Madison Hubbell Bio
Madison Hubbell (born February 24, 1991) is an American former competitive ice dancer, coach, and choreographer from Lansing, Michigan. Competing internationally for the United States, she became one of the most decorated American ice dancers of her generation, winning multiple World Championship medals, the 2018 Grand Prix Final title, the 2014 Four Continents title, and three U.S. national championships. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she earned medals in both the team event, which was later upgraded to gold, and the ice dance event, in which she won bronze. Since retiring from competition in 2022, Hubbell has worked as a coach and choreographer at the Ice Academy of Montreal campus in London, Ontario.
Hubbell began her competitive journey as a junior skater with her brother, Keiffer Hubbell, and later rose to senior prominence with partner Zachary Donohue, with whom she skated from 2011 to 2022. Standing 172 cm tall, she has been recognized for her technical precision, performance quality, and longevity in one of figure skating’s most demanding disciplines.
Early Life and Background
Madison Hubbell was born on February 24, 1991, in Lansing, Michigan, to Susan Hubbell, a seamstress, and Brad Hubbell, a lawyer. She has two older brothers, Keiffer and Zachary, and grew up in a household that supported her early interest in skating. Hubbell started skating at the age of five and began ice dancing at age eight, teaming up with her first partner, Nicholas Donahue, for a single year.
In early 2001, Hubbell began skating with her brother Keiffer Hubbell, a partnership that would shape her development as an ice dancer. Originally representing the Lansing Skating Club, the Hubbell siblings later moved to the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club in the 2003–2004 season. Together, they qualified for the U.S. Championships at the novice level in 2005 and went on to capture silver at the 2006 U.S. Championships in the same category, signaling Madison’s rapid rise within the junior ranks.
Path to Ice Dancing
Hubbell’s progression through the junior ranks was steady and marked by notable achievements. Competing on the juvenile level with her brother, she placed seventh at the 2002 U.S. Junior Championships before winning gold at the 2003 U.S. Junior Championships. After another intermediate-level gold in 2004, the Hubbells moved up to the novice level and posted competitive results at the 2005 U.S. Championships, finishing fifth overall. They also won gold at the Estonia International Dance Competition, their first major international event, which qualified them for the U.S. Figure Skating reserve team.
The Hubbells moved into the junior ranks both nationally and internationally during the 2006–2007 season. They claimed silver at their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in Courchevel, France, and won gold at their second event in The Hague, Netherlands, which qualified them for the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. There, Hubbell and her brother won the overall gold medal, finishing ahead of training mates Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates. Their success continued with a senior national debut in 2009, where they finished fourth and earned the pewter medal, and a 2010 Four Continents bronze medal. In May 2011, the siblings announced the end of their partnership, with Keiffer stepping away due to hip and back problems.
Madison Hubbell Career
Early Career (2011–2014)
On May 12, 2011, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Madison Hubbell had teamed up with Zachary Donohue, and the new partnership moved to the Detroit Skating Club under coaches Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, and Natalia Annenko-Deller. Hubbell and Donohue made their international debut at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, winning the gold medal, and followed that with a bronze at the 2012 U.S. Championships. They were assigned to the 2012 Four Continents in Colorado Springs, finishing fifth, and placed tenth at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France.
After a 2012–2013 season in which they were not selected for any ISU Championships, the partnership made a major breakthrough in 2013–2014. Hubbell and Donohue won gold at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, captured their first Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 2013 Skate Canada International, and then won gold at the 2014 Four Continents Championships, finishing ahead of Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. Hubbell had battled a torn labrum in her left hip during the latter part of the season and underwent surgery in March 2014, briefly slowing her momentum.
Grand Prix Breakthrough (2015–2018)
In April 2015, Hubbell and Donohue announced a coaching change, joining Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon at the Centre Gadbois in Montreal. The change produced immediate results: in November 2015, they won their first Grand Prix title at the Trophée Éric Bompard in Bordeaux, and they qualified for their first Grand Prix Final, where they finished sixth. They added two more consecutive national bronze medals in 2016 and 2017, plus a fourth-place finish at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki.
The 2017–2018 season marked a defining chapter. After winning gold at the 2017 CS U.S. International Classic, the pair earned bronze at Skate Canada International and silver at the NHK Trophy, qualifying for their third consecutive Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth. At the 2018 U.S. Championships, Hubbell and Donohue won their first national title, edging the Shibutani siblings by 0.19 points. They were named to the U.S. Olympic team for PyeongChang, where they placed fourth overall in the individual ice dance event, and then won silver at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, finishing second in both segments.
World Medal Era (2018–2020)
Hubbell and Donohue continued their ascent in 2018–2019, beginning the season with gold at the U.S. Classic and then winning both 2018 Skate America and 2018 Skate Canada International to become the first team to qualify for the Grand Prix Final. They went on to win the Grand Prix Final title in Vancouver, becoming the first American ice dance team to claim the championship. They defended their national title at the 2019 U.S. Championships, and at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, they captured the bronze medal.
The 2019–2020 season brought continued success but also some setbacks. Hubbell and Donohue won their third consecutive Skate America title, took silver at Skate Canada International, and earned bronze at the Grand Prix Final. They lost their national title to Madison Chock and Evan Bates at the 2020 U.S. Championships and followed with a bronze medal at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. The 2020 World Championships in Montreal were ultimately canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting short what had been a podium-bound season.
Olympic Medal Era (2020–2022)
Hubbell and Donohue added Scott Moir as a choreographer for the 2020–2021 season, winning their third consecutive Skate America title before claiming their third U.S. national championship at the 2021 U.S. Championships in Las Vegas. They then won silver at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, finishing behind Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, and their combined placement with Chock and Bates secured three American berths for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Announcing that 2021–2022 would be their final season, Hubbell and Donohue won their fourth consecutive Skate America title and then competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. In the team event, they posted a personal best of 86.56 in the rhythm dance to help the U.S. team to what was originally a silver medal; following Kamila Valieva’s disqualification by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in January 2024, that result was upgraded to gold. In the individual ice dance event, Hubbell and Donohue set another personal best of 87.13 in the rhythm dance and finished third overall to win the bronze medal. They closed their competitive career at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, where they won their third World silver medal. The 2024 Paris Olympics hosted a medal ceremony at which they were formally awarded their Olympic team gold.
Notable Events and Milestones
Hubbell’s career highlights include three World silver medals (2018, 2021, 2022) and one World bronze medal (2019), the 2018 Grand Prix Final title, the 2014 Four Continents gold medal, the 2010 Four Continents bronze medal, and a 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final title with her brother Keiffer. She was part of the American team that won Olympic gold in the 2022 team event and earned an Olympic bronze medal in the individual ice dance competition. She has also contributed to three U.S. national championship titles with Donohue (2018, 2019, 2021).
Madison Hubbell Career Wins
Across her career, Madison Hubbell has compiled an impressive resume of titles, medals, and championship appearances in ice dance. She is a three-time U.S. national champion, a four-time World Championship medalist, an Olympic medalist in both the team event (gold) and the individual event (bronze), and the 2018 Grand Prix Final champion.
Grand Prix and International Highlights
With Zachary Donohue, Hubbell won her first Grand Prix title at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, and the pair later won three consecutive Skate America titles (2018, 2019, 2020) and a fourth in 2021. They earned the Grand Prix Final title in 2018 and additional Grand Prix medals at Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy. Earlier, with her brother Keiffer, she won the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2010 Four Continents bronze medal. The partnership with Donohue produced their most recent win at the 2021 U.S. International Classic.
Other Wins and Achievements
With her brother Keiffer, Hubbell captured two JGP gold medals in 2006 and won the 2006–2007 JGP Final title. The siblings also earned U.S. Junior Championship gold medals in 2003 and 2004 and two U.S. national pewter medals (2009, 2011). In 2024, she began advocating for the inclusion of same-sex partnerships in competitive figure skating and announced a professional skating partnership with Gabriella Papadakis, debuting the duo at the 2025 Art on Ice show.
Madison Hubbell Family
Family Background and Skating Lineage
Madison Hubbell is the daughter of Susan Hubbell, a seamstress, and Brad Hubbell, a lawyer. She has two older brothers, Keiffer and Zachary. Her brother Keiffer Hubbell was her first long-term skating partner, and the two competed together from 2001 to 2011, winning the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final title and earning a 2010 Four Continents bronze medal before ending their partnership due to Keiffer’s hip and back injuries.
Personal Life
Hubbell began dating Spanish ice dancer Adrián Díaz in 2014, and the couple announced their engagement in April 2018. They married on June 7, 2023, in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. Hubbell and Díaz have a daughter, Chloe, born in February 2024. The family resides in Sylvania, Ohio.