2009–10 season: Four Continents gold ĭuring the 2009–10 season, Weaver/Poje won their first Grand Prix medal, bronze at 2009 Skate Canada International. Massimo Scali, Natalia Annenko, and Elizabeth Punsalan were also members of the coaching team in Michigan. Advised by Bourne that they needed a more competitive atmosphere, they switched training bases in 2009 to the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where they were coached by Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelika Krylova. Weaver was granted Canadian citizenship in June 2009. They won the bronze medal at the 2009 Canadian Championships and placed fifth at the 2009 Four Continents. In the 2008–09 season, Weaver/Poje competed on the Grand Prix series at the 2008 Cup of China, where they placed 6th, and at the 2008 NHK Trophy, where they placed 7th. In January 2008, they moved to Toronto to train with new coach Shae-Lynn Bourne. They won the silver medal at the 2008 Canadian Championships, placed 5th at the 2008 Four Continents, and seventeenth at the 2008 World Championships. In the 2007–08 season, Weaver/Poje competed on the senior Grand Prix series at the 2008 Skate Canada International, where they placed 6th, and at the 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard, where they placed seventh. They placed twentieth at the 2007 World Championships. Weaver dislocated her left shoulder in the warm-up before the original dance but was able to compete and the couple won the bronze medal. They were placed on the team to the 2007 Junior Worlds. They went to the 2007 Canadian Championships and won the bronze medal in their first season together. Weaver/Poje competed on the 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix, winning two bronze medals. She relocated from Texas to Kitchener- Waterloo, Ontario, Canada to skate with him. Weaver teamed up with Canada's Andrew Poje in August 2006. They parted ways after that competition.Ģ006–07 season: Junior World bronze Together, they were the 2006 US national pewter medalists on the junior level. Her first partner was Charles Clavey, with whom she competed for the United States. Weaver began skating at six and took up ice dancing at eleven. Weaver is the second female Olympic figure skater to come out, following Fumie Suguri of Japan. In June 2021, Weaver came out as queer after stating she did "not want to pretend anymore." She noted that she did not come out during her competitive career for fear of it negatively affect her scores. She became a Canadian citizen on June 22, 2009. She moved to Waterloo, Ontario in August 2006 and then to Toronto in January 2008. Weaver lived in Connecticut during part of her adolescence. She is of Norwegian, Irish, Welsh, and German descent. Kaitlyn Weaver was born in Houston, Texas on April 12, 1989. 2.14 2018–19 season: Four Continents silver.2.13 2017–18 season: Pyeongchang Olympics and third Worlds medal.2.11 2015–16 season: Second Grand Prix Final gold. ![]() 2.10 2014–15 season: Grand Prix Final and Four Continents gold, World bronze. ![]()
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