Skate Canada Names 25 Athletes & Three Synchronized Skating Teams to 2024-2025 National Team
July 3, 2024/by Skate Canada
OTTAWA, ON (July 3, 2024) – Skate Canada is excited to announce the athletes and synchronized skating teams that will make up its national team for the 2024-2025 season. The team includes five men, four women, three pair teams, five ice dance teams, and three synchronized skating teams.
2024 Pair World Champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, and 2024 Ice Dance World Championship silver medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are both back for another season as are Canadian senior men’s champion Wesley Chiu and senior women’s champion Kaiya Ruiter. New faces added to the team are Aleksa Rakic and Anthony Paradis to the men’s team, and Hetty Shi to the women’s team.
To be named to the national team, skaters must have finished in the top three in the senior men, women, pair or ice dance disciplines at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships and/or be assigned to a 2024 ISU Grand Prix event at the ISU Grand Prix Selection meeting and must be competing during the 2024-2025 season.
The synchronized skating team is comprised of the synchronized skating teams that finished in the top three in the senior discipline at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships.
Name | Age | Hometown | Coach | Training Location
MEN
Wesley Chiu | 19 | Vancouver, B.C. | Keegan Murphy & Eileen Murphy | Richmond, B.C.
Stephen Gogolev | 19 | Toronto, Ont. | Lee Barkell | Toronto, Ont.
Anthony Paradis | 17 | Boisbriand, Que. | Yvan Desjardins & Violaine Émard | Rosemère, Que.
Aleksa Rakic | 19 | Burnaby, B.C. | Joanne McLeod | Burnaby, B.C.
Roman Sadovsky | 25 | Vaughan, Ont. | Tracey Wainman & Grzegorz Filipowski | Richmond Hill, Ont.
WOMEN
Sara-Maude Dupuis | 19 | Montreal, Que. | Stéphane Yvars & Françoise Parisé | Boucherville, Que.
Kaiya Ruiter | 18 | Calgary, Alta. | Scott Davis | Calgary, Alta.
Madeline Schizas | 21 | Oakville, Ont. | Nancy Lemaire & Derek Schmidt | Milton, Ont.
Hetty Shi | 15 | Northville, USA | Rafael Arutyunyan & Brian Orser | Irvine, USA & Toronto, Ont.
PAIRS
Deanna Stellato-Dudek | 41 | Chicago, USA & Maxime Deschamps | 32 | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que. | Josée Picard | Sainte-Julie, Que.
Kelly Ann Laurin | 18 | St-Jérôme, Que. & Loucas Éthier | 24 | Deux-Montagnes, Que. | Stéphanie Valois | Rosemère, Que.
Lia Pereira | 19 | Milton, Ont. & Trennt Michaud | 27 | Trenton, Ont. | Alison Purkiss & Nancy Lemaire | Brantford, Ont.
ICE DANCE
Alicia Fabbri | 21 | Terrebonne, Que. & Paul Ayer | 26 | Brossard, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Laurence Fournier-Beaudry | 31 | Montreal, Que. & Nikolaj Soerensen | 35 | Montreal, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Piper Gilles | 32 | Toronto, Ont. & Paul Poirier | 32 | Unionville, Ont. | Carol Lane & Juris Razgulajevs | Scarborough, Ont.
Marjorie Lajoie | 23 | Boucherville, Que. & Zachary Lagha | 25 | Saint-Hubert, Que. | Romain Haguenauer & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Marie-Jade Lauriault | 27 | Ste-Anne-Des-Plaines, Que. & Romain Le Gac | 29 | Laval, Que. | Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon | Montreal, Que.
Team | Coaches | Training Location
SYNCHRONIZED SKATING
Les Suprêmes | Pascal Denis & Marilyn Langlois | Saint-Léonard, Que.
NEXXICE | Jennifer Beauchamp-Chrichton & Shelley Simonton Barnett | Burlington, Ont.
Nova | Dominic Barthe & Nadine Tougas | Brossard, Que. & St-Hubert, Que.
More information from: https://skatecanada.ca/high-performance/
2024-2025 Skate Canada National Teams
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
The National Team comprises those athletes who meet the following criteria:
- Top three in senior singles, pair, and ice dance disciplines at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships
- Assigned to a 2024/2025 ISU Grand Prix event at the ISU Grand Prix Selection meeting
- Competing in the 2024/2025 season
- Skate Canada has the discretion to add athletes/teams during the 2023-2024 season
- The Synchronized National Team comprises those teams finishing in the top three in the senior discipline at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships.
