They finished fourth at the event in
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, Japan. At the 2018 U.S. Championships, Hubbell/Donohue placed second behind
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and
Alex Shibutani Alex Hideo Shibutani (born April 25, 1991) is an American ice dancer. Partnered with his sister Maia Shibutani, he is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2018), a three-time World medalist (silver in 2016; bronze in 2011 and 2017), the 2016 Fou ...
in the short dance and then second to
Madison Chock Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Evan Bates, she is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and 2022), a fo ...
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Evan Bates Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Madison Chock, he is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, a three-time World medalist (silver in 2015, bronze in 2016 and 2022), a four-time Grand P ...
in the free dance. They won their first national title by a margin of 0.19 over the Shibutanis and 0.52 over Chock/Bates. All of the ice dancing medalists were named to the
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. Hubbell/Donohue were not selected for the team event but competed in the individual
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event. In the short dance, they placed third, behind training mates
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and
Gabriella Papadakis Gabriella Maria Papadakis (born 10 May 1995) is a French ice dancer. With her partner, Guillaume Cizeron, she is a 2022 Olympic champion, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a five-time World champion (2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2022), a five-time con ...
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, and 0.02 points ahead of the Shibutanis. In the free dance, Donohue put both hands down in the middle of a sliding move, which constituted a technical fall. As a result, they finished fifth in the free dance, and fourth overall, 4.90 points behind the bronze medalists, the Shibutanis. In March, Hubbell/Donohue won silver at the 2018 World Championships in
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, having placed second in both segments.


2018–2019 season: World bronze

Beginning the season again with a win at the
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, Hubbell and Donohue were assigned to consecutive
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events, the
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and
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. They won gold at both events, becoming the first team to qualify for the
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. After victory at Skate Canada International, Hubbell observed "we wanted to challenge ourselves to become champions in difficult situations and we knew that it was going to be really challenging to do two grand prixs back to back at the beginning of the season." At the Grand Prix Final, they placed first in both programs and won the title. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, facing a returning Chock/Bates, they won their second straight national title. They next competed at the 2019 Four Continents Championships, placing first in the rhythm dance with a new personal best. In the free dance, they unexpectedly dropped to fourth place following multiple errors, including receiving only a base level on their stationary lift after it was deemed non-stationary. As a result, they finished off the podium, behind Chock/Bates,
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, and Gilles/Poirier. Hubbell commented after "certainly we would rather it happens here than the Worlds." Hubbell/Donohue placed fourth in the rhythm dance at the 2019 World Championships, but overtook
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in the free dance to place third overall, winning the bronze. Hubbell called it "our strongest performance this season", saying that their "goal was to do our best performance and the rest we can't control, and that was really what we have achieved." They next were part of the gold medal-winning Team USA at the 2019 World Team Trophy, concluding their season.


2019–2020 season: Four Continents bronze

For the
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-themed rhythm dance, Hubbell/Donohue chose to skate a
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program, a longtime goal of Hubbell's. Hubbell/Donohue were again assigned to the same consecutive events for the
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. They became two-time
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champions with a total of 209.55 points, after placing first with a personal best of 84.97 points in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance with a score of 124.58, 0.08 points behind the free dance score of silver medalists Stepanova/ Bukin. Donohue was suffering from bronchitis at the time of the event, and commented that he hoped to have "two working lungs" by their next competition the following week. At
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the following week, they narrowly led after the rhythm dance, 0.63 points ahead of
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/ Poirier. They placed second in the free dance, and took the silver medal, in what was considered a significant upset loss. Qualifying to the
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, Hubbell/Donohue placed second in the rhythm dance. Third in the free dance after having revised nine of the program elements in the interim since Skate Canada International, they won the bronze medal overall. Entering the 2020 U.S. Championships seeking to win a third consecutive title, they placed second in the rhythm dance, with Donohue slightly losing balance at one point in the Finnstep pattern and their lift being graded at only a level 3. They finished second in the free dance as well, struggling after they came out of their dance spin facing the wrong direction, prompting Hubbell to comment that it was "probably one of the hardest performances, not enjoyable." They won the silver medal behind Chock/
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. Returning to the
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after the disappointment of the previous year, Hubbell/Donohue won the rhythm dance again, albeit by a margin of only 0.03 over Chock/Bates, and 2.03 points ahead of Gilles/Poirier in third. In the free dance, both made errors in their twizzle sequence, and they dropped to third place, winning the bronze medal. Hubbell admitted afterward that "our free dance has been a rocky one for us this season." They were assigned to compete at the
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in
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, but these were cancelled as a result of the
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.


2020–2021 season: World silver

Hubbell and Donohue recruited former training partner and double-Olympic champion
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as one of their choreographers for the new season, planning to regain momentum lost in the previous year which they attributed in part to losing confidence in their programs after their loss at Skate Canada. With the ISU assigning the
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based mainly on training location to minimize international travel, Hubbell/Donohue were nevertheless assigned to the 2020 Skate America in
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and crossed the border to compete. They won the event for the third consecutive year. Hubbell/Donohue returned to the United States again for the 2021 U.S. Championships, also held in Las Vegas. They placed second in the rhythm dance, 0.44 points behind Chock/Bates, who had not competed at Skate America due to injury. They won the free dance, skating cleanly while Chock/Bates had a twizzle error, and took their third national title. They were named to the American team for the
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in
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. The World Championships were held in a bubble without an audience, and Hubbell/Donohue's training partners and four-time World champions Papadakis/ Cizeron declined to attend due to illness and lack of training time, leading to a very contested podium. Hubbell/Donohue placed second in the rhythm dance, two points behind Sinitsina/ Katsalapov of Russia and narrowly ahead of Chock/Bates. They were third in the free dance, behind Sinitsina/Katsalapov and Canada's
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/ Poirier, but remained in second overall by 0.36 points over Gilles/Poirier and won their second silver medal. Their placement combined with Chock/Bates' fourth qualified three berths for American ice dance teams at the
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.


2021–2022 season: Olympic silver and bronze and World silver

Hubbell/Donohue announced heading into the 2021–22 season that it would be their last before retiring. They won the
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as their opening assignment, which for that season was not part of the Challenger series. On the
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, Hubbell/Donohue began at
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, competing against primary domestic rivals Chock/
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. They won both segments of the competition to take the gold medal, their fourth consecutive at the event, and prevailing over Chock/Bates by 1.31 points. Donohue remarked afterward on his "overwhelming gratitude, being our last Skate America and four consecutive wins for us, it means quite a lot, especially to be able to have a live audience" following the pandemic restrictions in the preceding year and a half. They were initially assigned to the
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as their second Grand Prix, but following its cancellation they were reassigned to the
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. With training partners Papadakis/ Cizeron also assigned to the event, Hubbell/Donohue were the presumptive silver medalists, and finished second in both segments of the competition despite a late-program flub on their free dance choreographic lift. Hubbell joked afterward "we made a mistake at the end but sometimes you jump in the air and you hit your partner in the crotch." Their results qualified them to the
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, but it was subsequently cancelled due to restrictions prompted by the
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. Seeking to defend their title at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Hubbell/Donohue placed second in the rhythm dance due to errors, ending up 2.55 points behind Chock/Bates. They went on to win the free dance, but remained in second place overall. Hubbell said "we wanted to end our career here at the U.S. Championships with a performance that felt present and we're both very satisfied with how we skated. I think stepping off the ice, we knew we were content with what we put out there." They were subsequently named to the American Olympic team. Hubbell/Donohue began the
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as the American entries in the rhythm dance segment of the Olympic team event. They scored a new personal best of 86.56 to win the segment, securing ten points for the American team and notably prevailing over reigning World champions Sinitsina/ Katsalapov of the ROC. Donohue, pleased with the results, said that "opening up our Olympics this way is really an honor." Team USA won the silver medal, Hubbell and Donohue's first Olympic medal. In the ice dance event, they finished in third place in the rhythm dance with another new personal best score of 87.13. Third in the free dance as well despite a deduction for an extended lift, they won the bronze medal. Hubbell and Donohue concluded their competitive careers at the 2022 World Championships, held in
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. They finished second in the rhythm dance with a personal best score of 89.72, 3.01 points behind training mates Papadakis/Cizeron. In the free dance they set another personal best (132.67) as well as a personal best for total score (222.39), winning their third World silver medal. With Papadakis/Cizeron taking the gold medal and Chock/Bates the bronze, the entire podium consisted of skaters from the Ice Academy of Montreal. Hubbell said "we knew that we wanted to skate our best for each other for our last moment and we found peace in that. We're just very happy."


Coaching Career

In the summer of 2022, it was announced that she and her fiancée, Adrián Díaz, would begin coaching and choreographing for ice dancers at the Ice Academy of Montreal campus in
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, alongside
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. Her current students include: *
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/ Anthony Ponomarenko *
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Programs


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With Hubbell


Competitive highlights

''GP:
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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:
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''


With Donohue


With Hubbell


Detailed results

''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''


With Donohue


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubbell, Madison 1991 births Living people American female ice dancers Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in figure skating Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Lansing, Michigan Sportspeople from Okemos, Michigan 21st-century American women