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Loucas Éthier
Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Éthier at the 2023 Skate Canada International
Born (2000-06-03) June 3, 2000 (age 24)
Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
HometownSaint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Quebec
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
DisciplinePair skating (since 2019)
Men's singles (2017–19)
PartnerKelly Ann Laurin
CoachStéphanie Valois
Yvan Desjardins
Violaine Émard
Annie Barabé
Skating clubBromont sur Glace
Began skating2003
Canadian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Calgary Pairs

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.

Personal life

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Loucas 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

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Early years

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Éthier 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

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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.[3]

2020–21 season

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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

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The pair moved up to the senior ranks for the 2021–22 season. They placed sixth at the 2022 Canadian Championships.[3]

2022–23 season

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Making 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 and Éthier at the 2023 Skate Canada International

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

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Laurin/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

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with Laurin
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
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2023–2024
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2022–2023
[1] 		Money Heist:
2019–2020
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Competitive highlights

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Pair skating with Kelly Ann Laurin

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Competition placements at senior level [22]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
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
Competition placements at junior level [22]
Season 2019-20 2020-21
World Junior Championships 14th
Canadian Championships 3rd C
JGP Poland 6th
Bavarian Open 1st
Skate Canada Challenge 8th 2nd

Single skating

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Competition placements at junior level [23]
Season 2017-18 2018-19
Canadian Championships 15th 11th
Skate Canada Challenge 16th 14th

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [22]
Segment Type Score Event
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

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Results in the 2021–22 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 1–5, 2021 Canada 2022 Skate Canada Challenge 4 50.66 2 100.49 4 151.15
Jan 7–13, 2022 Canada 2022 Canadian Championships 7 49.93 6 98.84 6 148.77
Results in the 2022–23 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 12–15, 2022 United States 2022 CS U.S. International Classic 5 50.48 5 100.33 5 150.81
Oct 21–23, 2022 United States 2022 Skate America 4 52.59 3 104.35 3 156.94
Oct 28–30, 2022 Canada 2022 Skate Canada International 8 50.84 6 101.25 7 152.09
Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2022 Canada 2023 Skate Canada Challenge 4 60.50 4 100.35 3 160.85
Jan 9–15, 2023 Canada 2023 Canadian Championships 3 65.61 4 109.66 4 175.27
Feb 7–12, 2023 United States 2023 Four Continents Championships 6 59.12 7 108.55 7 167.67
Results in the 2023–24 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–23, 2023 Germany 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 59.59 6 116.14 6 175.73
Oct 27–29, 2023 Canada 2023 Skate Canada International 7 57.14 5 110.98 5 168.12
Nov 24–26, 2023 Japan 2023 NHK Trophy 7 49.18 6 111.61 7 160.79
Jan 8–14, 2024 Canada 2024 Canadian Championships 3 62.21 3 125.19 3 187.40
Feb 1–4, 2024 China 2024 Four Continents Championships 8 58.50 7 115.97 8 174.47
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 14 60.18 15 109.30 15 169.48
Results in the 2024-25 season [22]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 3-4, 2024 United States 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition 5 60.97 4 113.11 4 174.08
Oct 25–27, 2024 Canada 2024 Skate Canada International 8 52.16 8 111.44 8 163.60

Junior level

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Results in the 2019–20 season [22][24]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 18–21, 2019 Poland 2019 JGP Poland 7 45.84 6 84.64 6 130.48
Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2019 Canada 2020 Skate Canada Challenge 9 44.23 4 85.43 8 129.66
Jan 13–19, 2020 Canada 2020 Canadian Championships 3 50.50 3 87.62 3 138.12
Feb 3–9, 2020 Germany 2020 Bavarian Open 2 49.96 1 89.75 1 139.71
Mar 2–8, 2020 Estonia 2020 World Junior Championships 12 47.77 13 83.24 14 131.01
Results in the 2020–21 season [22][25]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 8–17, 2021 Canada 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 2 49.24 4 79.33 2 128.57

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Competition Results: Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Slater, Paula (October 23, 2022). "Knierim and Frazier reclaim Skate America pairs' title". Golden Skate.
  5. ^ "Men, pairs and ice dance titles awarded at 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge". Skate Canada. December 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2023). "Long awaited victory for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps". Golden Skate.
  7. ^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2023 ISU championships". Skate Canada. January 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Canada wins silver and bronze at ISU Four Continents Championships". Skate Canada. February 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "Pair skaters Pereira & Michaud narrowly miss podium at Nebelhorn Trophy event". Skate Canada. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  10. ^ "Gold for Canadian pair and ice dance team at Skate Canada International". Skate Canada. October 29, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Hase and Volodin dominate pairs at NHK Trophy in debut season". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "ISU Grand Prix series wraps up at NHK Trophy in Japan". Skate Canada. November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  13. ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend national title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  14. ^ "Stellato-Dudek & Deschamps golden at Four Continents". Skate Canada. February 3, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Brodie, Robert (October 25, 2024). "#SCI24: 'We're going to attack a new season'". R.W. Brodie Writes. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  18. ^ Slater, Paula (October 27, 2024). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps defend Skate Canada title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  19. ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024.
  20. ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023.
  21. ^ "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i "CAN-Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier". SkatingScores.com.
  23. ^ "CAN-Loucas Éthier". SkatingScores.com.
  24. ^ "2020 Skate Canada Challenge - Junior Pair". lamp.skatecanada.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  25. ^ "2021 Skate Canada Challenge". cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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