FUN FACTS
Youngest Competitors
  • Allison Reed (Georgia) - June 8, 1994
  • Taavi Rand (Estonia) - July 17, 1992
Oldest Competitors
  • Isabelle Delobel (France) - June 17, 1978
  • Olivier Schoenfelder (France) - November 30, 1977
Longest Partnerships
  • Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder (France) - 1990
  • Christina Beier & William Beier (Germany) - 1995*
  • Alexandra Zaretsky & Roman Zaretsky (Israel) - 1995
  • Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (Canada) - 1997
  • Meryl Davis & Charlie White (U.S.A.) - 1998

    *Though they teamed up in 1995, the Beiers split for the 2008-2009 season.
Olympic Experience
  • Both Delobel & Schoenfelder of France and Faiella & Scali of Italy are competing in their third Olympics.

  • 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).
Sibling Rivalry
  • 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
        Otar Japaridze.

Citizenship
  • Both Allison Reed (Georgia) and Maxim Zavozin (Hungary) received their citizenship for their respective countries in January 2010.

  • The following athletes are missing the 2010 Olympics due to citizenship issues:

    • Katherine Copely & Deividas Stagniunas - Copely & Stagniunas qualified a spot for Lithuania by virtue of their placement at the 2009 World Championships, but Copely's application for Lithuanian citizenship was denied. Lithuania does not have another dance team, so the spot was offered to the alternates.

    • Caitlin Mallory & Kristjan Rand - Mallory & Rand earned the spot for Estonia by qualifying at Nebelhorn Trophy, but Mallory is not an Estonian citizen. The spot went to Taavi Rand (Kristjan's brother) and his partner Irina Shtork.

    • Nikki Georgiadis & Graham Hockley - Georgiadis & Hockley (Greece) were first alternates based on Nebelhorn Trophy and were offered the Olympic spot given up by Lithuania, but Hockley did not receive Greek citizenship.
Former Olympians at the Boards
  • 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.