Tina Garabedian

Tina Garabedian
Personal information
Country represented Armenia
Born (1997-06-13) June 13, 1997
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Home town Laval, Quebec
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner Simon Proulx-Sénécal
Former partner Alexandre Laliberté
Coach Shawn Winter, Elise Hamel
Former coach Marilyn Philogène
Choreographer Shae Zukiwsky
Training locations Montreal
Began skating 2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 139.28
2016 Golden Spin
Short dance 53.94
2016 CS Warsaw Cup
Free dance 87.54
2016 Golden Spin

Tina Garabedian (Armenian: Թինա Կարապետյան; born June 13, 1997) is an Armenian competitive ice dancer. With partner Simon Proulx-Sénécal, she is the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist and reached the free dance at two European Championships (2016, 2017).

Personal life

Tina Garabedian was born on June 13, 1997 in Montreal, 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 a school with a sports-study program to accommodate her skating schedule.[3] As of January 2016, she was a student at Collège Gérald-Godin with a focus on business.[3] She holds dual Canadian and Armenian citizenship.[4]

Career

Garabedian began skating in 2002.[1] She competed in singles until age 14 and then spent a year as a member of a synchronized skating team.[3] She formed an ice dancing partnership with Alexandre Laliberté in 2012.[5] 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

In May 2015,[5] 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."[6] 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

With Proulx-Sénécal

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–2017
[7]
  • Blues
  • Swing
2015–2016
[1]

With Laliberté

Season Short dance Free dance
2014–2015
[8]
  • Samba:
  • Rhumba:
  • Samba:
  • Once in the Musical

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Proulx-Sénécal

International[9]
Event 2015–16 2016–17
World Champ. 27th 25th
European Champ. 18th 19th
CS Golden Spin 3rd 11th
CS Ice Challenge 6th
CS U.S. Classic 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 5th
Bavarian Open 2nd
TBD = Assigned

With Laliberté

International[10]
Event 2013–14 2014–15
World Junior Champ. 16th
JGP Czech Republic 7th
JGP Germany 7th
Santa Claus Cup 7th J
National[10]
Canadian Champ. 9th J
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  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. 1 2 3 Bachekjian, Talia (January 7, 2016). "Interview with Canadian-Armenian figure skater Tina Garabedian". Horizon Weekly.
  4. ↑ Massad, Rhonda (January 20, 2016). "Laval's Garabedian brings Armenian Flag to world sports stage". The Suburban.
  5. 1 2 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).
  6. ↑ "Garabedian & Proulx-Senecal focus on the road ahead". ice-dance.com. July 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tina GARABEDIAN / Alexandre LALIBERTE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Competition Results: Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union.
  10. 1 2 "Competition Results: Tina GARABEDIAN / Alexandre LALIBERTE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015.

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