Tessa Virtue place of birth London
Personal life
Virtue was born and raised in London, Ontario, Canada. Born to Kate and Jim Virtue, she is the youngest of four children. She attended Holy Names High School in Windsor, Ontario, in addition to an electronic learning school called AMDEC based in Stratford, Ontario. She began skating at age six, having felt motivated to do so after a school field trip was set to take place at an ice arena. Two years into her partnership with Moir, a nine-year-old Virtue passed up the opportunity to enter the National Ballet School to devote herself to skating. She studied psychology at the University of Windsor in 2007, and as of 2014 was completing her degree at the University of Western Ontario. As a child, Virtue was also trained in gymnastics, track and other sports.
In 2004, Virtue began living in Canton, Michigan, in the US, to train under Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva. After the 2014 Olympics, she moved back to London, Ontario. In 2016, she moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she and Moir were coached by Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon. Virtue and Moir have previously described themselves as being each other's "best friend". Virtue added, "It’s a special partnership. We both think the world of one another."Virtue is engaged to Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Morgan Rielly. According to Rielly, they met one another via a mutual friend. Virtue began the Executive MBA program at Queen's University in the fall of 2020.
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