Andrew Poje

With partner Kaitlyn Weaver, he is a three-time World medalist (2014 silver, 2015 and 2018 bronze), a two-time Four Continents champion (2010, 2015), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2014–15, 2015–16), and a three-time Canadian national champion (2015, 2016, 2019).

Andrew Poje
Weaver and Poje at the 2019 Four Continents Championships
Born	(1987-02-25) February 25, 1987 (age 37) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Hometown	Waterloo, Ontario & Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Discipline	Ice dance
Began skating	1994
Retired	2019
Highest WS	1st (2014–15)
Event World Championships 0 1 2 Four Continents Championships 2 1 2 Grand Prix Final 2 0 0 Canadian Championships 3 5 4 World Team Trophy 0 1 0 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Medal list World Championships 2014 Saitama Ice dance 2015 Shanghai Ice dance 2018 Milan Ice dance Four Continents Championships 2010 Jeonju Ice dance 2015 Seoul Ice dance 2019 Anaheim Ice dance 2012 Colorado Springs Ice dance 2016 Taipei Ice dance Grand Prix Final 2014–15 Barcelona Ice dance 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dance Canadian Championships 2015 Kingston Ice dance 2016 Halifax Ice dance 2019 Saint John Ice dance 2008 Vancouver Ice dance 2011 Victoria Ice dance 2012 Moncton Ice dance 2014 Ottawa Ice dance 2017 Ottawa Ice dance 2007 Halifax Ice dance 2009 Saskatoon Ice dance 2010 London Ice dance 2018 Vancouver Ice dance World Team Trophy 2013 Tokyo Team World Junior Championships 2007 Oberstdorf Ice dance

Andrew Poje was born on February 25, 1987, in Waterloo, Ontario. His ancestry is Slovak — his mother was born in Bratislava — and Slovenian Gottscheer. He is the great-nephew of former pair skater and coach Agnesa Búřilová (née Wlachovská). He has some knowledge of French.

Early career

Poje took up ice dancing at age seven and also skated in singles until he was 13. In his early career, he competed with Alexandra Nino, with whom he is the 2001 Canadian novice silver medalist. He teamed up with Alice Graham in late spring 2004. They trained in Kitchener-Waterloo with coaches Paul MacIntosh, Rebecca Babb, Susie McGrigor, and Bernie Ford. They won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2005 Canadian Championships and placed ninth at the senior level at the 2006 Canadian Championships.

2006–07 season: Junior World bronze

Poje teamed up with American-born Kaitlyn Weaver in August 2006. They trained in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario under coach Paul MacIntosh.

Weaver/Poje competed on the 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix, winning two bronze medals. They went to the 2007 Canadian Championships and won the bronze medal in their first season together. They were placed on the team to the 2007 Junior Worlds. Weaver dislocated her left shoulder in the warm-up before the original dance but was able to compete and the couple won the bronze medal. They placed twentieth at the 2007 World Championships.

2007–08 season

In the 2007–08 season, Weaver/Poje competed on the senior Grand Prix series at the 2008 Skate Canada International, where they placed 6th, and at the 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard, where they placed seventh. They won the silver medal at the 2008 Canadian Championships, placed 5th at the 2008 Four Continents, and seventeenth at the 2008 World Championships. In January 2008, they moved to Toronto to train with new coach Shae-Lynn Bourne.

2008–09 season

In the 2008–09 season, Weaver/Poje competed on the Grand Prix series at the 2008 Cup of China, where they placed 6th, and at the 2008 NHK Trophy, where they placed 7th. They won the bronze medal at the 2009 Canadian Championships and placed fifth at the 2009 Four Continents. Weaver was granted Canadian citizenship in June 2009. Advised by Bourne that they needed a more competitive atmosphere, they switched training bases in 2009 to the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where they were coached by Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelika Krylova. They also continued to work with Bourne. Massimo Scali, Natalia Annenko, and Elizabeth Punsalan were also members of the coaching team in Michigan.

2009–10 season: Four Continents gold

During the 2009–10 season, Weaver/Poje won their first Grand Prix medal, bronze at 2009 Skate Canada International. They also won bronze at the 2010 Canadian Championships. They were sent to the 2010 Four Continents where they won the gold medal. They did not qualify for the Olympic or World teams.

2010–11 season

During the 2010–11 season, Weaver/Poje won silver medals at the 2010 NHK Trophy and the 2011 Canadian Championships. They qualified for their first Grand Prix Final, where they finished 5th. They were fourth at the 2011 Four Continents. They were sent to the 2011 World Championships and placed fifth, a significant improvement over their previous best result of seventeenth at the event.

2011–12 season: Four Continents bronze

 

In the 2011–12 season, Weaver/Poje chose their free dance music on the suggestion of an anonymous fan. Karl Hugo composed additional music to add greater variation to the program. Weaver/Poje competed at three Grand Prix events and won three silver medals. They took the bronze medal at 2012 Four Continents before ending their season at the 2012 World Championships, where they placed fourth.

2012–13 season

For the 2012–13 season, Weaver/Poje decided to go in a new direction and asked a contemporary dancer, Allison Holker, to work with them on their free dance. They began their season by winning gold at the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. Weaver/Poje's Grand Prix assignments were the 2012 Skate America and 2012 Cup of China. At both events, they were second in the short and third in the free dance and won the bronze medal overall behind Russians Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev.

Weaver fractured her left fibula on December 14, 2012, when she fell into the boards during training in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and underwent surgery on December 18 in Toronto. As a result, the duo withdrew from the 2013 Canadian Championships. Hoping to compete at Worlds, Poje continued to train in Michigan, with Krylova acting as his partner, while Weaver recovered in Toronto. In mid-February, Weaver/Poje were added to Canada's World team. They placed fifth at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario.

2013–14 season: Sochi Olympics and World silver

In the 2013–14 season, Weaver/Poje won two silver medals on the Grand Prix series and placed fifth at the Grand Prix Final. After taking silver at the 2014 Canadian Championships, they were selected to represent Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where they finished seventh. At the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Weaver/Poje placed second in the short dance and third in the free dance. Finishing 0.02 of a point behind Italy's Cappellini/Lanotte and 0.04 ahead of France's Pechalat/Bourzat, they ended the competition as silver medalists.

2014–15 season: Grand Prix Final and Four Continents gold, World bronze

In the 2014–15 season, Weaver/Poje took gold at both of their Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 NHK Trophy. In December 2014, they won the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, having ranked first in both segments ahead of the United States' Madison Chock / Evan Bates. In January, Weaver/Poje won their first Canadian Championship title. They again defeated Chock/Bates at the Four Continents Championships, held in Seoul in February 2015. Weaver/Poje were third in the short dance but first in the free dance, en route to their second Four Continents title. They capped off the season with a bronze medal at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships.

2015–16 season: Second Grand Prix Final gold

At the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Weaver/Poje placed first at the 2015 Finlandia Trophy. However, they received the feedback from the judges that their Elvis Presley medley did not have clear rhythm required for the short dance. They changed the music to a set of Johann Strauss II pieces and won the 2015 Skate Canada International three weeks later. The team went on to win the 2015 Rostelecom Cup as well as their second consecutive gold at the 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

In the second half of the 2015–16 season, Weaver/Poje won their second consecutive national title and finished third at the 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships the following month. The team capped of their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships.

2016–17 season

During the 2016–17 season, Weaver/Poje began working with Nikolai Morozov as their new coach, training in both New Jersey and Moscow, Russia. They placed second at the Cup of China and third at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup. They won the silver medal at the Canadian Championships and placed fifth at Four Continents. Weaver/Poje finished their season in fourth place at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships.

2017–18 season: Pyeongchang Olympics and third Worlds medal

For the 2017–18 season, Weaver/Poje returned with a free dance from the 2011–12 season, 'Je Suis Malade'. They came in second at 2017 Skate Canada and placed fourth at 2017 Inernationaux de France. The couple came in third at the 2018 Canadian Championships, behind Virtue/Moir and Gilles/Poirier. Weaver/Poje represented Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, placing seventh in ice dancing. At the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships, Weaver/Poje won the bronze medal after placing third in the short dance and fourth in the free dance.

2018–19 season: Four Continents silver

For the 2018–19 season, Weaver/Poje chose for their free dance "S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse", a song from the French musical Starmania, after seeing it used by Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten. Ten was murdered in July 2018, at which point the pair came to regard the program as a tribute to their friend. They competed at and won the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International, before planning to skip the 2018–19 Grand Prix in favour of a nationwide tour organized by Virtue and Moir.

Returning to competition for the 2019 Canadian Championships, Weaver/Poje placed first in the rhythm dance. As one of the few senior teams who had previously competed the Tango Romantica pattern when it was a compulsory dance in the 2009–10 season, Poje commented that this was both "a benefit and a detriment" due to the changing style of judging. They came second in the free dance, behind Gilles/Poirier, but won the gold medal overall by 1.47 points, their narrowest victory over Gilles/Poirier at Canadian Nationals. Weaver said that, in addition to Ten, the program had been skated in tribute to their recently deceased friend, American pairs skater John Coughlin.

At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Weaver/Poje placed third in the rhythm dance, behind Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue and Chock/Bates. In the free dance, they again ranked third, behind Chock/Bates and Gilles/Poirier, with Hubbell/Donohue falling into fourth place due to a major error on their stationary lift. Weaver/Poje won the silver medal overall.

Weaver/Poje next competed at the 2019 World Championships. They came in fifth place in both segments, scoring a personal best of 82.84 points in the rhythm dance, only 0.26 points out of third. They then scored 122.78 points in the free dance, scoring 205.62 points in total and coming in fifth overall. They concluded their season at the 2019 World Team Trophy, representing Team Canada. They scored 79.60 points in the rhythm dance and a new personal best of 124.18 points in the free dance, while Team Canada finished fifth overall.

2019–20 season

On June 19, 2019, Weaver and Poje announced that they would not compete in the Grand Prix that autumn, and that they were going to evaluate their future plans.

Following his retirement from competition, Poje continued to perform with Stars on Ice. He appeared on two seasons of the CBC competition program Battle of the Blades, finishing in second place in the fifth season partnered with Natalie Spooner, and later being eliminated in the second round of the sixth season partnered with Meghan Agosta.

In August 2021, it was announced that he would be joining the coaching staff of the Kelowna Skating Club in Kelowna, British Columbia.

With Weaver

Ice dance with Kaitlyn Weaver

 

Ice dance with Alexandra Nino

Ice dance with Kaitlyn Weaver

Senior level in +3/-3 GOE system after 2010

Results in the 2010–11 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 22–24, 2010	2010 NHK Trophy	2	58.69	3	82.88	2	136.93
Nov 11–14, 2010	2010 Skate America	3	59.48	4	82.86	4	142.34
Dec 8–12, 2010	2010–11 Grand Prix Final	4	55.51	5	80.83	5	136.34
Jan 17–23, 2011	2011 Canadian Championships	2	65.64	2	97.54	2	153.90
Feb 15–20, 2011	2011 Four Continents Championships	3	65.45	4	85.69	4	151.14
Apr 24 – May 1, 2011	2011 World Championships	7	65.07	4	92.57	5	160.32

Results in the 2011–12 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 27–30, 2011	2011 Skate Canada International	2	63.31	3	92.68	2	155.99
Nov 10–13, 2011	2011 NHK Trophy	2	60.07	2	91.69	2	151.76
Nov 24–27, 2011	2011 Rostelecom Cup	2	64.45	2	96.73	2	161.18
Dec 8–11, 2011	2011–12 Grand Prix Final	4	66.24	4	99.83	4	166.07
Jan 16–22, 2012	2012 Canadian Championships	2	68.27	2	106.26	2	174.53
Feb 7–12, 2012	2012 Four Continents Championships	3	64.23	3	99.03	3	163.26
Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2012	2012 World Championships	4	66.47	4	100.18	4	166.65

Results in the 2012–13 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 3–7, 2012	2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial	1	63.77	1	97.61	1	161.38
Oct 19–21, 2012	2012 Skate America	2	65.79	3	91.53	3	157.32
Nov 2–4, 2012	2012 Cup of China	2	65.59	3	93.38	3	158.97
Mar 10–17, 2013	2013 World Championships	6	67.54	5	98.66	5	166.20
Apr 11–14, 2013	2013 World Team Trophy	2	62.42	2	97.66	2 (2)	160.08

Results in the 2013–14 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 12–14, 2013	2013 U.S. International Classic	2	62.61	2	99.38	2	161.99
Oct 25–27, 2013	2013 Skate Canada International	2	70.35	2	104.88	2	175.23
Nov 22–24, 2013	2013 Rostelecom Cup	2	61.50	1	101.64	2	153.37
Dec 5–8, 2013	2013–14 Grand Prix Final	4	67.68	5	97.36	5	165.04
Jan 9–15, 2014	2014 Canadian Championships	2	72.68	5	110.86	2	183.54
Feb 6–22, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	7	65.93	5	103.18	7	169.11
Mar 24–30, 2014	2014 World Championships	2	69.20	3	106.21	2	175.41

Results in the 2014–15 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 24–27, 2014	2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	1	65.59	2	99.73	1	165.32
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2014	2014 Skate Canada International	1	68.61	1	102.49	1	171.10
Nov 28–30, 2014	2014 NHK Trophy	1	67.51	1	101.91	1	169.42
Dec 11–14, 2014	2014–15 Grand Prix Final	1	71.34	1	109.80	1	181.14
Jan 19–25, 2015	2015 Canadian Championships	1	76.26	1	111.62	1	187.88
Feb 9–15, 2015	2015 Four Continents Championships	3	68.31	1	109.15	1	177.46
Mar 23–29, 2015	2015 World Championships	2	72.68	3	106.74	3	179.42
Apr 16–19, 2015	2015 World Team Trophy	1	73.14	2	109.79	4 (1)	182.93

Results in the 2015–16 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 9–11, 2015	2015 CS Finlandia Trophy	1	65.13	1	96.54	1	161.67
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2015	2015 Skate Canada International	1	68.00	1	105.79	1	173.79
Nov 20–22, 2015	2015 Rostelecom Cup	1	69.49	1	104.09	1	173.58
Dec 10–13, 2015	2015–16 Grand Prix Final	1	72.75	1	109.91	1	182.66
Jan 18–24, 2016	2016 Canadian Championships	1	76.20	1	115.53	1	191.73
Feb 16–21, 2016	2016 Four Continents Championships	2	72.42	4	101.43	3	173.85
Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016	2016 World Championships	4	71.83	5	110.18	5	182.01
Apr 22–24, 2016	2016 Team Challenge Cup	–	–	1	111.56	1 (1)	–

Results in the 2016–17 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 4–6, 2016	2016 Rostelecom Cup	3	69.81	2	108.76	3	178.57
Nov 18–20, 2016	2016 Cup of China	1	73.78	2	107.76	2	181.54
Jan 16–22, 2017	2017 Canadian Championships	2	78.92	2	113.98	2	192.90
Feb 15–19, 2017	2017 Four Continents Championships	5	71.15	4	108.94	5	180.09
Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2017	2017 World Championships	6	74.84	6	109.97	4	184.81
Apr 20–23, 2017	2017 World Team Trophy	2	76.73	1	113.83	4 (1)	190.56

Results in the 2017–18 season 

Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–23, 2017	2017 CS Autumn Classic International	2	69.32	2	104.24	2	173.56
Oct 27–29, 2017	2017 Skate Canada International	2	77.47	3	112.54	2	190.01
Nov 17–19, 2017	2017 Internationaux de France	5	68.94	3	108.03	4	176.97
Jan 8–14, 2018	2018 Canadian Championships	4	70.31	2	120.78	3	191.09
Feb 9–25, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	8	74.33	7	107.65	7	181.98
Mar 21–24, 2018	2018 World Championships	3	78.31	4	114.04	3	192.35

Results in the 2018–19 season 

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–22, 2018	2018 CS Autumn Classic International	1	76.53	1	120.74	1	197.27
Jan 13–20, 2019	2019 Canadian Championships	1	85.19	2	128.59	1	213.78
Feb 7–10, 2019	2019 Four Continents Championships	3	80.56	3	123.37	2	203.93
Mar 18–24, 2019	2019 World Championships	5	82.84	5	122.78	5	205.62
Apr 11–14, 2019	2019 World Team Trophy	5	79.60	4	124.18	5 (4)	203.78

Senior level in +3/-3 GOE system until 2010

Results in the 2006–07 season 

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 15–18, 2006	2006 JGP Czech Republic	5	27.30	2	47.30	2	67.58	3	142.18
Oct 19–22, 2006	2006 JGP Chinese Taipei	3	29.34	3	46.12	3	64.62	3	140.08
Jan 15–21, 2007	2007 Canadian Championships	7	27.07	3	49.84	3	83.74	3	160.65
Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2007	2007 World Junior Championships	6	30.43	4	49.03	2	72.05	3	151.51
Mar 20–25, 2007	2007 World Championships	18	25.76	23	42.58	20	71.80	20	140.14

Results in the 2007–08 season 

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 1–4, 2007	2007 Skate Canada International	8	25.07	8	45.74	5	77.96	6	148.77
Nov 15–18, 2007	2007 Trophée Éric Bompard	7	27.47	7	46.99	6	79.74	7	196.89
Jan 16–20, 2008	2008 Canadian Championships	3	32.54	2	55.60	4	87.47	2	175.61
Feb 11–17, 2008	2008 Four Continents Championships	5	30.94	5	55.95	4	88.47	5	174.36
Mar 16–23, 2008	2008 World Championships	20	27.74	17	48.62	17	78.48	17	154.84

Results in the 2008–09 season 

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 5–9, 2008	2008 Cup of China	6	29.91	6	48.77	6	78.52	6	157.20
Nov 27–30, 2008	2008 NHK Trophy	7	28.70	7	46.58	7	80.36	7	151.10
Jan 14–18, 2009	2009 Canadian Championships	5	31.69	3	52.92	2	85.42	3	170.23
Feb 2–8, 2009	2009 Four Continents Championships	5	30.62	5	53.33	5	84.81	5	168.76

Results in the 2009–10 season 

Date	Event	CD		OD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2009	2009 Cup of China	5	30.40	9	41.11	4	80.36	6	151.87
Nov 19–22, 2009	2009 Skate Canada International	3	32.18	4	51.18	4	82.28	3	165.64
Jan 11–17, 2010	2010 Canadian Championships	3	36.87	2	57.92	3	89.61	3	184.40
Jan 27–30, 2010	2010 Four Continents Championships	1	32.67	3	48.42	1	85.07	1	166.16