Figure Skating - Team HUBBELL Madison / DONOHUE Zachary

HUBBELL / DONOHUE
Teamed up in spring 2011 and won their first competition at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf. Finished third at the 2012 US Championships and then competed at the 2012 Four Continents in Colorado Springs, CO (fifth). First world championship appearance in 2012 (10th), but did not return to the world championships stage until 2015.

Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, they were in third place after the short dance (now called rhythm dance), with their USA teammates, Maia and Alex Shibutani, just 0.02 points behind them in fourth. Their fifth-place finish in the free skate dropped them to fourth overall and off the podium (less than five points away from their USA teammates, who took the bronze medal).

Bronze medallists at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

In third place following the short dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017, but dropped to ninth in the overall result after Donohue missed the twizzles in the free dance.

INJURIES
March 2014: Hubbell had hip surgery. Despite a lack of training time due to her recovery and physical therapy, they competed throughout the 2014/15 season.
2013/14: Hubbell had a concussion and suffered from immense pain due to a torn labrum in her hip. Despite this, they came within two points of qualifying for the 2014 USA Olympic team.

PHYSICAL HEIGHT
Tall skaters, Hubbell is 173 cm (5'8") and Donohue is 191 cm (6'3"), which makes them capable of skating large patterns. (hubbell-donohue.com)

FORMER PARTNERS
Hubbell: Competed with her brother Keiffer at the international junior level (but moved up to the senior level nationally in 2008).
Donohue: Alissandra Aronow, Piper Gilles, Lili Lamar, Sara Bailey. Gilles now competes with Paul Poirier, representing Canada and won the bronze medal at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021.

COACHES
Canadians Marie-France Dubrueil and Patrice Lauzon are the 2006 and 2007 ISU World Championships silver medallists.
Canadian Scott Moir is the three-time Olympic champion (2014/2018 ice dance, 2018 team); two-time Olympic silver medallist (2014 ice dance, team); and three-time world champion (with partner Tessa Virtue). Formerly coached by 1998 Olympic ice dance silver medallist Anjelika Krylova (RUS) and multiple Italian ice dance champion Pasquale Camerlengo (ITA). (isuresults.com)

MOVE TO CANADA
Switched coaches and moved to Canada in 2015. "When we were honest with ourselves, we needed somebody who was a little bit more drill sergeant, a little bit more ready to keep us on task and be really strict with us." (teamusa.org, 8 Nov 2017)

Upon arrival at the US/Canada border, there were a few questions by the border agents. “We just were very honest, and told them, ‘We’re going to train in Montreal for figure skating with Marie-France (Dubreuil) and Patrice (Lauzon).’ They are actually pretty famous in Canada, and the guards said, ‘Oh cool.’" (teamusa.org, 8 Nov 2017)

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