Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry
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! Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 24, 1992 / November 12, 1989 Hometowns: Granby, QC / Ottawa, ON Home Clubs: CPA Laval / CPA Des Deux-Rives Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC Coaches: Élise Hamel, Shawn Winter Choreographer(s): PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Back in Time" [Pitbull] Free Dance: "Silence" [Sarah McLachlan] + "24" [Jem] RESULTS: 2nd - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 2nd - 2013 Québec Sectionals 2nd/2nd - 2012 Octoberfest (SD/FD) 5th/5th - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (SD/FD) 2nd/3rd - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 1st/1st - 2012 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) 9th - 2012 Canadian Championships 7th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 3rd - 2012 Québec Sectionals 6th/2nd - 2011 Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 4th/4th - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 7th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Sr SD A 15th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Sr FD ! SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 42.56, Québec Summer Championships Free Dance: 66.36, Central Ontario Summer Skate Total Score: 108.07, Québec Sectionals TEAM NOTES: ▪ Dumas & Mackay Perry teamed up in 2011. ▪ Dumas previously skated with Anthony Quintal and Yoan Breton. Dumas & Breton finished 10th at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. ▪ Mackay Perry previously skated with Lauren Sears and Kathryn Leak. Leak & Mackay Perry were 15th at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. ! Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 16, 1992 / November 6, 1991 Hometowns: Colorado Springs, CO (USA) / Unionville, ON Home Clubs: Scarboro FSC Training Town: Scarborough, ON Coaches: Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs Choreographer(s): Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Christopher Dean PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: Music from Mary Poppins [Robert Sherman] Free Dance: "The Gulag Orchestra" [Zach Condon] + "I Don't Think About You Anymore, But I Don't Think About You Anyless" + "Hungry Ghosts" [Nicoleta] RESULTS: 6th - 2012 Trophée Bompard 4th - 2012 Skate Canada 1st - 2012 U.S. International Classic 1st - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (FD only) 3rd - 2012 Canadian Championships 1st - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 1st - 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals 1st - 2011 Octoberfest (FD only) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 55.98, U.S. International Classic Free Dance: 96.57, Central Ontario Summer Skate Total Score: 146.90, U.S. International Classic ! TEAM NOTES: ▪ Gilles & Poirier teamed up in summer 2011. ▪ Gilles grew up in the United States and competed internationally with Timothy McKernan and Zachary Donohue. At the junior level at the U.S. Championships, she has won a pewter medal (4th place) with McKernan, a bronze medal with Donohue, and two silver medals (one with each partner). ▪ Poirier competed for ten years with Vanessa Crone, winning the Canadian title in 2011. Crone & Poirier finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (in 2010) and won the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medal. They were also 2010 Olympic Team members. ▪ Gilles did not compete during the 2010-11 season, taking time off from figure skating training to give acting a try. She considered several options when she decided to return to the sport, but did not find a perfect fit until her tryout with Poirier. ▪ Poirier studies linguistics at the University of Toronto. ! Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams PROFILE: D.O.B.: October 10, 1992 / April 20, 1991 Hometowns: Burnaby, BC / Vancouver, BC Home Clubs: Inlet SC / Calalta SC Training Town: Burnaby, BC Coaches: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Choreographer(s): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Sold" [John Michael Montgomery] + "Tennesee Waltz" [Anne Murray] Free Dance: Music from High Society RESULTS: 4th - 2012 NHK Trophy 8th - 2012 Rostelecom Cup 1st - 2012 BC Summer Skate 1st - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD A 2nd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD A 6th - 2012 World Junior Championships 6th - 2012 Canadian Championships 2nd - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 1st - 2012 BC/YT Sectionals 6th - 2011 Cup of Austria JGP 1st - 2011 JGP Brisbane 1st - 2011 BC Summer Skate (SD only) (Jr) 1st/1st - 2011 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) (Jr) 8th - 2011 World Junior Championships ! 1st - 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 1st - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th - 2010 Czech Skate JGP 3rd - 2010 John Curry Memorial JGP SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 57.41, BC Summer Skate Free Dance: 81.60, BC Summer Skate Total Score: 139.01, BC Summer Skate TEAM NOTES: ▪ Orford & Williams began skating together in May 2010. ▪ Orford previously skated with Malcolm Rohon-O'Halloran, finishing seventh at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. ▪ Williams had several partners before Orford, including Olga Lioudvinevitch and Alicia Williams. ▪ Williams had decided to take a year off from skating after his partnership with Lioudvinevitch ended in 2010. He had moved back home to Alberta when Orford contacted him for a tryout. When that was successful, he had to make a quick decision to move to Vancouver to skate with her. They medaled at their first JGP event, just four months later. ▪ When leaving Russian after 2012 Rostelecom Cup, Orford & Williams were forced to abandon their skates at airport security. They had carried their skates on the plane on the way to Russia, but were stopped on the way home. They were not allowed to return to ticketing to check their skates, as they had already cleared customs. Their skates were mailed to them, but they did not arrive before the team had to leave for NHK Trophy a week later, so they competed in Japan wearing old skates. Williams's boots were held together with duct tape. They skated well and finished fourth. ! Élisabeth Paradis & François-Xavier Ouellette PROFILE: D.O.B.: July 15, 1992 / February 13, 1992 Hometowns: Québec, QC / Laval, QC Home Clubs: CPA Loretteville / CPA Les Lames d'Argent Training Town: Montréal, QC Coaches: Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis Choreographer(s): Marie-France Dubreuil, Michael Seibert, Pascal Denis PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Come Away with Me" [Norah Jones] + "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" [KT Tunstall] Free Dance: "High Hopes" + "Run Like Hell" [Pink Floyd] RESULTS: 1st - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 1st - 2013 Québec Sectionals 1st/1st - 2012 Octoberfest (SD/FD) 1st - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier 1st/1st - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 4th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD B 7th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD B 6th - 2012 Canadian Championships (Jr) 1st - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 2nd/1st - 2011 Octoberfest (SD/FD) (Jr) 5th/1st - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) (Jr) 9th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Jr FD B 7th - 2011 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Jr SD B 5th - 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) ! 6th - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 3rd - 2011 Québec Sectionals (Jr) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 56.04, Québec Sectionals Free Dance: 82.49, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 133.63, Québec Sectionals TEAM NOTES: Paradis & Ouellette began their partnership in May 2010. They were JGP alternates in their final season of age eligibility, 2011-12. Paradis previously skated with Tristan Laliberté, winning a silver medal on the novice level at 2009 Junior Nationals. Ouellette previously skated with Marie-Philippe Vincent, Jessica Aquino, and Amanda Tvaronas. ! Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam PROFILE: D.O.B.: September 16, 1991 / January 24, 1990 Hometowns: Midhurst, ON / Barrie, ON Home Clubs: Barrie SC Training Town: Bloomfield Hills, MI (USA) Coaches: Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Massimo Scali Choreographer(s): PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: Music by Edith Piaf Free Dance: Music from The Legend of 1900 RESULTS: WD - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge 5th - 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd - 2012 U.S. International Classic 1st/2nd - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (SD/FD) 5th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr FD B 2nd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Sr SD A 6th - 2012 Four Continents Championships 5th - 2012 Canadian Championships WD - 2011 NHK Trophy 8th - 2011 Skate America 1st - 2011 Octoberfest (SD only) 3rd - 2011 Canadian Championships WD - 2010 Cup of Russia 4th - 2010 Skate Canada ! 2nd - 2010 World Junior Championships 1st - 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 1st - 2010 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th - 2009 Bosphorus Cup JGP 4th - 2009 Torun Cup JGP SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 61.27, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 92.43, Central Ontario Summer Skate Total Score: 150.73, Central Ontario Summer Skate TEAM NOTES: ▪ Paul & Islam teamed up in January 2009. ▪ Paul previously skated with Jason Cheperdak, winning the 2009 Canadian junior bronze medal. ▪ Islam previously skated with Joanna Lenko, winning the 2007 Canadian junior silver medal. ▪ Islam's father, David, was part of their coaching team until this year. His mother, Debbie, is a judge. ▪ Paul had surgery in late 2011 to repair damage from a leg injury sustained during a collision at NHK Trophy. ▪ Paul & Islam spent summer 2012 training at the Detroit Skating Club. The experience was so rewarding that they decided to make a permanent move to DSC. ! Andréanne Poulin & Marc-André Servant PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 26, 1995 / July 1, 1991 Hometowns: Ile-Bizard, QC / Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC Home Clubs: CPA Des Deux-Rives Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC Coaches: Shawn Winter, Élise Hamel Choreographer(s): Shae Zukiwsky PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Mars vs. Venus" [Usher] + "Without You" [David Guetta feat. Usher] Free Dance: Music