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Tina Garabedian

Tina Garabedian (Armenian: Թինա Կարապետյան; born June 13, 1997) is a retired Armenian-Canadian ice dancer. She and her partner Simon Proulx-Sénécal represented Armenia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Tina Garabedian
Garabedian and Proulx-Sénécal in 2018
Born (1997-06-13) June 13, 1997 (age 26)
Laval, Quebec, Canada
HometownLaval, Quebec
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
CountryArmenia
CoachMarie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Began skating2002
Retired2022

Personal life edit

Tina Garabedian was born on June 13, 1997, in Laval, Quebec, Canada.[1] She is one of three daughters of Maral Dermeguerditchian and John Garabedian, both born in Lebanon.[2] She attended L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop up to grade 7 and then switched to Collège Gérald-Godin with a sports-study program to accommodate her skating schedule. In 2021 she graduated from McGill University with distinction, winning the Laddie Millen Award for top marks. She holds dual Canadian and Armenian citizenship.[3]

Career edit

Early years edit

Garabedian began skating in 2002.[4] She competed in singles until age 14 and then spent a year as a member of a synchronized skating team.[5] She formed an ice dancing partnership with Alexandre Laliberté in 2012.[6] Appearing on the junior level, the two placed 9th at the 2014 Canadian Championships and debuted internationally the following season, representing Armenia. After placing 7th at both of their 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments – in Ostrava, Czech Republic and Dresden, Germany – Garabedian/Laliberté were sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. In Estonia, they were 18th in the short dance and qualified to the free dance, where they placed 15th, lifting them to 16th overall.

Partnership with Proulx-Sénécal edit

In May 2015,[6] Garabedian teamed up with Simon Proulx-Sénécal, with whom she began competing on the senior level. She stated, "My coaches wanted us to skate together when I first started dance, but he was already 21 and had to move up to senior, and I was not ready for that then."[7] Making their international debut, they placed sixth at the 2015 Ice Challenge, a 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series (CS) event held in October in Graz, Austria. In December, they won their first CS medal – bronze at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January 2016, Garabedian/Proulx-Sénécal were one of twenty teams to qualify for the final segment at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, having ranked 20th in the short dance. They finished 18th overall after placing 18th in the free dance.

Programs edit

With Proulx-Sénécal edit

Season Short dance Free dance
2021–2022
[1]
2019–2021
[8][9]
2017–2018
[10]
2016–2017
[11]
  • Blues
  • Swing
2015–2016
[4]

With Laliberté edit

Season Short dance Free dance
2014–2015
[12]
  • Samba:
  • Rhumba:
  • Samba:
  • Once in the Musical

Competitive highlights edit

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Proulx-Sénécal edit

International[13]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 18th
Worlds 27th 25th 22nd C WD 14th
Europeans 18th 19th 19th 17th 13th
CS Asian Open WD
CS Autumn Classic WD
CS Golden Spin 3rd 11th 15th 4th
CS Ice Challenge 6th
CS Nebelhorn 8th 4th
CS U.S. Classic 9th 6th
CS Warsaw Cup 5th 8th
Bavarian Open 2nd
Budapest Trophy 1st
Lake Placid IDI 2nd
Santa Claus Cup 2nd
Toruń Cup 3rd
National[13]
Armenian 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

With Laliberté edit

International[14]
Event 2013–14 2014–15
World Junior Champ. 16th
JGP Czech Republic 7th
JGP Germany 7th
Santa Claus Cup 7th J
National[14]
Canadian Champ. 9th J
J = Junior level

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tina Garabedian: It's a great honor for me to represent Armenia". Armenian Olympic Committee. December 26, 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Massad, Rhonda (January 20, 2016). "Laval's Garabedian brings Armenian Flag to world sports stage". The Suburban.
  4. ^ a b "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Bachekjian, Talia (January 7, 2016). "Interview with Canadian-Armenian figure skater Tina Garabedian". Horizon Weekly.
  6. ^ a b Lamarre, Sylvain (October 24, 2015). "Tina Garabedian rêve de représenter l'Arménie aux Olympiques" [Tina Garabedian dreams of representing Armenia at the Olympics]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  7. ^ "Garabedian & Proulx-Senecal focus on the road ahead". ice-dance.com. July 20, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Alexandre LALIBERTE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Competition Results: Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union.
  14. ^ a b "Competition Results: Tina GARABEDIAN / Alexandre LALIBERTE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015.

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