Loucas Éthier (born June 3, 2000) is a Canadian pair skater. With his skating partner, Kelly Ann Laurin, he is the 2022 Skate America bronze medallist and the 2024 Canadian national bronze medallist.
| Loucas Éthier | ||||||
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.jpg) Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Éthier at the 2023 Skate Canada International | ||||||
| Born | June 3, 2000 Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada | |||||
| Hometown | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Quebec | |||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Canada | |||||
| Discipline | Pair skating (since 2019) Men's singles (2017–19) | |||||
| Partner | Kelly Ann Laurin | |||||
| Coach | Stéphanie Valois Yvan Desjardins Violaine Émard Annie Barabé | |||||
| Skating club | Bromont sur Glace | |||||
| Began skating | 2003 | |||||
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Personal life
editLoucas Éthier was born on June 3, 2000.[1] His mother, Sonia Gougeon, is an ice skating coach.[2] He has also worked as a skating coach and completed a firefighting course.[2]
Career
editEarly years
editÉthier began learning to skate in 2003.[1] He placed eleventh in the junior men's event at the 2019 Canadian Championships.
He started skating pairs in partnership with Camille Audelin-Dubé.[2] Laurin began learning to skate in 2011.[1] In 2018, he teamed up with Kelly Ann Laurin. The two won gold in the novice pairs' event at the 2019 Canadian Championships.[3]
2019–20 season
editLaurin/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.[3]
2020–21 season
editLaurin/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
editThe pair moved up to the senior ranks for the 2021–22 season. They placed sixth at the 2022 Canadian Championships.[3]
2022–23 season
editMaking their senior international debut, Laurin/Éthier placed fifth at the 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.[3] 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."[4] They were seventh at Skate Canada International the following weekend.[3]
Following the Grand Prix, Laurin/Éthier won the bronze medal at the 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge to qualify to the 2023 Canadian Championships.[5] 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.[6] Despite finishing fourth overall, they were named to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.[7] Laurin/Éthier finished seventh at the event, setting new personal bests in the process.[8]
2023–24 season
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Laurin/Éthier finished sixth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start their season.[9] 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.[10] 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."[11] 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."[12]
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.[13] They went on to place eighth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships.[14]
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, he said: "Even if we described it, no one could understand. It was a very, very special feeling." The team came fourteenth in the short program, qualifying to the free skate.[15] Fifteenth in the free skate, they finished fifteenth overall in their World Championship debut.[16]
2024–25 season
editLaurin/Éthier started the season by competing at the 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition, where they finished fourth.[3] In their first appearance on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series at 2024 Skate Canada International, they placed eighth in the short program, with errors that included an invalidated death spiral element, something they professed confusion over.[17] Eighth in the free skate as well, they were eighth overall.[18]
Programs
edit- with Laurin
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2024–2025 [19] |
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| 2023–2024 [20] |
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| 2022–2023 [1] |
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Money Heist:
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| 2019–2020 [21] |
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Competitive highlights
editPair skating with Kelly Ann Laurin
edit- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- C – Event was cancelled
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| World Championships | 15th | |||
| Four Continents Championships | 7th | 8th | ||
| Canadian Championships | 6th | 4th | 3rd | |
| GP Finland | TBD | |||
| GP NHK Trophy | 7th | |||
| GP Skate America | 3rd | |||
| GP Skate Canada | 7th | 5th | 8th | |
| CS John Nicks Pairs | 4th | |||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 6th | |||
| CS U.S. Classic | 5th | |||
| Skate Canada Challenge | 4th | 3rd |
| Season | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
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| World Junior Championships | 14th | |
| Canadian Championships | 3rd | C |
| JGP Poland | 6th | |
| Bavarian Open | 1st | |
| Skate Canada Challenge | 8th | 2nd |
Single skating
edit| Season | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
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| Canadian Championships | 15th | 11th |
| Skate Canada Challenge | 16th | 14th |
Detailed results
edit| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 175.73 | 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 60.97 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition |
| TES | 34.05 | 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition | |
| PCS | 28.41 | 2024 World Championships | |
| Free skating | TSS | 116.14 | 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| TES | 61.00 | 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | |
| PCS | 56.73 | 2024 Four Continents |
Senior level
edit| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Dec 1–5, 2021 | 2022 Skate Canada Challenge
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4 | 50.66 | 2 | 100.49 | 4 | 151.15 |
| Jan 7–13, 2022 | 2022 Canadian Championships
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7 | 49.93 | 6 | 98.84 | 6 | 148.77 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 12–15, 2022 |  2022 CS U.S. International Classic
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5 | 50.48 | 5 | 100.33 | 5 | 150.81 |
| Oct 21–23, 2022 | 2022 Skate America
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4 | 52.59 | 3 | 104.35 | 3 | 156.94 |
| Oct 28–30, 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada International
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8 | 50.84 | 6 | 101.25 | 7 | 152.09 |
| Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2022 | 2023 Skate Canada Challenge
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4 | 60.50 | 4 | 100.35 | 3 | 160.85 |
| Jan 9–15, 2023 | 2023 Canadian Championships
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3 | 65.61 | 4 | 109.66 | 4 | 175.27 |
| Feb 7–12, 2023 | 2023 Four Continents Championships
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6 | 59.12 | 7 | 108.55 | 7 | 167.67 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 20–23, 2023 |  2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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6 | 59.59 | 6 | 116.14 | 6 | 175.73 |
| Oct 27–29, 2023 | 2023 Skate Canada International
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7 | 57.14 | 5 | 110.98 | 5 | 168.12 |
| Nov 24–26, 2023 |  2023 NHK Trophy
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7 | 49.18 | 6 | 111.61 | 7 | 160.79 |
| Jan 8–14, 2024 | 2024 Canadian Championships
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3 | 62.21 | 3 | 125.19 | 3 | 187.40 |
| Feb 1–4, 2024 |  2024 Four Continents Championships
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8 | 58.50 | 7 | 115.97 | 8 | 174.47 |
| Mar 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships
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14 | 60.18 | 15 | 109.30 | 15 | 169.48 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 3-4, 2024 | 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
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5 | 60.97 | 4 | 113.11 | 4 | 174.08 |
| Oct 25–27, 2024 | 2024 Skate Canada International
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8 | 52.16 | 8 | 111.44 | 8 | 163.60 |
Junior level
edit| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 18–21, 2019 |  2019 JGP Poland
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7 | 45.84 | 6 | 84.64 | 6 | 130.48 |
| Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2019 | 2020 Skate Canada Challenge
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9 | 44.23 | 4 | 85.43 | 8 | 129.66 |
| Jan 13–19, 2020 | 2020 Canadian Championships
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3 | 50.50 | 3 | 87.62 | 3 | 138.12 |
| Feb 3–9, 2020 | 2020 Bavarian Open
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2 | 49.96 | 1 | 89.75 | 1 | 139.71 |
| Mar 2–8, 2020 |  2020 World Junior Championships
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12 | 47.77 | 13 | 83.24 | 14 | 131.01 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Jan 8–17, 2021 | 2021 Skate Canada Challenge
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2 | 49.24 | 4 | 79.33 | 2 | 128.57 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c Gagnon, Jonathan (May 17, 2022). "Le rêve olympique de Loucas Éthier" [Loucas Éthier's Olympic dream]. La Voix de l'Est (Granby) (in French). Archived from the original on October 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Competition Results: Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022.
- ^ Slater, Paula (October 23, 2022). "Knierim and Frazier reclaim Skate America pairs' title". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Men, pairs and ice dance titles awarded at 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge". Skate Canada. December 2, 2022.
- ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2023). "Long awaited victory for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2023 ISU championships". Skate Canada. January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Canada wins silver and bronze at ISU Four Continents Championships". Skate Canada. February 12, 2023.
- ^ "Pair skaters Pereira & Michaud narrowly miss podium at Nebelhorn Trophy event". Skate Canada. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "Gold for Canadian pair and ice dance team at Skate Canada International". Skate Canada. October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Hase and Volodin dominate pairs at NHK Trophy in debut season". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix series wraps up at NHK Trophy in Japan". Skate Canada. November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend national title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ^ "Stellato-Dudek & Deschamps golden at Four Continents". Skate Canada. February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brodie, Robert (October 25, 2024). "#SCI24: 'We're going to attack a new season'". R.W. Brodie Writes. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Slater, Paula (October 27, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend Skate Canada title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024.
- ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "CAN-Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "CAN-Loucas Éthier". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "2020 Skate Canada Challenge - Junior Pair". lamp.skatecanada.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "2021 Skate Canada Challenge". cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
External links
edit- Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier at the International Skating Union
- Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier at SkatingScores.com