Greg Zuerlein (figure skater)

Greg Zuerlein
Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein in 2011.
Born	(1988-10-26) October 26, 1988 (age 36) Cincinnati, Ohio
Hometown	Northville, Michigan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Madison Chock (2007–11) Anastasia Olsen (2002–06)
Began skating	1993
Retired	June 7, 2011
Medal record
U.S. Championships 2011 Greensboro Ice dance World Junior Championships 2009 Sofia Ice dance Junior Grand Prix Final 2008–09 Goyang Ice dance

Greg Zuerlein (born October 26, 1988) is an American former ice dancer. With Madison Chock, he is the 2009 World Junior champion, 2008 JGP Final champion, and 2011 U.S. national bronze medalist. They competed together from 2006 to 2011.

Zuerlein was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[1] He enrolled in Schoolcraft College. His older sister competed in synchronized skating at Junior Synchro Worlds.^[2] In March 2014, Zuerlein married Philippe Maitrot, who is originally from France.^[3]

Zuerlein began skating at the age of four. He competed in single skating at the 2002 and 2003 U.S. junior championships on the juvenile level. He then took up ice dancing. Zuerlein skated with Anastasia Olsen from 2002 through 2006. They won the bronze medal in intermediate dance in 2005 and placed 12th at the novice level at the 2006 U.S. Championships.^[2]

Zuerlein teamed up with Madison Chock in June 2006.^[2] They placed fifth in the novice division at the 2007 U.S. Championships. They began working with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva in 2007.^[4]

Making their Junior Grand Prix debut, Chock and Zuerlein won gold in September 2007 in Tallinn, Estonia. With a bronze medal at their second event, in Chemnitz, Germany, they qualified to the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Gdańsk, Poland, where they placed fifth. They received the junior bronze medal at the 2008 U.S. Championships.

In December 2008, Chock and Zuerlein won gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea.

They won the junior title in January at the 2009 U.S. Championships. They capped off their season by becoming the 2009 World Junior champions in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[5]

Chock and Zuerlein moved up to the senior level. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed sixth at the 2009 Skate America and eighth at the 2009 Cup of China. They finished fifth at their senior national debut in January 2010. Later that month, they were sent to the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju, South Korea, where they had the same result.

Chock and Zuerlein won their first senior Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2010 Skate Canada International and followed it up with bronze at the 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard. They won their first senior national medal, bronze, at the 2011 U.S. Championships. After placing fifth again at the 2011 Four Continents Championships, they finished ninth in their first and only appearance at the World Championships, setting personal best scores in both segments of the competition.

On June 7, 2011, Chock and Zuerlein announced the end of their five-year partnership; Zuerlein retired from competition, while Chock said she intended to continue competing.^[6]

After retiring, Zuerlein worked as an assistant coach to Igor Shpilband for many years. In 2022, Zuerlein opened the Michigan Ice Dance Academy with Charlie White and Tanith Belbin White.^[7] Their current teams include:

• Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville^[8]
• Molly Cesanek and Yehor Yehorov^[9]
• Caroline Green and Michael Parsons^[10]

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2006–2007 [11]		My Sweet and Tender Beast by Eugen Doga
2007–2008 [11][12]	Dark Eyes	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2008–2009 [11][13]	Minnie the Moocher by The Dancing Fool	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber	Come Together Cryin' by Aerosmith
2009–2010 [11][14]	Yema Ya Agua Nile by Afro-Cuban Folk	La Vie est Belle performed by André Rieu
	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2010–2011 [1][11]	Milord Padam Padam by Edith Piaf	Cabaret (soundtrack)	Nothing Else Matters performed by Santa Esmeralda Satellite by J. Moreno feat. Santana

Competition placements at junior level [15][11] Season 2007–08 2008–09 World Junior Championships 1st Junior Grand Prix Final 5th 1st U.S. Championships 3rd 1st JGP Estonia 1st JGP Germany 3rd JGP Great Britain 1st JGP Italy 1st

Competition placements at senior level [15][11] Season 2009–10 2010–11 World Championships 9th Four Continents Championships 5th 5th U.S. Championships 5th 3rd GP Cup of China 8th GP Skate America 6th GP Skate Canada 3rd GP Trophée Éric Bompard 3rd

Results in the 2009–10 season ^[15]

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2009	2009 Cup of China	7	28.76	6	47.27	8	73.14	8	149.17
Nov 12–15, 2009	2009 Skate America	7	28.88	8	44.55	5	80.49	6	153.92
Jan 14–24, 2010	2010 U.S. Championships	6	34.12	5	54.87	5	88.49	5	177.48
Jan 27–30, 2010	2010 Four Continents Championships	5	29.14	5	44.12	5	75.66	5	148.92

Results in the 2010–11 season ^[15]

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 28–31, 2010	2010 Skate Canada International	4	54.19	4	84.86	3	139.05
Nov 25–28, 2010	2010 Trophée Éric Bompard	3	58.09	3	80.39	3	138.48
Jan 22–30, 2011	2011 U.S. Championships	3	61.74	3	92.88	3	154.62
Feb 15–20, 2011	2011 Four Continents Championships	6	57.14	5	85.30	5	142.44
Apr 25 – May 1, 2011	2011 World Championships	9	61.47	7	90.39	9	151.86

Results in the 2007–08 season ^[15]

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–22, 2007	2007 JGP Estonia	1	29.37	1	50.37	1	71.25	1	150.99
Oct 10–13, 2007	2007 JGP Germany	2	30.27	4	47.77	2	74.59	3	152.63
Dec 6–9, 2007	2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final	4	28.81	7	46.97	5	76.90	5	152.68
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2008	2008 U.S. Championships	4	29.92	1	53.03	3	78.45	3	161.40

Results in the 2008–09 season ^[15]

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 3–6, 2008	2008 JGP Italy	1	30.98	1	51.12	1	74.42	1	156.52
Oct 15–18, 2008	2008 JGP Great Britain	3	31.23	1	53.78	1	83.07	1	168.08
Dec 10–14, 2008	2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final	—	—	1	51.84	1	79.31	1	131.15
Jan 18–25, 2009	2009 U.S. Championships	1	52.89	1	52.89	1	82.02	1	167.81
Feb 22 – Mar 1, 2009	2009 World Junior Championships	1	33.15	1	57.29	1	82.11	1	172.55

Media related to Greg Zuerlein at Wikimedia Commons

• Madison Chock & Greg Zuerlein at the International Skating Union
• Anastasia Olsen & Greg Zuerlein at Tracings.net