Madison Hubbell

Madison Hubbell (born February 24, 1991) is an American former ice dancer. She competed with Zachary Donohue from 2011 to 2022. With him, she is a two-time 2022 Winter Olympics medalist, a four-time World medalist, the 2018 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2014 Four Continents champion, and a three-time U.S. national champion (2018–2019, 2021).

She competed in ice dance with her brother Keiffer Hubbell from 2001 to 2011. With him, she is the 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2006 JGP Final champion, and two-time U.S. national pewter medalist (2009, 2011).

Personal life Madison Hubbell was born on February 24, 1991, in Lansing, Michigan. They got married on June 7, 2023, in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. They have a daughter, Chloe, born in February 2024.

Early career Madison Hubbell started skating as a five-year-old. She began ice dancing at age eight, skating with her first partner, Nicholas Donahue, for one year. and won gold at the 2003 U.S. Junior Championships. They began representing the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club in the 2003–2004 season. They won gold competing on the intermediate level at the 2004 U.S. Junior Championships.

In the 2004–2005 season, the Hubbells moved up to the novice level, which is the first level that competes at the U.S. Championships. At the 2005 U.S. Championships, the Hubbells finished 5th overall. At the Estonia International Dance Competition, which was their first major international event, the Hubbells won all three segments of the competition and won the gold medal. This medal qualified the Hubbells for the USFSA reserve team for the following season.

The Hubbells won the novice silver medal at the 2006 U.S. Championships, scoring 1.39 points less than the champions, Cathy Reed / Chris Reed.

2006–2007 season: Junior debut The Hubbells moved up to the junior level both nationally and internationally. Making their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in Courchevel, France, the Hubbells placed second in the compulsory and original dances and then won the free dance. They won the silver medal behind Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev by a margin of 0.78 points. The Hubbells were then assigned to their second event, in The Hague, Netherlands. They placed third in the compulsory dance segment and then won both the original and free dances to win the gold medal overall by a margin of victory of 1.84 points ahead of silver medalists Grethe Grünberg / Kristian Rand. These two placements combined qualified them for the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, for which the Hubbells were the third-ranked qualifiers. Qualifying for the event had also given them a bye to the U.S. Championships.

At the Junior Grand Prix Final, the Hubbells placed second in the Midnight Blues compulsory dance by a margin of 0.17 points behind Bobrova/Soloviev. They won both the original and free dances to win the gold medal overall by a margin of victory of 2.17 points ahead of silver medalists and training mates Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates.

At the 2007 U.S. Championships, the Hubbells placed second in both compulsory dances behind Samuelson/Bates. They won the original dance and went into the free dance in first place overall, where they placed second. They won the silver medal overall, placing second by a margin of 0.17 points behind champions Samuelson / Bates, and 24.56 points ahead of bronze medalists and training-mates Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt. The top three junior dance teams were named to the 2007 Junior Worlds, and all three junior teams were coached by Yaroslava Nechaeva and Yuri Chesnichenko. and placed twelfth in that segment of the competition. They placed fifth in the original dance and fourth in the free dance to move up to place sixth overall.

2007–2008 season The Hubbells withdrew from their 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix events and missed the fall season due to an injury to Keiffer. They returned to competition at the Midwestern Sectional Championships, winning all three segments to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Championships. At the national championships, the Hubbells won the compulsory dance, placed third in the original dance, and then won the free dance to win the gold medal overall. At the 2008 World Junior Championships, the Hubbells placed fifth in all three segments of the competition and fifth overall.

2008–2009 season: Senior national debut

The Hubbells moved up to the senior level nationally and remained juniors internationally. They competed on the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix circuit. At their first event in Mexico City, Mexico, they won all three segments of the competition to win the gold medal by a margin of victory of 17.26 points ahead of silver medalists Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill. The Hubbells were then assigned to their second event, the event in Cape Town, South Africa, where they again won all three segments of the competition to win the gold medal by a margin of victory of 9.25 points ahead of silver medalists Piper Gilles and Zachary Donohue. These two placements combined qualified them for the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, for which the Hubbells were the top-ranked qualifiers. Qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final also gave them a bye to the U.S. Championships.

The Junior Grand Prix Final was held for the first time concurrently with the Grand Prix Final and therefore did not include a compulsory dance segment. The Hubbells fell during the original dance and placed sixth in that segment of the competition. They placed second in the free skate and won the silver medal overall, scoring 6.47 points less than champions Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein.

The Hubbells made their senior national debut at the 2009 U.S. Championships. They placed fourth in the compulsory dance, the original dance, and the free dance, to place fourth overall and win the pewter medal. At the 2009 World Junior Championships, the Hubbells placed second in the compulsory dance, third in the original dance, and fourth in the free skate to place fourth overall, scoring 0.46 points less than bronze medalists Ekaterina Riazanova and Jonathan Guerreiro. In January 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified her, and the gold medal was awarded to the U.S. team. This was Hubbell and Donohue's first Olympic medal.

Coaching and professional career In the summer of 2022, it was announced that she and future husband, Adrián Díaz, would begin coaching and choreographing for ice dancers at the Ice Academy of Montreal campus in London, Ontario alongside Scott Moir.

Her current and former students include: Charlie Anderson / Cayden Dawson Nadiia Bashynska / Noé Perron Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti Isabella Flores / Linus Colmor Jepsen Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers Layla Karnes / Liam Carr Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Olivia Josephine Shilling / Leo Baeten Layla Veillon / Alexander Brandys Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita As a choreographer, her clients have included: Éliane Foroglou-Gadoury / Luke Anderson Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud Emmanuelle Proft / Nicolas Nadeau Madeline Schizas

In 2024, Hubbell began advocating for the inclusion of same-sex partnerships in competitive figure skating. Teaming up with close friend and former training mate, Gabriella Papadakis, the pair decided to begin skating together professionally. The duo debuted as a team at 2025 Art on Ice.

Programs

With Donohue

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2021–2022 222.39|2022 World Championships 89.72|2022 World Championships 50.95|2022 World Championships 38.77|2022 World Championships 132.67|2022 World Championships 74.37|2022 World Championships 58.33|2022 Winter Olympics