Tim Goebel Got Married

^^^ Thanks! I believe that photo is from Timothy Goebel's Facebook.

Goebel made his engagement public in the media at last year's Figure Skating in Harlem Gala - relevant IN article excerpt:
It was a new kind of appearance for Goebel, the "Quad King" and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist, as he and Thomas Luciano, his boyfriend of three years, had gotten engaged just the night before. They announced the pending nuptials on Facebook.
"I was completely caught off guard," Goebel told icenetwork. "I sort of knew that it was going to happen this year, but I thought it would be more November or December. It was so unexpected and quaint…it was just perfect."
Goebel, who works as a media and marketing analyst, is in business school at NYU Stern to earn a master's degree in data science. He met Luciano, an asset manager for PIMCO, through ice dancer Rob Shmalo.
Goebel never publicly came out, and he told icenetwork this was the kind of thing he wanted to share -- with everyone.
"It's such an exciting thing to find someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with," he said. "I just felt like there was so many people I wanted to tell, so it was a more en masse thing. I've gotten so many nice comments and notes and texts from people I'm close with but don't get to talk with that often. That alone has been a really warming experience."
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Wow, what a fantastic photo!

I remember our time at LMU almost overlapped. When I graduated I think then he registered to take some classes. I cant remember in what.

So, out of curiosity we have Matt Savoie and Tim as out and married. Johnny Weir married and divorced. And then Eric Radford and Adam Rippon as out? All North Amercian fellas!
 
Sarah Brannen's May 11th "Inside Edge" blog on IceNetwork includes the news that he is working now for Google:
... Timothy Goebel married Thomas Luciano on April 29 at The Chanler in Newport, Rhode Island. Among the 45 guests were skaters Kristin Fraser, Igor Lukanin and Kristy Balkwill.
"We started dating in March 2013 and got engaged last April," Goebel wrote in a text. "He's a senior vice president at PIMCO (an asset manager) and he works on portfolio strategy."
Goebel, the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist, is working for Google on a new data analytics partner program.
"[I've] been at Google since January and I love it," he said.
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Congratulations, Timothy and Thomas! I'll never forget years ago liking Tim and Todd both at a certain message board where I was a moderator and a certain person made a graphic for me of both Tim and Todd!

I'm so happy and proud for Tim and all of his accomplishments! We also share the same birthday! :cheer2::respec:
 
New article from IN today!

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/06/09/235191860

Goebel ties the knot in breathtaking ceremony
Olympic bronze medalist weds Thomas Luciano in Newport, Rhode Island

Opting not to use a wedding planner, Luciano -- a senior vice president fixed income group at PIMCO -- handled every detail of the ceremony, which didn't include the traditional bridesmaids or groomsman. Rather, Goebel and Luciano each had a woman of honor.

Luciano's was Jessica Kalmbacker-Hammel and Goebel's was Katie Koczynski-Demong, a former skeleton athlete he met years ago at an Olympic training camp. Their good friend Rhys Marsh officiated, while his wife, Elizabeth Yale-Marsh, was the flower person. Yale-Marsh's sister, Rebecca Yale, was the photographer. Former ice dancers Kristin Fraser and Igor Lukanin were among the guests.
 
AngieNikodinovLove said:
So, out of curiosity we have Matt Savoie and Tim as out and married. Johnny Weir married and divorced. And then Eric Radford and Adam Rippon as out? All North Amercian fellas!
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Luis Fenero, fiance of Eric Radford, is a Spanish ice dancer training in Montreal.

Congrats and good luck to Timothy Goebel and Thomas Luciano!

"Goebel said, 'To have met the person that is now my husband, I feel so fortunate. We're on the same page in all facets of our life. We have the same goals and values. Some people spend a lifetime trying to find that and never do. I count my blessings every day that I was able to find someone that I connect with.

'It's not just one thing,' he continued. 'It's intellectual, it's physical; he makes me laugh, he gets along great with my parents. His family is wonderful to me.'"

Wonderful! They are so lucky to have found each other.
 
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icie said:
Congratulations to Timmy & Thomas. I remember when he was young he looked a cute little lamb. The first American man to land a quad. :cheer2:
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Close but no cigar. Of course we remember Tim that way. :) Anyway, Tim was the first male competitor to land three quads in a fp (1999 Skate America).

Mark Cockerell of the U.S. was the first male skater documented to have landed successful quads in training, but not in competition (1983).

Our very own Michael Weiss was the first U.S. male to land a quad in competition (quad toe, 1999 World championships).

Brian Boitano and Michael Chack of the U.S. also made valiant but unsuccessful attempts at landing quads in competition prior to Goebel and Weiss. Brian B actually landed a clean quad during his warm-up, but fell on it during the competition, I believe at 1987 Worlds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_(figure_skating)
Wiki certainly is not the last word, but it's useful. They still conveniently do not cite the fact that Evan Lysacek landed a quad triple in the fp at U.S. Nationals in 2007 to win his first National championship. Lysacek also landed at least one or two more quads cleanly in international competition, and he made unsuccessful quad attempts, but there's no documentation given. Yet, they really must point out that Lysacek won 2010 Olympics without attempting a quad. :duh: That is an absolute must to mention, regardless of the fact that few other guys attempted a quad at that event, and no quad was needed or expected in order to win.

Not until after Plushy's 2010 Olympics hissy fit did quads begin to become a requirement for male figure skaters, and especially after the ISU's points value adjustment, which was precipitated by Plushenko's famous outburst, aside from the fact coaches and skaters had been grumbling about the points disparity for years. It only took a widely publicized temper tantrum from Plushenko at the Olympics to change things. What a sport!
 
aftershocks said:
Our very own Michael Weiss was the first U.S. male to land a quad in competition (quad toe, 1999 World championships).
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Timothy Goebel landed a quad salchow at the 1998 Jr Grand Prix Final in the spring of 1998. Michael Weiss may have been the first U.S. male to land a quad toe in competition -- the salchow came well before the toe for Tim -- but he was most definitely not the first U.S. man to land a clean quad.
 
^^ Thanks @icie and @pixie cut. Well then, that Wiki obviously needs many more corrections, besides Evan Lysacek entries. :p Sure and I know Wiki is not a reliable source. But unfortunately, where is the definitive, reliable go-to source that has complete and accurate information?

Hurrah, hurrah, if it's the case that Timmy was the first U.S. quad feat man due to landing a successful and clean quad salchow at Junior GP Final. :cheer2: Maybe because it was in juniors, the stats aficionados and record keepers didn't make much note of it? Who knows, with the Mom/Pop way figure skating is still being run.

Apparently Tim and Michael were pushing each other around that time. I know Michael had been attempting the quad unsuccessfully for awhile. :D
 
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aftershocks said:
Sure and I know Wiki is not a reliable source. But unfortunately, where is the definitive, reliable go-to source that has complete and accurate information?
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Where is a definitive, reliable go-to source that has complete and accurate information about any skating firsts? It's pretty much all based on reports and later film/video of what happened in competition but no one has ever kept an official record.
If there were an official record, would it be of the first time an element is completed in international competition? How important an international would it need to be to count?

I can't imagine an international record-keeping source would also keep track of the first time a skater from a particular country accomplished something that had already been done once or many times by skaters of other nationalities. A domestic source -- whether media or national skating federation or interested source -- might keep track of that country's firsts, but then would they also include national or lesser domestic competitions?

There certainly was some media coverage of Goebel's achievement at the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVmwcM_ssg

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...2_1_timothy-goebel-quad-salchow-short-program
 
gkelly said:
Where is a definitive, reliable go-to source that has complete and accurate information about any skating firsts? It's pretty much all based on reports and later film/video of what happened in competition but no one has ever kept an official record.
If there were an official record, would it be of the first time an element is completed in international competition? How important an international would it need to be to count?

I can't imagine an international record-keeping source would also keep track of the first time a skater from a particular country accomplished something that had already been done once or many times by skaters of other nationalities. A domestic source -- whether media or national skating federation or interested source -- might keep track of that country's firsts, but then would they also include national or lesser domestic competitions?

There certainly was some media coverage of Goebel's achievement at the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVmwcM_ssg

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...2_1_timothy-goebel-quad-salchow-short-program
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Fans like @Sylvia and former U.S. men's competitive skater, Curran Oi (with his StatsOnIce) are trying to help fill in that recordkeeping and information-gathering gap. And yet @gkelly, despite the humongous task involved, I'm not so much in a mood to give feds and the ISU a bye on how hard and difficult and expensive everything is to manage. :duh: Excuses, excuses! This sport will obviously never get with it on the scale that it needs to! The important coverage and fresh ideas always come from the bottom up, not the top down.
 
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