Tanith Belbin (born July 11, 1984 in Kingston, Ontario) is a Canadian-American figure skater. She holds dual-citizenship. Her partner in ice dance figure skating competitions is Benjamin Agosto. Though they earned silver medals for the United States at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships, the pair feared they could not compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics as Belbin was not yet an American citizen. However, by a special act of Congress on December 28, 2005, which President George W. Bush signed on December 31, 2005, Belbin became a naturalized citizen, effectively making her able to compete for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In January 2006, the pair won their third consecutive national title and qualified for the Olympics. At the Turin Olympics, they won silver in ice dancing, the highest Olympic result of any American pair in the discipline, and the first American ice dancers to win an Olympic medal in 30 years. Competitive highlights: (all with Agosto) 2000: U.S. Championships (Junior) - 1st World Junior Championships - 3rd 2001 U.S. Championships - 2nd World Junior Championships - 2nd World Championships - 17th Goodwill Games - 5th 2002: U.S. Championships - 2nd Four Continents Championships - 2nd World Junior Championships - 1st World Championships - 13th 2003: U.S. Championships - 2nd Four Continents Championships - 2nd World Championships - 7th Grand Prix Final - 3rd 2004: U.S. Championships - 1st Four Continents Championships - 1st World Championships - 5th Grand Prix Final - 2nd 2005: U.S. Championships - 1st Four Continents Championships - 1st World Championships - 2nd 2006: U.S. Championships - 1st Four Continents Championships - 1st XX Olympics - 2nd Compulsory Dance - 6th Original Dance - 2nd Free Dance - 4th World Championships - 3rd |