Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Name Mathew Gates | Began skating 1988 Skating club Dallas FSC | |
Former coach Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov, Maya Usova | ||
Former training locations Newington | ||
1996 eve chalom mathew gates us nationals fd
Mathew Gates (born June 29, 1975) is a British-American former competitive ice dancer. With Eve Chalom, he is the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and a two-time (1997, 1999) U.S. national silver medalist. He has medaled seven consecutive times at the US National Championships from Novice to Senior level. Gates is a two-time World competitor and member of Team USA.
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- Personal life
- Career
- Partnership with Chalom
- Later career
- Results
- References
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Personal life
Gates was born June 29, 1975 in Hitchin, England. He moved to the United States in 1992. He is married to Kelly Gates, and has two children.
Career
Gates was coached by Elizabeth Coates in England before she relocated to the U.S.
Partnership with Chalom
Gates teamed up with American skater Eve Chalom in 1992, following a tryout in Boston arranged by Coates. They decided to represent the United States. After winning national titles on the novice level in 1993 and on the junior level in 1995, the duo took bronze at the 1996 U.S. Championships in their first season as seniors.
In the 1996–97 season, Chalom/Gates were awarded silver at the 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy and debuted on the Champions Series (later known as the Grand Prix series). They also won silver at the 1997 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, where they placed 17th.
Chalom/Gates were ineligible for the 1998 Winter Olympics because he was not yet an American citizen. They finished fourth at the 1998 U.S. Championships. They were coached by Coates and Igor Shpilband until the end of the 1997–98 season and then switched to Christopher Dean and Warren Maxwell in Plano, Texas. In their final season together, Chalom/Gates won their second national silver medal and finished 17th at the 1999 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Later career
In January 2002, Gates tried out with Emilie Nussear on the advice of a coach, Tatiana Tarasova. Nussear/Gates won the silver medal at the 2002 Karl Schäfer Memorial and placed 5th at the 2003 U.S. Championships. They were coached by Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov, and Maia Usova in Newington, Connecticut.
Gates began working as a coach and choreographer by 2003. He is also an International Technical Specialist for the United States. Gates currently coaches in Charlotte, NC.
Results
GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix