1. Keegan Messing was born on January 23,1992 and is a Canadian-American retired figure skater.
69 Facts About Keegan Messing
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Keegan Messing has appeared at three World Championships, placing as high as sixth.
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Keegan Messing is the 2023 Four Continents silver medalist, 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a two-time Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and a two-time Grand Prix medalist.
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Keegan Messing placed fourth at the 2010 World Junior Championships.
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Keegan Messing was born on January 23,1992, in Girdwood, Alaska.
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Keegan Messing has two brothers, Paxon and Tanner; Paxon was killed in a motorcycle accident at age 26, in 2019.
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Keegan Messing started skating at age 3 after watching the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
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Keegan Messing is coached by Ralph Burghardt in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Keegan Messing won the junior silver medal at the 2009 US Championships.
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Keegan Messing won the 2011 Coupe de Nice after placing first in the short program and fourth in the free.
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Keegan Messing then placed seventh at the 2012 US Nationals, which would be his highest placement as an American senior.
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Keegan Messing won the bronze medal at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy, and repeated as the victor at the 2012 Coupe de Nice.
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At the 2013 US Nationals, Keegan Messing placed sixteenth, followed by a twelfth-place finish the following year.
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In July 2014, Keegan Messing said that he would begin competing for Canada.
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Keegan Messing placed fifth at Nationals, representing a club in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
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Keegan Messing went on to place sixth at the 2016 Canadian Championships.
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Keegan Messing again placed fifth at the 2017 Canadian Championships.
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Keegan Messing began the Olympic season at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International, where he won the bronze medal behind Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Hanyu.
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Keegan Messing was named along with Chan to the Olympic team, as well as to the 2018 World Championships team alongside national bronze medallist Nam Nguyen.
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At his World Championships debut, Keegan Messing placed sixth in the short program with a new personal best score, qualifying for the final flight of the free skate.
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Keegan Messing placed eleventh in the free skate following errors for an eighth-place finish overall.
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Keegan Messing then placed second in the free skate, behind Uno, to win the silver medal overall, his first Grand Prix medal.
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Keegan Messing was initially named as the first alternate to the Grand Prix Final and was called up following the withdrawal of Yuzuru Hanyu due to injury.
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At the Final, Keegan Messing underrotated two jumps in the short program, placing sixth.
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Keegan Messing moved up to fifth place in the free skate, despite falling on a triple Axel and doubling a planned quadruple toe loop.
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Keegan Messing landed the quad Lutz in competition for the first time, the second Canadian skater to do so after Stephen Gogolev.
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At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Keegan Messing was considered a favourite going in but struggled in both programs.
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Keegan Messing was named to the Canadian teams for the Four Continents and World Championships.
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At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Keegan Messing placed fifth in the short program after rough landings on his triple Axel and triple Lutz jumps.
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Keegan Messing then placed third in the free program with a personal best score, winning a small bronze medal and placing fourth overall.
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At the 2019 World Championships, Keegan Messing placed fifteenth after two error-riddled programs.
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Keegan Messing concluded the season at the 2019 World Team Trophy, where he placed sixth overall among the twelve men, including a fourth-place free skate that featured only one error.
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Keegan Messing selected "Perfect" as his short program music for the season in commemoration of his marriage, the song having been the first dance at his wedding.
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Keegan Messing held the Japanese flag in aid of the event's winner, Yuzuru Hanyu, during the medal ceremony and was praised in the media for an example of good sportsmanship.
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Keegan Messing opted to compete on the Grand Prix a few weeks later.
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Keegan Messing placed third in the short program at 2019 Skate America, fractions of a point behind Dmitri Aliev, and set a new personal best.
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Keegan Messing struggled in the free skate, placing eighth and dropping to fourth place overall.
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Keegan Messing was third in the free skate and finished fourth overall.
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Keegan Messing struggled in the free skate, falling on both his attempted quad jumps and making a number of other errors, and dropped to third place overall behind Roman Sadovsky and Nguyen.
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At Four Continents, Keegan Messing placed fourth in the short program with a clean program, which he cited as especially meaningful given his six-month wedding anniversary.
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Keegan Messing struggled in the free skate, making several jump errors that dropped him to eighth place overall, with Nguyen, the highest-finishing Canadian skater, at sixth.
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Keegan Messing was assigned to the 2020 Skate America event on the Grand Prix circuit, following the decision of the ISU to base assignments largely on training location.
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Keegan Messing placed third in the short program despite putting a hand down on his open quadruple jump and stumbling in his footwork.
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Keegan Messing did not participate in the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, a virtual qualifying competition.
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On February 25, Keegan Messing was announced as Canada's lone men's entry to the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.
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Keegan Messing was sixth in that segment and placed sixth overall.
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Keegan Messing's performance guaranteed Canada one men's entry to the Olympics and the opportunity to qualify for a second one at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.
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In celebration of the birth of his son Wyatt, Keegan Messing selected "Home" by Phillip Phillips for his free program music.
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Keegan Messing made his season debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he placed first in the short program.
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Keegan Messing struggled in the free skate, placing seventh in that segment, and dropped to fourth overall.
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Keegan Messing was sixth at his second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, producing his best free skate score of the season to date.
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Keegan Messing initially attempted to practice with a new pair of skates but had his original skates arrive in time for the beginning of competition on Friday.
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Keegan Messing placed first in the short program despite singling his triple Axel.
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Keegan Messing won the free skate despite a few jump errors, finally winning the Canadian national title.
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Keegan Messing was named to his second Canadian Olympic team and indicated that he had not yet decided whether it would be his final year of competitive skating.
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Keegan Messing was scheduled to travel to Beijing with the bulk of the Canadian figure skating delegation.
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Keegan Messing was eventually cleared to fly to travel to China via Montreal and Milan, arriving on Monday, a day in advance of the men's event.
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Keegan Messing concluded his season at the 2022 World Championships, in a men's field considerably more open than usual due to the absences of Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu and the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.
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Keegan Messing was ninth in the short program but dropped to fourteenth after a rough free skate.
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Keegan Messing commenced his planned final Grand Prix at the 2022 Skate Canada International.
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Keegan Messing was third in the free skate but narrowly remained fourth overall, 0.31 points behind the bronze medalist Matteo Rizzo.
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Keegan Messing placed first in the short program by over eight points.
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Keegan Messing was second in the free skate after a number of jump errors at the beginning of his program, but remained first overall and won his second consecutive Canadian title.
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Keegan Messing departed immediately after the medal presentations, not staying for the gala the following day.
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Keegan Messing finished second overall in the segment, narrowly behind Miura, and won the silver medal.
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Keegan Messing scored a new personal best of 98.75 in the short program at the 2023 World Championships, coming fourth in the segment.
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Keegan Messing said it was "incredible" to finally skate the program cleanly that season at the World Championships.
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Keegan Messing was seventh in the free skate, while Team Canada finished sixth overall.