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Maxime Deschamps

Maxime Deschamps (born December 20, 1991) is a Canadian pair skater. With his skating partner, Deanna Stellato-Dudek, he is the 2024 World champion, the 2024 Four Continents champion, 2023–24 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a three-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist, a two-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist, and two-time Canadian national champion (2023–2024).

Maxime Deschamps
Deschamps at the 2023 Four Continents Championships
Born (1991-12-20) December 20, 1991 (age 32)
Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
DisciplinePair skating
PartnerDeanna Stellato-Dudek
CoachJosée Picard
Stéphanie Fiorito
Manon Peron
Skating clubCPAR Vaudreuil
Began skating1997
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Montreal Pairs
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Shanghai Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Colorado Springs Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2023–24 Beijing Pairs
Canadian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Oshawa Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2024 Calgary Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Ottawa Pairs

With Vanessa Grenier and Sydney Kolodziej, he competed at two Four Continents Championships (2016, 2018) and four Grand Prix events.

Personal life edit

Deschamps suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. With respect to its impact on his competitive career, he has said "when I come into competitions, concentration is really easy for me. It's mostly at home where it's challenging on a daily basis."[1]

Career edit

Early years edit

Deschamps began learning to skate in 1997.[2] He placed 6th in novice pairs with Alysson Dugas at the 2010 Canadian Championships, 10th in junior pairs with Catherine Baldé at the 2011 Canadian Championships, and 7th in junior pairs with Naomie Boudreau at the 2013 Canadian Championships.

Partnership with Grenier edit

 
Deschamps/Grenier at the 2016 Four Continents Championships

In 2013, Deschamps teamed up with Vanessa Grenier. The two became the 2014 Canadian junior champions.[3] Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed 6th at the 2014 Skate America.[4] The pair finished 7th at the 2015 Skate Canada International and 8th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships. They were coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Quebec.[2] Grenier and Deschamps split up in May 2016.[5]

Partnership with Kolodziej edit

In 2016, Deschamps teamed up with Sydney Kolodziej from the United States. The pair finished 6th at the 2017 Canadian Championships, ranking 6th in the short program and 4th in the free skate.

Coached by Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte, and Sylvie Fullum in Saint-Leonard, Quebec, Kolodziej/Deschamps made their international debut as a pair in September at the 2017 CS U.S. Classic, where they placed 7th. Skate Canada also selected the pair to compete at a Grand Prix event, the 2017 Skate Canada International. They finished 8th at their Grand Prix assignment and 7th at the 2018 Canadian Championships. They were named in Canada's team to the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei and finished 9th after placing 8th in the short program and 9th in the free skate.

Partnership with Stellato-Dudek edit

Deschamps announced a new partnership with American skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek in 2019. After securing her release from the USFS, they debuted internationally at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, placing fourth.[6] They won the bronze medal at the 2022 Canadian Championships.[7] Stellato/Deschamps went on to finish fourth at the 2022 Four Continents Championships, and first at the 2024 Four Continents Championships..[8]

2022–23 season edit

Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps began the 2022–23 season with a gold medal at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[9] The team was then invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, and won the silver medal, only 3.5 points behind gold medalists Knierim/Frazier. This was the first Grand Prix medal for both skaters.[10] They travelled to Angers for the 2022 Grand Prix de France, their second Grand Prix event, and won the gold medal. This was the first Grand Prix win for both skaters. Their results qualified them for the Grand Prix Final.[11] Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps entered the event considered likely bronze medalists and placed third in the short program, distantly behind top-ranked teams Knierim/Frazier and Japan's Miura/Kihara and 2.04 points of Italians Conti/Macii. Stellato-Dudek said she was pleased by the result, revealing that she had "got really ill" in recent weeks and "had to take time off the ice and off the training, and I lost weight, and I lost muscles, so we were training very hard to try and be ready for here."[12] However, the team struggled in the free skate, placing fifth in that segment and dropping behind the Italians for fourth overall.[13] She called this a disappointment but said it was understandable in light of their training difficulties.[14]

Stellato-Dudek continued to experience health difficulties in the aftermath of the Final, presumed to be a result of respiratory syncytial virus infection, which made her unable to breathe through her mouth. She had limited medical options for dealing with the virus given the need to remain compliant with WADA guidelines.[15] Despite these difficulties, the pair resolved to compete at the 2023 Canadian Championships, with Stellato-Dudek explaining that "I want it so badly because I want it for Max so much, because this is his tenth Canadian championship and last year I was so proud, I was the first partner you got a medal with in senior. So, to be the partner that brings him the gold would be really special to me."[16] They won the gold medal by a margin of 11.92 points over silver medallists McIntosh/Mimar.[17]

Following the national championships, Stellato-Dudek eventually recovered from the extended illness, and was assessed as being at "100% of her physical power" for a week in advance of the 2023 Four Continents Championships. They finished second in the short program despite her stepping out of their throw jump.[18][19] The free skate proved somewhat more difficult, with Deschamps falling on an attempt at the triple Salchow jump. They were third in that segment, albeit with a new personal best score, and won the bronze medal.[20] This was the first ISU championship medal of Deschamps' career.[21]

Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps placed fourth in the short program at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, only 0.43 points behind Conti/Macii in third.[22] Both erred on their triple Salchow attempt in the free skate, and they finished sixth in that segment, but remained in fourth overall.[23][24] Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps then joined Team Canada for the 2023 World Team Trophy, where they came third in the short program, narrowly beating Conti/Macii.[25] They were fourth in the free skate, while Team Canada finished sixth overall.[26]

2023–24 season edit

In anticipation of Deschamps' home province hosting the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, the duo selected Cirque du Soleil's "Oxygène" as a homage to French Canadian culture. Their Interview with the Vampire free program featured Stellato-Dudek acting the part of a vampire.[27]

Beginning the season at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International, Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps won gold. They set new personal bests in the free skate and total score, passing 200 points in the latter for the first time.[28] On the Grand Prix, they competed first at the 2023 Skate Canada International, placing first in both segments to win the gold medal. They broke the 140-point threshold in the free skate for the first time, and set a new personal best in total score as well. Stellato-Dudek commented afterward: "I am very happy, which is a rarity. We have been waiting for a performance like this for years!"[29] At the 2023 Cup of China, they won the segment and earned a 4.06-point lead over Italians Ghilardi/Ambrosini, despite Stellato-Dudek putting a hand down on their throw. They said the event was a test for them given the travel to China.[30] The free skate proved more difficult, including an aborted final lift, but they still won that segment as well and took another Grand Prix gold. She said afterward that they were "exhausted at the start of the program and it was fight from beginning to the end, but we are happy with the outcome."[31]

Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps entered the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final as one of the perceived gold medal contenders. After minor mistakes on their jump and throw, they finished narrowly second in the short program, 1.34 points back of new German team Hase/Volodin and 0.92 ahead of Italians Conti/Macii in third. They had problems with both jumps and throws in the free skate as well, dropping to third place overall, albeit 2.13 points back of first. Both said that they had higher expectations, but Stellato-Dudek added that "we showed that even with big mistakes on the elements, we can score pretty high."[32]

 
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps performing a lift at the end of their free skate at the 2024 World Championships

At the 2024 Canadian Championships, the duo finished first in the short program, but only by 0.82 points over Pereira/Michaud after errors on both their throw and side-by-side jumps. Despite jump errors in the free skate Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps won that segment by a wide margin and took their second consecutive national title. They both said that they had done considerable work on throw improvements in the leadup.[33]

Returning to China for the third time that season for the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, where Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps faced reigning Japanese world champions Miura/Kihara, who were returning to competition after an absence due to injury. The Canadians won the short program despite Deschamps falling on his triple toe loop attempt.[34] They won the free skate as well, despite Stellato-Dudek hurting her arm on the landing of their opening triple twist and a later jump error by Deschamps, and took their first Four Continents title. Saying they were very happy with the result, Stellato-Dudek added there was "definitely still a lot of growth in the performance, we know we can do a lot better than that, and we're looking forward to doing that at Worlds."[35]

At the World Championships, Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps won the short program with a new personal best score of 77.48, an advantage of 3.95 points over Miura/Kihara in second place. In the free skate, Stellato-Dudek stepped out of the end of her jump combination attempt, but the program was otherwise clean. The team came second in that segment, 0.27 points behind Miura/Kihara, but remained in first place overall and took the gold medal.[36] This was the first World title for a Canadian pair since Duhamel/Radford in 2016, and the first for Canada in any discipline since Kaetlyn Osmond in 2018.[37] Deschamps said that he "felt nothing but pride" at their performance and the result,[36] which attracted significant media coverage for the team due to Stellato-Dudek's becoming the oldest-ever figure skating World champion in any discipline.[37][38]

Programs edit

Pair skating with Deanna Stellato-Dudek edit

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[39]
2022–2023
[40]
2021–2022
[41]
  • No Ordinary Love
    by You+Me
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2019–2020

With Kolodziej edit

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[42]
2016–2017

With Grenier edit

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[2]
2014–2015
[43]
  • Somewhere in Time
    by John Barry
    • Somewhere in Time
      performed by Maksim Mrvica
    • The Old Woman
    • Theme from Somewhere in Time
      with 18th Variation of Rachmaninov
      performed by Newell Oler
      choreo. by Julie Marcotte

Competitive highlights edit

Pair skating with Deanna Stellato-Dudek edit

Competition placements at senior level [44]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
World Championships 4th 1st
Four Continents 4th 3rd 1st
GP Final 4th 3rd
GP Cup of China 1st
GP France 1st
GP Skate America 2nd
GP Skate Canada 1st
CS Autumn Classic 4th 1st
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
CS Warsaw Cup 6th
Skate Canada Challenge 3rd 3rd 1st
World Team Trophy 6th
(4th)
Canadian Championships 6th C 3rd 1st 1st

With Kolodziej edit

International[45]
Event 16–17 17–18
Four Continents 9th
GP Skate Canada 8th
CS U.S. Classic 7th
National[46]
Canadian Champ. 6th 7th
SC Challenge 3rd

With Grenier edit

International[47]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16
Four Continents 8th
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Skate America 6th
GP Skate Canada 7th
CS Autumn Classic 5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
CS U.S. Classic 4th
National[48]
Canadian Champ. 1st J 5th 5th
J = Junior level

Detailed results edit

Pair skating with Deanna Stellato-Dudek edit

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [49]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 221.56 2024 World Championships
Short program TSS 77.48 2024 World Championships
TES 42.05 2024 World Championships
PCS 35.43 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS 144.08 2024 World Championships
TES 74.70 2023 Skate Canada International
PCS 71.13 2024 World Championships
  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.
  • Medals at team events are awarded for the team result only. The individual placements at team events are listed in parentheses.
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2019   2020 Skate Canada Challenge 1 64.28 3 101.28 3 165.56
Jan 13–19, 2020   2020 Canadian Championships 6 57.06 5 113.30 6 170.36
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 8–9, 2021   2021 Skate Canada Challenge 2 61.19 4 109.46 3 170.65
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 16–18, 2021   2021 CS Autumn Classic International 4 57.83 3 112.08 4 169.91
Nov 17–20, 2021   2021 CS Warsaw Cup 11 57.88 6 114.85 6 172.73
Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2021   2022 Skate Canada Challenge 1 65.28 1 111.55 1 176.83
Jan 6–12, 2022   2022 Canadian Championships 3 63.54 4 115.06 3 178.60
Jan 18–23, 2022   2022 Four Continents Championships 5 59.07 4 113.64 4 172.71
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 21–24, 2022   2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2 68.08 1 124.66 1 192.74
Oct 21–23, 2022   2022 Skate America 2 73.05 2 124.84 2 197.89
Nov 4–6, 2022   2022 Grand Prix de France 1 64.33 1 121.51 1 185.84
Dec 8–11, 2022   2022–23 Grand Prix Final 3 69.34 5 114.94 4 184.28
Jan 9–15, 2023   2023 Canadian Championships 1 73.20 1 125.98 1 199.18
Feb 7–12, 2023   2023 Four Continents Championships 2 68.39 3 125.45 3 193.84
Mar 22–26, 2023   2023 World Championships 4 72.81 6 127.16 4 199.97
Apr 13–16, 2023   2023 World Team Trophy 3 70.20 4 129.73 6 (4) 199.93
Results in the 2023–24 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 14–17, 2023   2023 CS Autumn Classic International 1 71.80 1 131.82 1 203.62
Oct 27–29, 2023   2023 Skate Canada International 1 72.25 1 142.39 1 214.64
Nov 10–12, 2023   2023 Cup of China 1 70.39 1 131.09 1 201.48
Dec 7–10, 2023   2023–24 Grand Prix Final 2 71.22 3 133.08 3 204.30
Jan 8–14, 2024   2024 Canadian Championships 1 66.86 1 138.93 1 205.79
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024   2024 Four Continents Championships 1 69.48 1 129.32 1 198.80
Mar 18–24, 2024   2024 World Championships 1 77.48 2 144.08 1 221.56

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