Skate Canada Names 30 Athletes & 3 Synchronized Skating Teams to its 2023-2024 National Team

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.  

Name | Age | Hometown | Coach | Training Location   

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 & Gregor 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. 

PAIRS
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 | 19 | 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.  

Team | Coaches | Training Location   

SYNCHRONIZED SKATING 

Les Suprêmes | Pascal Denis & Marilyn Langlois | CPA Saint-Léonard
NEXXICE | Jennifer Beauchamp-Crichton & Shelley Simonton Barnett | Burlington Skating Centre
Nova | Dominic Barthe & Nadine Tougas | Club de Patinage Synchronisé Nova 

For more information about the National Team, click here.