Skate Canada names 2023-24 National Team

[gsk8]

OTTAWA, ON (July 5, 2023) – Skate Canada is excited to announce the 30 athletes that will make up its National Team for the 2023-2024 season. The team will include four men, four women, four pair teams, as well as seven ice dance teams. While many members are returning from last season including 2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships bronze medalists Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier, eight athletes will be making the team for the first time.

To be named to the National Team, a skater must finish in the top three in the senior men, women, pair and ice dance disciplines at the 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships and/or assigned to a 2023 ISU Grand Prix event at the ISU Grand Prix Selection meeting and must be competing during the 2023-2024 season.

Three teams have also been selected as part of Skate Canada’s Synchronized Skating National Team. This team comprises the synchronized skating teams that finished in the top three in the senior discipline at the 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships.

MEN
Wesley Chiu | 18 | Vancouver, B.C. | Keegan Murphy & Eileen Murphy | Richmond, B.C.
Stephen Gogolev | 18 | Toronto, Ont. | Rafael Arutyunyan & Lee Barkell | Irvine, USA
Conrad Orzel | 22 | Toronto, Ont. | Ravi Walia | Edmonton, Alta.
Roman Sadovsky | 24 | Vaughan, Ont. | Tracey Wainman & Grzegorz Filipowski | Richmond Hill, Ont.

WOMEN
Fiona Bombardier | 18 | Newmarket, Ont. | Bruno Marcotte | Oakville, Ont.
Sara-Maude Dupuis | 18 | Montreal, Que. | Stéphane Yvars & Françoise Parisé | Boucherville, Que.
Kaiya Ruiter | 17 | Calgary, Alta. | Scott Davis | Calgary Alta.
Madeline Schizas | 20 | Oakville, Ont. | Nancy Lemire & Derek Schmidt | Milton, Ont.

PAIR
Kelly Ann Laurin | 17 | St-Jérôme, Que. & Loucas Éthier | 23 | Deux-Montagnes, Que. | Stéphanie Valois | Rosemère, Que.
Brooke McIntosh | 18 | Toronto, Ont. & Benjamin Mimar | 22 | Terrebonne, Que. | Andrew Evans & Alexander Sheldrick | Toronto, Ont.
Lia Pereira | 18 | Milton, Ont. & Trennt Michaud | 26 | Trenton, Ont. | Alison Purkiss & Nancy Lemaire | Brantford, Ont.
Deanna Stellato-Dudek | 40 | Chicago, USA & Maxime Deschamps | 31 | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que. | Josée Picard | Sainte-Julie, Que.

ICE DANCE
Nadiia Bashynska | 19 | Ajax, Ont. & Peter Beaumont | 21 | Ajax, Ont. | Carol Lane & Juris Razgulajevs | Scarborough, Ont.
Alicia Fabbri | 20 | Terrebonne, Que. & Paul Ayer | 25 | Brossard, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Laurence Fournier-Beaudry | 30 | Montreal, Que. & Nikolaj Soerensen | 34 | Montreal, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Piper Gilles | 31 | Toronto, Ont. & Paul Poirier | 31 | Unionville, Ont. | Carol Lane & Juris Razgulajevs | Scarborough, Ont. 
Marjorie Lajoie | 22 | Boucherville, Que. & Zachary Lagha | 24 | Saint-Hubert, Que. | Romain Haguenauer | Montreal, Que.
Molly Lanaghan | 24 | Doncaster, GB & Dmitre Razgulajevs | 26 | Ajax, Ont. | Carol Lane & Juris Razgulajevs | Scarborough, Ont.
Marie-Jade Lauriault | 26 | Ste-Anne-Des-Plaines, Que. & Romain Le Gac | 28 | Laval, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.

 

[lariko]

All familiar names, save for the two ID teams. Who are Fabbri/Ayer and Laghan/Razguljaev?

 

[Gia_Sesshoumaru]

All familiar names, save for the two ID teams. Who are Fabbri/Ayer and Laghan/Razguljaev?

Fabbri / Ayer were Canadian Jr silver medalists in 2019 and were ninth at Junior Worlds that year, their first year together as a couple. They were sixth at 2020 Nats and 7th in 2022. They made their senior debut at the 2019 Warsaw Cup, where they were sixth. They made their GP debut last year at MK John Wilson, where they were 8th. He got injured, though, and needed soldier surgery, so they sat out the rest of the season.

Lanaghan was born in GB. Razguljevs's parents were born in Latvia. His father was a former Ice Dancer. Dmitre was born in the US but moved to Canada when he was young. They have been paired since the 17/18 season and have been anywhere from eighth to fifth at Canadian Nationals together. They have competed in several Challenger competitions, placing as high as fourth but no international medals. They made their GP debut last year at GP France, placing tenth.

 

[VickB]

Fabbri / Ayer were Canadian Jr silver medalists in 2019 and were ninth at Junior Worlds that year, their first year together as a couple. They were sixth at 2020 Nats and 7th in 2022. They made their senior debut at the 2019 Warsaw Cup, where they were sixth. They made their GP debut last year at MK John Wilson, where they were 8th. He got injured, though, and needed soldier surgery, so they sat out the rest of the season.

Lanaghan was born in GB. Razguljevs's parents were born in Latvia. His father was a former Ice Dancer. Dmitre was born in the US but moved to Canada when he was young. They have been paired since the 17/18 season and have been anywhere from eighth to fifth at Canadian Nationals together. They have competed in several Challenger competitions, placing as high as fourth but no international medals. They made their GP debut last year at GP France, placing tenth.

Dmitre father is coach of Gilles / Poirier... Dmitre is dating his skating partner and they have colorful programs... I like them alot.

 

[VickB]

Gilles / Poirier may have stiff competition between them and two other Canadian teams... It will be a fun season.

Vick

 

[VickB]

4 very strong pair teams... I love them all equally...

 

[NanaPat]

Dmitre father is coach of Gilles / Poirier... Dmitre is dating his skating partner and they have colorful programs... I like them alot.

Except that I found their "doll" FD last year dreadfully trite. It was a real outlier for their coaching team.

 

[4everchan]

Fabbri / Ayer were Canadian Jr silver medalists in 2019 and were ninth at Junior Worlds that year, their first year together as a couple. They were sixth at 2020 Nats and 7th in 2022. They made their senior debut at the 2019 Warsaw Cup, where they were sixth. They made their GP debut last year at MK John Wilson, where they were 8th. He got injured, though, and needed soldier surgery, so they sat out the rest of the season.

Indeed... and looking at how they scored back then, it shows the potential as they ranked among of very special group of ice dancers. They are one of my favourite ice dance team. Note that Fabbri is only 20 still. Paul is 25 and that's why they have been skating seniors since then. I hope they keep developing.

Name	Nation​	Points	RD	FD
1​	Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA	CAN​	176.10​	1​	1​
2​	Elizaveta KHUDAIBERDIEVA / Nikita NAZAROV	RUS​	171.22​	2​	4​
3​	Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO	RUS​	170.43​	3​	2​
4​	Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK	USA​	167.90​	5​	3​
5​	Arina USHAKOVA / Maxim NEKRASOV	RUS​	166.48​	4​	5​
6​	Maria KAZAKOVA / Georgy REVIYA	GEO​	155.40​	6​	6​
7​	Caroline GREEN / Gordon GREEN	USA​	153.05​	8​	7​
8​	Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER	FRA​	144.33​	7​	9​
9​	Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER	CAN​	143.04​	13​	8​
10​	Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA​	141.98​	10​	10​
11​	Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV	UKR​	140.21​	11​	11​
12​	Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE	USA​	139.96​	9​	13​
13​	Francesca RIGHI / Aleksei DUBROVIN	ITA​	137.54​	12​	12​
14​	Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER	CZE​	131.91​	16​	14​

 

[lariko]

Fabbri / Ayer were Canadian Jr silver medalists in 2019 and were ninth at Junior Worlds that year, their first year together as a couple. They were sixth at 2020 Nats and 7th in 2022. They made their senior debut at the 2019 Warsaw Cup, where they were sixth. They made their GP debut last year at MK John Wilson, where they were 8th. He got injured, though, and needed soldier surgery, so they sat out the rest of the season.

Lanaghan was born in GB. Razguljevs's parents were born in Latvia. His father was a former Ice Dancer. Dmitre was born in the US but moved to Canada when he was young. They have been paired since the 17/18 season and have been anywhere from eighth to fifth at Canadian Nationals together. They have competed in several Challenger competitions, placing as high as fourth but no international medals. They made their GP debut last year at GP France, placing tenth.

Thank you! I haven't remembered either, probably because I wasn't watching ice dance until last season!