What is Tanith Belbin's citizenship?
Q: What is Tanith Belbin's citizenship?
A: Tanith Belbin is a citizen of both Canada and the United States.
Q: Who paired Belbin and Agosto together?
A: Belbin and Agosto were paired together by their coach, Igor Shpilband.
Q: How many medals did they win at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships between 2000 and 2002?
A: At the World Junior Figure Skating Championships between 2000 and 2002, Belbin & Agosto won a medal of every color.
Q: When did they win their first national title?
A: In 2004, Belbin and Agosto won their first national title.
Q: When did they win their first World medal?
A: In 2005, Belbin and Agosto won their first World medal. This was the first World medal for the United States in ice dancing in 20 years.
Q: Why couldn't they skate for the United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
A: In order to skate for the United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, both partners would need to be citizens of the United States and Belbin had not yet gotten American citizenship.
Q: How was she able to take advantage of a sped-up process so that she could compete in 2006 Olympics?
A: A special law was passed allowing her to take advantage of a sped-up process so that she could compete in 2006 Olympics.
