ATHLETE BIOS »
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| Competitive History | ||
| 2006 World Championships - 11th | 2000 World Junior Championships - 3rd | |
| 2006 Olympic Winter Games - 7th | 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th | |
| 2006 Four Continents Championships - 3rd | 2000 Midwestern Sectional - 2nd | |
| 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships - 3rd | 1999 Nations Cup - 3rd | |
| 2005 Cup of China - 7th | 1999 Skate America - 5th | |
| 2005 Skate Canada - 5th | 1999 Keri Lotion Classic (Team USA) - 2nd | |
| 2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge - 4th | 1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final - 6th | |
| 2005 Four Continents Championships - 5th | 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th | |
| 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th | 1999 World Junior Championships - 4th | |
| 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice - 3rd | 1999 World Junior Team Selection - 1st | |
| 2004 Cup of China - 8th | 1998 Junior Grand Prix Final - 3rd | |
| 2004 World Figure Skating Championships - 16th | 1998 China Junior International - 4th | |
| 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships - 3rd | 1998 Grand Prix St. Gervais - 3rd | |
| 2003 NHK Trophy - 9th | 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships - 11th | |
| 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships - 5th | 1998 Midwestern Sectional - 3rd | |
| 2002 Crest Whitestrips Challenge - 6th | 1998 Upper Great Lakes Regional - 1st | |
| 2002 Cup of Russia - 5th | 1997 Pokal Der Blauen Schwerter - 1st | |
| 2002 Smart Ones Skate America - 3rd | 1997 Grand Prix St. Gervais - 2nd | |
| 2002 Campbell's Classic - 5th | 1997 Gardena Winter Trophy - 1st | |
| 2002 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | 1997 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 1st | |
| 2002 World Championships - 12th | 1997 Midwestern Sectional, Junior - 3rd | |
| 2002 Four Continents Championships - 5th | 1997 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior - 1st | |
| 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th | 1996 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice - 4th | |
| 2001 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 1st | 1996 Midwestern Sectional, Novice - 4th | |
| 2001 Cup of Russia - 4th | 1996 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice - 1st | |
| 2001 Smart Ones Skate America - 6th | 1995 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice - 8th | |
| 2001 ISU Grand Prix Final - 3rd | 1995 Midwestern Sectional, Novice - 3rd | |
| 2001 Four Continents Championships - 4th | 1995 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice - 3rd | |
| 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships - 3rd | 1994 Upper Great Lakes (Pre-Intermediate) - 2nd | |
| 2000 Cup of Russia - 3rd | 1993 Upper Great Lakes (Pre-Intermediate) - 1st | |
| 2000 Skate Canada - 3rd | ||
2005-06 Season Notes
Short program music: "Adagio for Strings"; Free skate music: Soundtrack from "The Mission"
2004-05 Season Notes
Short program music: "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber; Free skate music: "Exotic" from Cirque du Soleil
2003-04 Season Notes
Savoie missed his first Grand Prix assignment this year due to injury ... He returned to skate at NHK Trophy and finished ninth ... Despite not being 100 percent due to his knee injury, Savoie finished third at the 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships and will be on the 2004 World Team ... Short Program Music: "Mandala", "Spirit of Taiko"; Free Skate Music: "Ragtime".
2002-03 Season Notes
Competing with tendinosis in his left knee, Savoie finished in fifth place at the 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships ... In his final event prior to the 2003 U.S. Championships, Savoie finished sixth at the Crest Whitestrips International Figure Skating Challenge in Auburn Hills, Mich., Dec. 13 ... In the 2002-03 ISU Grand Prix Series, Savoie rebounded from sixth in the short program to claim the bronze medal at Smart Ones Skate America ... At the Cup of Russia, Savoie placed fifth and finished the Grand Prix Series in ninth position ... Savoie opened the season with a fifth-place finish at the Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic in Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 5 ...
2001-02 Season Notes
Savoie graduated summa cum laude in May 2002 from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., earning a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in biology ... Skating in his first World Championships, Savoie placed 12th. Savoie replaced six-time U.S. champion and three-time Olympian Todd Eldredge, who retired from Olympic-eligible skating following his sixth-place finish in Salt Lake City ... In January, Savoie placed fifth in the 2002 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju City, Korea ...
Notes
Savoie began skating at the age of 9 because it was hot that summer and the rink was the coolest place he could find ... Has undergraduate degree from Bradley University in political science ... In May 2005, graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master of urban planning ...Named AICP Outstanding Graduate Student Award 2005 ... Hobbies include reading, biking and swimming ... Motto in life is “Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world” (Cervantes) ... Likes any books by David Sedaris, William Faulkner or Annie Dillard ... Eventually wants to attend law school and find a career integrating law and urban planning ... Describes himself as introverted, stubborn and ambitious ... Favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because "no gifts, just food." ... Would like to meet Serena Williams because he admires her efforts to excel at her sport while simultaneously pursuing other interests.





















