Ava Kemp & Yohnatan Elizarov

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Ava Rae Kemp (born 24 June 2008, in Winnipeg, Canada) and Yohnatan Elizarov (born 2 December 2003, in Haifa, Israel) are a pairs team representing Canada.

They are the 2023 -24 JGPF silver medalists, the 2023 JGP Gdansk champions and the 2022 Riga Cup silver medalists. They are also the 2024 Canadian junior national champions.

They are coached by Kevin Dawe and Andrew Evans.

ISU Bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114418.htm
Rink Results: http://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=43211
Skating Scores: https://skatingscores.com/can/pairs/ava_kemp_yohnatan_elizarov/

ISU Personal Bests

Personal Best Total Score	159.91	29.09.2023	ISU JGP PGE Solidarity Cup 2023
Personal Best Score Short Program	55.88	01.03.2023	ISU World Junior Championships 2023
Personal Best Score Free Skating	105.66	29.09.2023	ISU JGP PGE Solidarity Cup 2023

Programs
2024-2025
SP: Succession OST
FS: “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen.

2023-2024
SP: Monde Inverse by Cirque du Soleil
FS: Writings on the Wall by Sam Smith; Skyfall by Adele

2022-2023
SP: Monde Inverse (Cirque du Soleil)
FS: Never Enough (The Greatest Showman soundtrack) by Hugh Jackman, performed by Loren Allred

Results

Competition	Total Score
2023/2024 Season
2024 Junior World Championships	6 (140.67)
2024 Canadian Nationals (Junior)	1 (165.50)
2023-24 Junior Grand Prix Final	2 (168.83)
2023 JGP Gdansk	1 (159.91)
2023 JGP Budapest	4 (132.93)
2023 Skate Canada Next Gen	2 (136.04)
2022/2023 Season
2023 World Junior Championships	6 (149.03)
2022-23 Junior Grand Prix Final	-
2022 JGP Baltic Cup	5 (129.37)
2022 JGP Riga Cup	2 (124.73)

 

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Canadian junior champs Kemp and Elizarov 'dig in'

Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov After a challenging 2023-24 season, Canadian junior champions Ava Kemp and Yohnaton Elizarov are excited for a productive

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Kemp and Elizarov are excited to have two new programs to show this coming season. The short program is to the music from the television show Succession, and the free skate is “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen.

“It’s very different for us,” said Elizarov. “Our long program last year [to “Skyfall” and “The Writing’s on the Wall”] was powerful and we’re kind of transitioning that [energy] to the short. So, the short program is going to be more slow and powerful, whereas the long program is going to be a little more fun.”

They worked with Jeff Buttle for the short program, and with Carol Lane and Juris Razgulajevs for the free skate. This is their second year working with Lane and Razgulajevs, who also did the free skate last year. They appreciate the extra attention to skating skills that comes from working with ice dancers.

“It’s very humbling,” said Elizarov. “We work with Juris for skating skills, and he gives us exercises to do that his teams do in Scarborough. They’re very difficult, and eventually we get them, but it’s definitely a lot harder than it looks!”