--- description: Figure skating's gold medal ice dancer Tessa Virtue had her eye on a different partner at a young age: Scott Moir's older brother. title: Tessa Virtue Didn't Always Want Scott Moir as Her Partner image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b440d9f4dcad80/6989284ae76ad266956311d6/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-win.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gold Medal Ice Dancer Tessa Virtue Didn't Always Want Scott Moir as Her Olympic Partner  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2018 5:21 PM CUT  Gold medal winners Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada celebrate during the victory ceremony for the Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance on day eleven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 20, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. Gold medal winners Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada celebrate during the victory ceremony for the Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance on day eleven of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 20, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea.Jamie Squire—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2018 5:21 PM CUT Figure skating’s [most-decorated duo](http://time.com/5166245/olympics-ice-dance-skating/ "undefined") of [Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir](http://time.com/5144416/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-relationship/ "undefined") weren’t always [the perfect pair.](http://time.com/5166109/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-olympic-ice-dance-gold-win/ "undefined") In fact, Canadian three-time gold medal winner Virtue revealed that at a young age she had her eye on someone else to partner with for a future Olympic career: Moir’s older brother, Danny. When the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5143796/winter-olympic-medals-by-country-2018/ "undefined") ice dancing champion in PyeongChang was asked about her early ambitions, she admitted that she had not necessarily planned on becoming the most decorated female figure skater in the world, with five medals over three Olympics — but she _did_ have Olympic dreams from an early age, as recorded by a [Canadian TV host](https://twitter.com/MonikaPlatek "undefined"). “Certainly not, although in Grade One I did write in my journal that I wanted to be at the Olympics with Danny Moir, Scott’s brother, so I’m close,” Virtue reportedly said of her intentions back then. Danny Moir, who’s seven years older than his brother Scott, was [also a professional ice dancer](http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/FigureSkating/2005/03/06/952157-sun.html "undefined") and later an ice dance coach based at one point in Copenhagen, Denmark. Although he did compete and attain some titles in the junior circuit, the older Moir did not find the golden success that his younger brother has discovered alongside Virtue. He did, however, have an inkling of what was to come. [Way back in 2005](http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/FigureSkating/2005/03/06/952157-sun.html "undefined"), he predicted their Olympic potential. “If they keep working and improving and do well on the senior Grand Prix circuit, you start thinking of stuff like world championships and the Olympics,” he said then after watching them perform. For years, people have speculated about the relationship between Virtue and Scott, the Moir brother who ultimately did become her Olympic partner. (They were paired at ages seven and nine, respectively, and have continued with their skating partnership for over 20 years.) While they admit that they briefly dated as kids, they maintain that their relationship now is of the platonic variety, to the dismay of their legions of devoted fans. > [](https://twitter.com/MonikaPlatek/status/965951286792212480) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5166718/tessa-virtue-moir-brother/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5166718/tessa-virtue-moir-brother/"},"headline":"Gold Medal Ice Dancer Tessa Virtue Didn't Always Want Scott Moir as Her Olympic Partner","datePublished":"2018-02-20T17:21:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:47.179Z","description":"Figure skating's gold medal ice dancer Tessa Virtue had her eye on a different partner at a young age: Scott Moir's older brother.","url":"https://time.com/5166718/tessa-virtue-moir-brother/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b440d9f4dcad80/6989284ae76ad266956311d6/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-win.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44b440d9f4dcad80/6989284ae76ad266956311d6/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-win.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 11","caption":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 11","creditText":"Jamie Squire—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5166718/tessa-virtue-moir-brother/","name":"Gold Medal Ice Dancer Tessa Virtue Didn't Always Want Scott Moir as Her Olympic Partner"}}]}] ```