Nicolas Nadeau

Nicolas Nadeau
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1997-09-30) September 30, 1997
Montreal, Quebec
Home town Boisbriand, Quebec
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Coach Yvan Desjardins
Choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne, Sylvain Bouillere
Skating club CPA Boisbriand
Training locations Rosemere, Quebec
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 224.76
2016 Junior Worlds
Short program 79.54
2015 JGP Croatia
Free skate 150.86
2016 Junior Worlds
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Figure skating: Men's singles
World Junior Championships
2016 Debrecen Men's singles

Nicolas Nadeau (born September 30, 1997) is a Canadian competitive figure skater. He is the 2016 World Junior silver medalist and the 2015 Canadian national junior champion.

Personal life

Nadeau was born on September 30, 1997 in Montreal, Quebec.[1] He has three older sisters – Tania, Pamela, and Mélissa. He enjoys skiing in addition to figure skating.

Career

Nadeau began skating in 2003.[1] He is coached by Yvan Desjardins since 2011 or earlier.[2] In 2011, he named Kurt Browning and Shawn Sawyer as his figure skating idols.[2]

Competing on the junior level, Nadeau placed 6th at the 2013 Canadian Championships and 4th in 2014.

2014–15 season

Nadeau made his international debut in the 2014–15 season, being selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He placed 5th at his first JGP event, in Aichi, Japan, and 10th in Zagreb, Croatia. He became the national junior champion at the 2015 Canadian Championships in Kingston, Ontario. This earned him a berth to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia but he missed qualifying for the free skate by one spot, having placed 25th in the short program.[3]

2015–16 season

In 2015–16, Nadeau started his season at the JGP in Riga, Latvia; he finished 5th after placing second in the short program and 7th in the free skate. He won the silver medal at his second JGP event, in Zagreb, Croatia, finishing 0.38 points behind the gold medalist, Alexander Samarin.

In January 2016, Nadeau placed 5th on the senior level at the 2016 Canadian Nationals and was given Canada's sole spot in men's singles at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Competing in March at Junior Worlds, he qualified for the final segment by placing 8th in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.

2016–17 season

Nadeau withdrew from his 2016–17 JGP assignments due to an ankle injury, which occurred while practicing a quad toe loop jump and took about three months to heal.[4] He returned to competition at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, his first senior international, and finished 11th. At the 2017 Canadian Championships, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall.

Skating technique

Unlike most skaters, Nadeau jumps and spins clockwise.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–2017
[5][4]
  • Je m'voyais déjà
    by Charles Aznavour
2015–2016
[1]
  • For Me, Formidable
    by Charles Aznavour
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • Je m'voyais déjà
    by Charles Aznavour
2014–2015
[6]
  • Mary Poppins
    by Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman
    • A Spoonful of Sugar
    • One Man Band
    • Pavement Artist
    • Chim Chim Cher-ee
    • Overture
      choreo. by Sylvain Bouillere

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
CS Golden Spin 11th
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds 25th 2nd 12th
JGP Croatia 10th 2nd
JGP Japan 5th
JGP Latvia 5th
Bavarian Open 1st J
National[7]
Canadian Champ. 6th J 4th J 1st J 5th 4th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nicolas NADEAU: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Haspeck, Josianne (November 10, 2011). "Nicolas Nadeau parmi les vedettes sur patins" [Nicolas Nadeau among the skating stars]. Nord Info et Voix des Mille-Iles (in French).
  3. ↑ Slater, Paula (September 10, 2015). "Canada's Nadeau ready for senior challenge". Golden Skate.
  4. 1 2 Smith, Beverley (January 26, 2017). "Nicolas Nadeau and his Blue Suede Shoes".
  5. ↑ "Nicolas NADEAU: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "Nicolas NADEAU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Nicolas NADEAU". International Skating Union.
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