Curran Oi (born October 19, 1990) is an American figure skater. He won two ISU Junior Grand Prix silver medals and placed fifth at the 2009 World Junior Championships. He is the founder of Stats on Ice, an online statistics database on figure skaters.
Personal life Oi was born on October 19, 1990, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the brother of Bryna Oi, the 2011 Japanese national ice dancing champion with Taiyo Mizutani. His brother, Aidan Oi, competed in swimming and attended Boston University Academy.
Oi began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009, graduating in 2013 with a degree in nuclear engineering and physics. He then enrolled as a PhD student in biophysics at Yale University.
Career Oi began skating at age six after seeing the sport on television. He trained at the Skating Club of Boston under Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson. He won a silver medal on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in his first year on it and placed 5th at the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Oi was selected for the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Scholastics Honors Team.U.S. Figure Skating Honors 10 Exceptional Scholar Athletes at 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Oi announced that he would not compete in the 2009–10 season in order to focus on his studies. In 2014, he started skating again, and has been coached by Matthew Savoie once a week.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2008–09 The Phantom of the Opera On the Waterfront 2007–08 Freedom 2006–07 Children of Sanchez
Competitive highlights JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix
International Event 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 15–16 Junior Worlds 5th Final 5th Belarus 5th Estonia 6th France 2nd Italy 2nd Norway 4th Gardena 1st J National U.S. Champ. 3rd N 4th J 6th J 6th 18th
References
External links
Stats on Ice