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Zachary Lagha
Lajoie & Lagha at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born (1999-04-15) April 15, 1999 (age 25)
Greenfield Park, Quebec,
Canada
HometownSaint-Hubert, Quebec,
Canada
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
DisciplineIce dance
PartnerMarjorie Lajoie (since 2011)
CoachRomain Haguenauer
Marie-France Dubreuil
Pascal Denis
Patrice Lauzon
Josée Piche
Skating clubCPA St.-Lambert
Began skating2004
Highest WS17th (2021–22)
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Colorado Springs Ice dance
Canadian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Mississauga Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oshawa Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Ottawa Ice dance
"" Winter Youth Olympics ""
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hamar Team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb Ice dance

Zachary Lagha (born April 15, 1999) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his skating partner Marjorie Lajoie, he is the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalist, a six-time Grand Prix medalist, 2022 CS Nepela Memorial champion, 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion, and a three-time Canadian national medalist. Lajoie and Lagha represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Lajoie and Lagha began their careers with a string of domestic titles in the youth ranks, including gold medals at the 2015 Canadian Novice Championships and 2015 Canada Winter Games, before making their international junior debut. They won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, three national junior titles, and became the second Canadian dance team to win the World Junior Championships in 2019. They represented Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, finishing fourth in the dance event and winning a bronze medal in the team event.

Personal life

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Lagha was born on April 15, 1999, in Greenfield Park, Quebec.[1] His family is of Algerian Canadian heritage.[2] His mother, Fella Hammoutene, is an accomplished pianist and encouraged her son to study piano as well. Lagha enters musical competitions in the skating off-season.[2][3] In June 2018, he won a scholarship after winning the first round and getting to the final at the prestigious Canadian Music Competition.[4]

Currently a student in contemporary dance at Concordia University, he identified coaching as his planned vocation following the end of his competitive career.[5]

He is fluent in English and French.[6]

Skating career

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Early years

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Lagha began learning to skate in 2004.[1] He formed an ice dance partnership with Marjorie Lajoie in 2011, coached by Julien Lalonde, Mylène Girard, and Valérie Allard in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.[7][8]

After winning the national pre-novice title in the 2013–14 season, they moved up to the novice level for 2014–15. They won the silver medal at the Skate Canada Challenge, and then took the gold medal at the 2015 Canadian Championships. Lagha said of the achievement: "We worked very hard for this. It came with work. No work. No results."[2] The following month they competed at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, winning the gold medal.[9]

2015–2016 season: Junior debut

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Following their novice title win, the two ended their partnership, later stating that they had different ideas at the time. Subsequently Lagha transferred to train with Marie-France Dubreuil, who encouraged them to reunite in the summer of 2015.[3][10][4] They then moved to train with Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, and Pascal Denis in Montreal, Quebec.[11]

Making their junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, Lajoie/Lagha were seventh at the 2015 JGP Spain in Logroño in early October. Lajoie said that it "went super well, and I didn’t expect us to do this well."[12]

In January 2016 Lajoie/Lagha were awarded the junior silver medal at the Canadian Championships after placing fourth in the short dance and second in the free.[13] The following month, they placed fourth in the main competition at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. Lajoie called it "a super fun competition," while Lagha thought "we didn't get the scores we wanted but what's most important is the public and ourselves were satisfied with the performance."[14] Competing as members of Team Discovery, they won the bronze medal in the team event.[15] In March, they ranked eleventh in the short dance, thirteenth in the free dance, and thirteenth overall at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[16]

2016–2017 season: First junior national title

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Lajoie (right) & Lagha (center) with coach Romain Haguenauer (left) in the Kiss and cry at the 2017 Junior Worlds

Lajoie and Lagha were given two assignments on the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix series, first coming fourth at the 2016 JGP Japan in Yokohama. They set a new personal best, and Lajoie said that they felt they were "on the right track."[17] At the 2016 JGP Germany in Dresden, they finished third in the short dance segment, but dropped off the podium following the free dance, missing the bronze medal by less than a point. Lajoie admitted it was "unfortunate we couldn’t have placed higher," while vowing "there’s still a lot of work to do in order to increase our scores even more."[18]

At the 2017 Skate Canada Challenge, Lajoie/Lagha broke the Canadian record in junior ice dance, held since 2005 by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.[19][20] They went on to win the junior national title at the 2017 Canadian Championships.[21]

In advance of the 2017 World Junior Championships, the team was sent to compete at the Bavarian Open in February. They won the silver medal, finishing only 0.02 points behind the gold medalists.[22] In March, they placed fifth in the short dance, seventh in the free dance, and sixth overall at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[16]

2017–2018 season: Second junior national title

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Lajoie/Lagha opened the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix series with a silver medal win at the JGP Australia event in Brisbane. This was their first career medal on the circuit, but Lagha insisted that "when you start focusing on results, it never works. We just wanted to do well and build from here because we know we can do better."[23] They went on to win gold at JGP Croatia in Zagreb, setting new personal bests in the short dance and combined total score. These results qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. Lajoie sustained a concussion and a hip injury due to a fall in practice. After a month of recuperating, she returned to training two weeks before the Junior Grand Prix Final, where the duo placed sixth.[3][4][16]

Lajoie/Lagha defended their junior national title at the 2018 Canadian Championships, breaking their own Canadian record.[20] They closed out the season at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They placed second in the short dance, earning a silver small medal, but placed fifth in the free dance, placing them narrowly off the podium in fourth place. Lajoie commented: "The free dance went super well for us. We were in the moment and managed the stress. We achieved our goal by being in the mix for a spot on the podium."[24]

2018–2019 season: Junior World title

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After some debate over their free program music for the year, Lagha proposed Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto, which was subsequently adopted. Desiring not to do a classical tango for the rhythm dance, Lajoie and Lagha picked a medley of songs by the contemporary Argentinian group Otros Aires.[3][25]

Lajoie & Lagha finish their gold medal-winning free dance at 2019 Junior Worlds

Lajoie/Lagha began the 2018 JGP series at the JGP Austria event in Linz, winning the silver medal. The team's choreographic character step sequence was ruled invalid, costing them points. Lajoie expressed dissatisfaction with the performance, stating, "the presentation was good, but there’s a lot of work to do at the technical level."[26] They took gold at JGP Canada, scoring personal bests in both segments, breaking again the junior Canadian record,[20] and qualified to their second Junior Grand Prix Final.[25] At the Final the duo placed fourth, 0.03 points behind bronze medallists Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Nikita Nazarov, following a 1 point deduction for an extended lift.[27]

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Lajoie/Lagha won their third consecutive junior title, a national record.[28] Their margin over silver medallists Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer was 21.14 points.[29] As a "test run" for the World Junior Championships, the two then competed at the 2019 Bavarian Open, an event they had won silver at two seasons prior, this time winning gold, 24.7 points ahead of silver medallists Fabbri/Ayer.[30]

Concluding the season at the 2019 World Junior Championships, Lajoie/Lagha placed first in the rhythm dance, setting a new junior world record of 70.14. They were awarded a gold small medal for the result.[31] They then won the free dance as well, setting new world records for that segment and for total score, taking the World Junior title. Lajoie/Lagha were only the second Canadian team to win World Junior gold in ice dance, the first being Virtue and Moir in 2006. Lagha said that rewarding after several disappointing results in the previous two seasons.[32]

2019–2020 season: Senior debut

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Lajoie & Lagha make their ISU Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International

Lajoie/Lagha began their senior career with two Challenger events. They placed seventh at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy, which Lajoie described as a disappointment following twizzle errors by her in the free dance. They next came fourth at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, missing the podium by less than two points due to an invalidated choreographic character step. Despite that, Lajoie called the result "a big step up for us."[33] Making their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International, they placed seventh in the rhythm dance and then moved up to sixth following the free dance.[34] Competing at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they placed seventh after struggles in the rhythm dance.[35]

With training mates and presumptive silver medallists Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen sitting out the 2020 Canadian Championships, Lajoie/Lagha competed with Soucisse/Firus for the silver medal. Both teams made errors in the rhythm dance, with Lagha bobbling on his twizzle sequence, but they nevertheless placed second in the rhythm dance.[36] Clean in the free dance, but for Lagha stumbling in a choreographic sequence, they were second in that segment as well and won the silver medal, earning assignments to both the Four Continents Championships and the World Championships in their home town of Montreal.[37]

Competing at Four Continents in Seoul, Lajoie/Lagha placed fifth in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 76.43, an increase of over five points internationally. They unexpectedly placed ahead of American national bronze medallists Hawayek/Baker, who fell out of their lift.[38] They placed behind Hawayek/Baker in the free dance but remained in fifth place overall, again recording significant improvements in their free dance and total scores. Lagha said afterwards, "there was not one time this season yet when we skated without any major mistakes. Even at nationals, there were some stumbles, but now we finally did two good performances."[39]

Though scheduled to make their World Championship debut, this was prevented by the cancellation of the Montreal World Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both reported being disappointed, but Lajoie added, "our season before this was very good, so it’s not the end of the world."[40]

2020–2021 season: Worlds debut

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Lajoie/Lagha were assigned to the 2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was also cancelled due to the pandemic.[41]

With the pandemic continuing to make holding in-person competitions difficult domestically, Lajoie/Lagha made their competitive debut at a virtually-held 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, where they placed third in both segments to take the bronze medal. The 2021 Canadian Championships were subsequently cancelled.[42][43]

On February 25 Lajoie/Lagha were announced as part of the Canadian team for the 2021 World Championships, their senior World Championship debut following the earlier cancellation of the 2020 World Championships.[44] They placed fourteenth in Stockholm.[45]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

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Lajoie and Lagha made their season debut at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where they placed fourth.[46] At their second Challenger event, the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, they came seventh in a very competitive field. On the result, Lajoie said, "in the end, we were quite happy about it."[47]

On the Grand Prix at the 2021 Skate Canada International, the first Canadian competition with an audience in over a year and a half, Lajoie/Lagha placed sixth. Lagha said afterwards, "we didn't get the score and placement we wanted, but the standing ovation was great!"[48] At their second Grand Prix, the 2021 NHK Trophy in Tokyo, they placed fifth, including a fourth-place finish in the free dance.[49]

Competing at their second senior Canadian championships, held in Ottawa without an audience due to restrictions prompted by the Omicron variant, Lajoie/Lagha placed third in the rhythm dance. They were third in the free dance as well, despite Lajoie flubbing a twizzle set and won the bronze medal. She said afterwards, "every element we did, there was a little something; we were struggling, and we are not used to that." They nevertheless were pleased with the result.[50] The following day they were named to the Canadian Olympic team.[51]

Lajoie/Lagha placed thirteenth in the rhythm dance at the 2022 Winter Olympics dance event. Scott Moir, commentating on the segment, called them "the team that we're all going to be watching in 2026."[52] They remained thirteenth after the free dance, with Lajoie saying, "I think we did a pretty good job, especially because it’s such a stressful environment."[53] They concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, with the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[54] Lajoie/Lagha finished thirteenth in the rhythm dance, a disappointing result, but rose to eleventh overall with a tenth-place free dance.[55]

2022–2023 season: Four Continents bronze, Challenger and Grand Prix success

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In the first of two Challenger assignments, Lajoie/Lagha won gold at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial, their first international senior medal and title. Lagha considered their effort "O.K. for a first skate despite a little mistake. We don't want to do mistakes anymore."[56] Weeks later at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, they set a new set of personal bests, clearing 80 points in the rhythm dance, 120 points in the free dance, and 200 points in total score, all for the first time. Lagha said he remained unsatisfied with the free dance performance, which he considered "a bit too safe."[57]

On the Grand Prix at the 2022 Skate Canada International, Lajoie/Lagha were fourth in the rhythm dance after errors put them narrowly behind Americans Green/Parsons. In the free dance, they overtook Green/Parsons for the bronze medal, their first on the senior Grand Prix.[58][59] Two weeks later, they won a second bronze medal at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield. They had spent the intervening time working on their twizzle element, which had given the issues at their first Grand Prix event, and said they were pleased with the resulting performance.[60]

With defending national champions Gilles/Poirier absent from the 2023 Canadian Championships due to Gilles requiring an appendectomy, the national ice dance title was considered more open than previously, to which Lagha remarked "we try not to focus on that, but we can always dream right?"[61] They finished second in the rhythm dance, narrowly behind training partners Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen. They won the free dance after Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen botched their closing element, but remained narrowly second overall by 0.60 points and won their second national silver.[62] Lajoie said afterward that it had been a "mental fight" for both of them that day, "but, we did it."[61] As Canada had only two berths at the 2023 World Championships due to Gilles/Poirier and Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen's ordinals the prior year, Lajoie/Lagha were assigned only to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.[63]

With Gilles/Poirier absent as well from the Four Continents Championships, Lajoie/Lagha were considered challengers for the podium.[64] Despite low step sequence levels, they placed third in the rhythm dance, 2.07 points clear of fourth-place Carreira/Ponomarenko, while expected rivals Green/Parsons were a distant fifth after Parsons fell.[65][66] They were third in the free dance as well with a new personal best score of 120.96, for a total score of an even 200.00 points. They won the bronze medal, their first ISU championship medal at the senior level. Lagha called the result "the cherry on top of a perfect season," with Lajoie noting "we have a podium finish in every competition" that they had entered.[67][68]

2023–2024 season: Injury and home World Championships

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Lagha suffered a shoulder injury in May 2023, hindering their preparations for the 2023–24 season, further complicated by subsequent back strain.[5] Lajoie would later say "we kind of didn't have an off season."[69] To fit the 1980s rhythm dance theme, they settled on Michael Jackson's "Thriller," Lagha citing Jackson as one of his favourite singers. Wanting to use a Montreal artist for their free dance, in celebration of the World Championships being held in their home city that year, they eventually settled on "Roses", a piece by local pianist Jean-Michel Blais.[5]

The team was initially assigned to the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International, but withdrew. They were able to participate in their second Challenger assignment, the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial, coming fifth.[70] Lajoie said that "we will take the situation how it is and will work from here."[69] They first appeared on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where they placed second in the rhythm dance, 0.60 points clear of French training mates Lopareva/Brissaud in third, despite getting only a level 1 on the midline step.[71] They were second in the free dance as well, winning their first Grand Prix silver.[72] At the 2023 Cup of China, they unexpected won the rhythm dance over pre-event favourites and fellow Canadians Gilles/Poirier after the latter had a twizzle error.[73] They placed second in the free dance, and second overall. Lagha said afterward that it "was a struggle at the beginning of the season, as I had a few injuries. But we handled it like professionals and came ready for the Grand Prix."[74]

Lajoie and Lagha during their free dance at the 2024 World Championships

The team's results qualified them to their first senior Grand Prix Final, held in Beijing, where they came sixth. Lagha described it as "a new experience to skate first and only with the best of the best."[75] The team was unable to compete at the Canadian Championships after Lajoie was placed in concussion protocol.[76] They subsequently withdrew from the 2024 Four Continents Championships as well. Lajoie was sidelined from training from months during recovery.[77] Lagha continued to train by himself in the interim.[78]

Lajoie was able to resume training for their hometown World Championships, having received full clearance from her physicians a week beforehand.[79][78] They placed an unexpected fifth in the rhythm dance, following errors by fellow Canadians Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen, and thus skated in the final flight of the free dance for the first time. Lajoie/Lagha were fifth in that segment as well, setting new personal bests in all categories, and finished fifth overall. They called the result their proudest moment of the season.[79][80] Lagha concluded that "we still have work to do and we're just going to focus on that. If the judges want to put us on top, they will. We're just going to continue our performances and let the world appreciate what we're doing, hopefully."[78]

2024–2025 season

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With the rhythm dance theme for the season being "Social Dances and Styles of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s," the team opted to reprise a theme they had used at the pre-novice level in the 2013–14 season, the Austin Powers franchise. Lajoie explained that they "did it when we were 12 years old, so it's good memories for us." Their free dance used the Disturbed cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence".[81]

In early September, Lajoie suffered a concussion in training after being accidentally elbowed in the head by Lagha.[82] Due to this injury, they withdrew from both of their Challenger assignments, the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy.[81] After missing two weeks of training, they returned to the ice in a "slow and deliberate" manner, and were able to compete at their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2024 Skate Canada International in Halifax.[82] Lagha fell in the rhythm dance, but they still finished second in the segment as it had not been on a technical element. Lajoie remarked that she had fallen in the same part of the program in practices, and said they would revise the choreography afterward. They went on to finish second in the free dance as well, taking the silver medal.[83] Lagha would later reveal that he had discovered his skates had been over-sharpened. They went on to win a second silver medal at the 2024 Cup of China, their results qualifying them for the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final in Grenoble.[84]

Programs

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With Lajoie

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Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
[85]
2023–2024
[86][87]
  • Roses
    by Jean-Michel Blais
    arranged by Karl Hugo
    choreo. by Romain Haguenauer, Ginette Cournoyer
2022–2023
[88]
2021–2022
[89]
2020–2021
[90]
2019–2020
[91]
2018–2019
[1][3]
  • Tango: Perro Viejo
  • Tango: Otro Puente Alsina
  • Tango: Essa
    by Otros Aires
    choreo. by Romain Haguenauer
Short dance
2017–2018
[92]
  • Cha cha: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha
    by Petty Booka
  • Samba: Tu Picadura
    by Gary Tesca
2016–2017
[93]
2015–2016
[11]
  • Pas de Deux Ktiri and Basilio
  • Quiteria's Variation
  • Classical Variation I
  • Pas de Deux Kitri and Basilio V. Coda
    (from Don Quixote)
    by Ludwig Minkus
2014–2015
[94]
  • La Virgen de la Macarena
    by Bernardino Monterde
2013–2014
[95]
2011–2012

World record scores

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Combined total records
Disc. Segment Score Event Date Ref.
Ice dance Rhythm dance 70.14 2019 World Junior Championships March 7, 2019 [96]
Free dance 105.96 March 9, 2019
Combined total 176.10

Competitive highlights

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Ice dance with Marjorie Lajoie

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Competition placements at senior level [97]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winter Olympics 13th
World Championships C 14th 11th 5th
Four Continents Championships 5th 3rd
Grand Prix Final 6th TBD
Canadian Championships 2nd C 3rd 2nd
GP Cup of China 2nd 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 5th
GP Rostelecom Cup 7th
GP Skate America 2nd
GP Skate Canada 6th 6th 3rd 2nd
GP Wilson Trophy 3rd
CS Autumn Classic 4th
CS Budapest Trophy 1st
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th 7th
CS Lombardia Trophy 7th
CS Nepela Memorial 1st 5th
Skate Canada Challenge 3rd
Lajoie and Lagha made their World Junior Championship debut in Debrecen.
Competition placements at junior level [97]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Youth Winter Olympics 4th
Youth Winter Olympics
(Team event) 		3rd
World Junior Championships 13th 6th 4th 1st
Junior Grand Prix Final 6th 4th
Canadian Championships 2nd 1st 1st 1st
JGP Australia 2nd
JGP Austria 2nd
JGP Canada 1st
JGP Croatia 1st
JGP Germany 4th
JGP Japan 4th
JGP Spain 7th
Bavarian Open 2nd 1st
Skate Canada Challenge 2nd 1st

Detailed results

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Ice dance with Marjorie Lajoie

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [98]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 208.01 2024 World Championships
Rhythm dance TSS 82.30 2024 World Championships
TES 47.64 2022 CS Budapest Trophy
PCS 35.42 2024 World Championships
Free dance TSS 125.71 2024 World Championships
TES 71.15 2024 World Championships
PCS 54.56 2024 World Championships
ISU personal bests in the +3/-3 GOE System (from 2010–11) [98]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 150.30 2017 JGP Croatia
Short dance TSS 62.89 2017 JGP Croatia
TES 33.35 2017 JGP Croatia
PCS 29.81 2018 World Junior Championships
Free dance TSS 87.47 2017 World Junior Championships
TES 43.50 2017 World Junior Championships
PCS 46.43 2017 JGP Croatia
  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.

Senior level

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Results in the 2019–20 season [97]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–15, 2019 Italy 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 5 67.94 7 97.77 7 165.71
Oct 11–13, 2019 Finland 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 4 70.75 4 102.94 4 173.69
Oct 25–27, 2019 Canada 2019 Skate Canada International 7 70.50 6 107.87 6 177.53
Nov 15–17, 2019 Russia 2019 Rostelecom Cup 8 64.70 7 105.20 7 169.90
Jan 13–19, 2020 Canada 2020 Canadian Championships 2 77.26 2 121.66 2 198.92
Feb 4–9, 2020 South Korea 2020 Four Continents Championships 5 76.43 6 115.68 5 192.11
Results in the 2020–21 season [97]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 8–17, 2021 Canada 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 3 81.58 3 118.84 3 200.42
Mar 22–28, 2021 Sweden 2021 World Championships 14 72.00 13 108.71 14 180.71
Results in the 2021–22 season [97]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 16–18, 2021 Canada 2021 CS Autumn Classic International 4 71.27 4 110.47 4 181.74
Oct 7–10, 2021 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 7 71.93 7 109.10 7 181.03
Oct 29–31, 2021 Canada 2021 Skate Canada International 6 71.87 6 107.20 6 179.07
Nov 12–14, 2021 Japan 2021 NHK Trophy 5 74.45 4 112.93 5 187.38
Jan 6–12, 2022 Canada 2022 Canadian Championships 3 76.67 3 116.00 3 192.67
Feb 12–14, 2022 China 2022 Winter Olympics 13 72.59 13 108.43 13 181.02
Mar 21–27, 2022 France 2022 World Championships 13 70.39 10 108.45 11 178.84
Results in the 2022–23 season [97]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022 Slovakia 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 1 75.79 1 117.56 1 193.35
Oct 13–16, 2022 Hungary 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 1 82.09 1 120.31 1 202.40
Oct 28–30, 2022 Canada 2022 Skate Canada International 4 75.94 3 119.55 3 195.49
Nov 11–13, 2022 United Kingdom 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 3 81.09 3 117.86 3 198.95
Jan 9–15, 2023 Canada 2023 Canadian Championships 2 84.91 1 126.89 2 211.80
Feb 7–12, 2023 United States 2023 Four Continents Championships 3 79.04 3 120.96 3 200.00
Results in the 2023–24 season [97]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28–30, 2023 Slovakia 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 5 70.00 5 109.18 5 179.18
Oct 20–22, 2023 United States 2023 Skate America 2 77.80 2 119.19 2 196.99
Nov 10–12, 2023 China 2023 Cup of China 1 82.02 2 124.00 2 206.02
Dec 7–10, 2023 China 2023–24 Grand Prix Final 6 74.74 6 118.89 6 193.63
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 5 82.30 5 125.71 5 208.01
Results in the 2024–25 season 
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 25–27, 2024 Canada 2024 Skate Canada International 2 77.34 2 122.56 2 199.90
Nov 22–24, 2024 China 2024 Cup of China 2 81.53 2 123.63 2 205.16

Junior level

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Results in the 2015–16 season [97]
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 30 –
Oct 3, 2015 		Spain 2015 JGP Spain 7 52.50 6 77.41 7 129.91
Dec 2–6, 2015 Canada 2016 Skate Canada Challenge 3 53.16 2 78.32 2 131.48
Jan 18–24, 2016 Canada 2016 Canadian Championships (Junior) 4 56.29 2 84.94 2 141.23
Feb 14–16, 2016 Norway 2016 Winter Youth Olympics 4 51.06 4 74.81 4 125.87
Feb 20, 2016 Norway 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (Team event) – – 3 73.78 3 –
Mar 14–20, 2016 Hungary 2016 World Junior Championships 11 52.57 13 75.49 13 128.06
Results in the 2016–17 season [97]
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 9–11, 2016 Japan 2016 JGP Japan 4 57.02 4 80.12 4 137.14
Oct 5–8, 2016 Germany 2016 JGP Germany 3 57.32 4 82.35 4 139.67
Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2016 Canada 2017 Skate Canada Challenge 1 62.66 1 91.20 1 153.86
Jan 16–22, 2017 Canada 2017 Canadian Championships (Junior) 1 61.62 1 91.93 1 153.55
Feb 14–19, 2017 Germany 2017 Bavarian Open 3 53.24 1 87.96 2 141.20
Mar 15–19, 2017 Taiwan 2017 World Junior Championships 5 60.79 7 87.47 6 148.26
Results in the 2017–18 season [97]
Date Event SD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 25–26, 2017 Australia 2017 JGP Australia 2 58.55 2 80.37 2 138.92
Sep 29–30, 2017 Croatia2017 JGP Croatia 1 62.89 1 87.41 1 150.30
Dec 8–9, 2017 Japan 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 60.52 6 80.76 6 141.28
Jan 8–14, 2018 Canada 2018 Canadian Championships (Junior) 1 65.02 1 89.02 1 154.40
Mar 5–11, 2018 Bulgaria 2018 World Junior Championships 2 62.39 5 83.83 4 146.22
Results in the 2018–19 season [97]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2018 Austria 2018 JGP Austria 2 63.95 2 89.84 2 153.79
Sep 12–15, 2018 Canada 2018 JGP Canada 1 65.67 1 100.95 1 166.52
Dec 6–7, 2018 Canada 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final 4 66.25 3 98.26 4 164.51
Jan 14–20, 2019 Canada 2019 Canadian Championships (Junior) 1 70.87 1 108.84 1 179.71
Feb 5–10, 2019 Germany 2019 Bavarian Open 1 67.35 1 101.99 1 169.34
Mar 4–10, 2019 Croatia 2019 World Junior Championships 1 70.14 1 105.96 1 176.10

References

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