Curran Oi
Figure skater

Curran Oi

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19 October 1990
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Introduction

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.

Personal life

Curran 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.

Curran 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.

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
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • On the Waterfront
    by Leonard Bernstein
2007–08
  • The Phantom of the Opera
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Freedom
    by Michael W. Smith
2006–07
  • Children of Sanchez
    by Chuck Mangione
  • Freedom
    by Michael W. Smith

Competitive highlights

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 10–11 14–15 15–16
Junior Worlds 5th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Belarus 5th
JGP Estonia 6th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Italy 2nd
JGP Norway 4th
Gardena 1st J
National
U.S. Champ. 3rd N 4th J 6th J 6th 18th
U.S. Collegiate Ch. 2nd
U.S. Jr. Champ. 6th Jv 7th I
Eastern Sect. 5th N 1st N 1st J 2nd 7th 4th
New England Reg. 1st Jv 1st I 2nd N 1st N 1st J 1st
Levels – Jv: Juvenile; I: Intermediate; N: Novice; J: Junior