What is Timothy Goebel?
[[Image:Timothy Goebel 2003 NHK Trophy.jpg|thumb|right|Goebel performs a hydroblading maneuver, one of his signature moves, in 2003.]] '''Timothy Goebel''' (born September 10, 1980 in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]]) is an [[Americans|American]] [[figure skater]]. He is [[Catholic]] and was [[adoption|adopted]] as an infant. Goebel is the first skater to [[performance|perform]] a [[salchow jump|quadruple salchow jump]] and the first American skater to perform a [[quadruple jump]] of any kind. Goebel is also the first skater to perform three quadruple jumps in one program. At the [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Olympics]], he became the first skater to land a quadruple salchow jump in [[combination]] at the Olympics. He is the first and so far only skater to land 6 quadruple jumps in one [[competition]]. He has landed 76 career quadruple jumps, the most of any skater. Because of these things, he was [[nickname]]d the ''Quad King''. However, after the 2003-2004, Goebel began having problems with the quad. He did not land it correctly at all in the 2005-2006 season. Goebel won the [[bronze medal]] at the 2002 Olympics. It was a close call for the [[silver medal|silver]] between him and [[World Champion]] [[Evgeni Plushenko]]. That would happen again at the [[2003 World Championships]] where Plushenko beat Goebel out for the [[Gold medal|gold]]. Goebel dealt with [[Injury|injuries]] in later seasons. An injury forced him to not finish competing at the 2004 Nationals and give up on the rest of the season. At the 2005 Nationals, the mother of [[Angela Nikodinov]], a good friend of Goebel, died in a [[car]] [[accident|crash]]. Goebel spent much of time at that competition in [[mourning]]. With Nikodinov watching, Goebel started crying partly through his [[free skate]]. He finished the [[performance]] in tears. He placed 2nd. Goebel was not able to [[wikt:qualify|qualify]] for the [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Olympic]] team. He [[retirement|retired]] from competitive skating after the 2006 Nationals. In Ma