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Kelly Ann Laurin

Kelly Ann Laurin (born November 16, 2005) is a Canadian pair skater. With her skating partner, Loucas Éthier, she is the 2022 Skate America bronze medallist and the 2024 Canadian national bronze medallist.

Kelly Ann Laurin
Laurin (left) at 2023 Skate Canada
Born (2005-11-16) November 16, 2005 (age 18)
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
HometownSaint-Jérôme, Quebec
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada Canada
PartnerLoucas Éthier
CoachStéphanie Valois, Yvan Desjardins, Violaine Émard
Skating clubPatinage St-Jérôme
Began skating2011

Career edit

Early years edit

Laurin began learning to skate in 2011.[1] In 2018, she teamed up with Loucas Éthier. The two won gold in the novice pairs' event at the 2019 Canadian Championships.[2]

2019–20 season edit

Laurin/Éthier appeared at one ISU Junior Grand Prix event, placing sixth in Poland. They became junior national bronze medallists at the 2020 Canadian Championships and were assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they finished fourteenth.[2]

2020–21 season edit

Laurin/Éthier placed second in junior pairs at the Skate Canada Challenge, a qualifier for the 2021 Canadian Championships. The latter event was cancelled, along with many internationals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021–22 season edit

The pair moved up to the senior ranks for the 2021–22 season. They placed sixth at the 2022 Canadian Championships.[2]

2022–23 season edit

Making their senior international debut, Laurin/Éthier placed fifth at the 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.[2] They were then invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America. In a pairs field marked by the absence of Russian competitors as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Laurin/Éthier won the bronze medal, which he called "a big deal for us."[3] They were seventh at Skate Canada International the following weekend.[2]

Following the Grand Prix, Laurin/Éthier won the bronze medal at the 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge to qualify to the 2023 Canadian Championships.[4] They finished third in the short program at the national championships, but in the free skate they were overtaken by Pereira/Michaud for the bronze medal.[5] Despite finishing fourth overall, they were named to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.[6] Laurin/Éthier finished seventh at the event, setting new personal bests in the process.[7]

2023–24 season edit

 
Laurin/Éthier at the 2023 Skate Canada International

Laurin/Éthier finished sixth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start their season.[8] Appearing on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate Canada International, they came seventh of eight teams in the short program, but rose to fifth place overall following the free skate.[9] Weeks later at the 2023 NHK Trophy, they placed seventh of eight teams in the short program with a difficult skate that Éthier called "one of the worst programs of our competitive career."[10] They performed much more strongly in the free skate, coming sixth in the segment, though staying seventh overall. He said after that "we skated for ourselves and for redemption and just to prove to ourselves what we could really do after our short performance," adding that the event was "an unreal experience."[11]

At the 2024 Canadian Championships, Laurin/Éthier came third in both segments and took the bronze medal, their first appearance on the senior national podium.[12] They went on to place eighth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships.[13]

The 2024 World Championships were held on home ice in Montreal. Laurin/Éthier, as Quebecois skaters, received a particularly notable reception from the crowds at the Bell Centre. Of this, she said that it "was a great feeling to skate like that at home. I was just very proud of us, what we did." The team came fourteenth in the short program, qualifying to the free skate.[14] Fifteenth in the free skate, they finished fifteenth overall in their World Championship debut.[15]

Programs edit

with Éthier
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[16]
2022–2023
[1] 		Money Heist:
2019–2020
[17]

Competitive highlights edit

Competition placements at senior level [2]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Worlds 15th
Four Continents 7th 8th
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Skate America 3rd
GP Skate Canada 7th 5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6th
CS U.S. Classic 5th
Canadian Championships 6th 4th 3rd
Skate Canada Challenge 4th 3rd
  • JGP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
  • N – novice level
  • C – Event was cancelled
  • WD – Withdrew from event
Competition placements at junior and novice level [2]
Season 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
World Junior Championships 14th
JGP Poland 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
Canadian Championships 1st N 3rd C
Skate Canada Challenge 2nd N 8th 2nd

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Competition Results: Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Slater, Paula (October 23, 2022). "Knierim and Frazier reclaim Skate America pairs' title". Golden Skate.
  4. ^ "Men, pairs and ice dance titles awarded at 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge". Skate Canada. December 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2023). "Long awaited victory for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2023 ISU championships". Skate Canada. January 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Canada wins silver and bronze at ISU Four Continents Championships". Skate Canada. February 12, 2023.
  8. ^ "Pair skaters Pereira & Michaud narrowly miss podium at Nebelhorn Trophy event". Skate Canada. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "Gold for Canadian pair and ice dance team at Skate Canada International". Skate Canada. October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  10. ^ Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Hase and Volodin dominate pairs at NHK Trophy in debut season". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  11. ^ "ISU Grand Prix series wraps up at NHK Trophy in Japan". Skate Canada. November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  12. ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend national title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  13. ^ "Stellato-Dudek & Deschamps golden at Four Continents". Skate Canada. February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  14. ^ Brodie, Robert (March 21, 2024). "Worlds 2024: 'Our best short program of the year'". R.W. Brodie Writes. Archived from the original on April 1, 2024.
  15. ^ Brodie, Robert (March 22, 2024). "Worlds 2024: 'We've got a Hollywood script on our hands'". R.W. Brodie Writes. Archived from the original on April 1, 2024.
  16. ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023.
  17. ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.

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