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Youngest Competitors |
- Allison Reed (Georgia) - June 8, 1994
- Taavi Rand (Estonia) - July 17, 1992
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Oldest Competitors |
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Isabelle Delobel (France) - June 17, 1978
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Olivier Schoenfelder (France) - November 30, 1977
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Longest Partnerships |
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Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder (France) - 1990
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Christina Beier & William Beier (Germany) - 1995*
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Alexandra Zaretsky & Roman Zaretsky (Israel) - 1995
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Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (Canada) - 1997
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Meryl Davis & Charlie White (U.S.A.) - 1998
*Though they teamed up in 1995, the Beiers split for the 2008-2009 season.
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Olympic Experience |
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Both Delobel & Schoenfelder of France and Faiella & Scali of Italy are competing in their third Olympics.
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The following teams are competing in their second Olympics: Belbin & Agosto (U.S.A.), Domnina & Shabalin and Khokhlova & Novitski (Russia), Pechalat & Bourzat (France) Kerr & Kerr (Great Britain) and Zaretsky & Zaretsky (Israel).
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Sibling Rivalry |
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Four sets of siblings are competing in Vancouver:
- Christina Beier & William Beier
- Sinead Kerr & John Kerr
- Cathy Reed & Chris Reed (Japan)
- Alexandra Zaretsky & Roman Zaretsky
** The Reeds' sister, Allison, is competing in Vancouver, representing Georgia with her partner
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Former Olympians at the Boards |
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A role reversal for former Olympians as many have crossed the boards to move from being competitors to coaches:
- Evgeny Platov, 1994 & 1998 Olympic champion with Oksana Grishuk, is the coach of Brits Kerr & Kerr and Coomes & Buckland, as well as Georgia's Reed & Japaridze. Platov also competed in the 1992 Olympics with Grishuk.
- 1980 Olympic champions, Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov, are in Vancouver as coaches for Belbin & Agosto of the U.S.A., as well as Russia's Domnina & Shabalin. Linichuk & Karponosov also work with Faiella & Scali of Italy.
- Italian Pasquale Camerlengo, who competed at the 1992 (with Stefania Calegari) and 1998 (with Diana Gerencser) Olympics, is the head coach for Faiella & Scali (Italy) and Hajkova & Vincour of Czech Republic.
- Alexander Svinin, coach of Khokhlova & Novitski, represented the U.S.S.R. at the 1984 Olympics with Olga Volozhinskaya.
- Galit Chait, coach of the Zaretskys, competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics with Sergei Sakhnovsky representing Israel.
- Nikolai Morosov represented Belarus with Tatiana Navka at the 1998 Olympics. He is the coach of Reed & Reed.
- Pechalat & Bourzat are coached by Alexander Zhulin who won an Olympic bronze in 1992 and silver in 1994 with Maia Usova.
- Maxim Staviyski, who also works with Pechalat & Bourzat, is a three-time Olympian for Bulgaria (1998, 2002 and 2006) with Albena Denkova.
- Rene Lohse, coach of Germans Beier & Beier, competed at the 1998 and 2002 Olympics with Kati Winkler.
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