Aissa Bouaraguia

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Aissa Bouaraguia
Born (2001-07-06) July 6, 2001 (age 22)
Montreal, Quebec
HometownMontreal, Quebec
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Romain Haguenauer
Pascal Denis
Skating clubCPA Gadbois
Began skating2006

Aissa Bouaraguia (born July 6, 2001) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Emmy Bronsard, he is the 2020 Canadian junior national champion, the 2019 JGP Croatia bronze medalist, and finished in the top nine at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

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Personal life

Bouaraguia was born on July 6, 2001, in Montreal, Quebec. [1] He can speak French. As of 2020, Bouaraguia is a student at Cégep André-Laurendeau. [2]

Career

Early career

Bouaraguia began skating in 2006 at Centre Gadbois in Montreal. He originally competed in men's singles and placed sixth on the novice level at the 2018 Canadian Championships. [3] At the event, Bouaraguia was the only novice man to attempt a triple Axel jump. [4]

Bouaraguia began competing with Emmy Bronsard in ice dance in 2014. [5] They are the 2016 Québec Sectionals juvenile silver medalists. During the 2016–17 season, Bronsard/Bouaraguia won pre-novice silver at the 2017 Skate Canada Challenge.

2018–2019 season

After taking the 2017–18 season off to concentrate on singles, Bronsard/Bouaraguia returned to ice dance during the 2018–19 season. They bypassed competing in novices and skipped directly from pre-novice to junior. [6]

Bronsard/Bouaraguia made their junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix, placing fourth in the Czech Republic and sixth in Armenia. They then won silver at the 2019 Québec Sectionals held in November 2018. At the 2019 Skate Canada Challenge, Bronsard/Bouaraguia were fourth. They ended their season with a sixth-place finish at the 2019 Canadian Championships.

2019–2020 season

Bronsard/Bouaraguia opened their season at the 2019 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they won silver behind Canadian teammates Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont. At their first Junior Grand Prix event, 2019 JGP France, they narrowly missed the bronze medal by 0.29 points and finished fourth with a personal best. [7] Bronsard/Bouaraguia went on to win bronze at their second event, 2019 JGP Croatia. On winning the medal, they said, "we are happy, but we made a few mistakes and that encourages us to work even harder." [2] Bronsard/Bouaraguia next won gold at the 2020 Québec Sectionals. Between the JGP series and Sectionals, they made tweaks to their free dance choreography. [2]

Bronsard/Bouaraguia were fourth at the 2020 Skate Canada Challenge. Although they had hoped to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in January, they were not chosen and instead competed at the 2020 Canadian Championships. [4] At the Championships, Bronsard/Bouaraguia won their first junior national title ahead of Bashynska/Beaumont and Olivia McIsaac / Corey Circelli.

At the 2020 Bavarian Open in February, Bronsard/Bouaraguia won the silver medal behind Americans Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik. Alongside Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell and Miku Makita / Tyler Gunara, they earned a spot on the 2020 World Junior Championships team due to their being among the top three Canadian junior ice dance teams at the event. [8] At Junior Worlds, Bronsard/Bouaragauia were eighth after the rhythm dance, but after an 11th-place finish in the free dance, fell to ninth overall. [9] Prior to the event, the team received praise from Canadian Olympic champion and former Gadbois training teammate Tessa Virtue, who called them her "favourites" and part of the future of Canadian ice dance. [10]

2020–2021 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix, where Bronsard/Bouaraguia would have competed, was cancelled. They later withdrew from the virtual Skate Canada Challenge and the 2021 Canadian Championships were also cancelled.

2021–2022 season

Bronsard/Bouaraguia participated at a national team camp in early July before they announced their split on July 30, 2021. [11]

Programs

With Bronsard
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2020–2021
[1]
2019–2020
[12]
2018–2019
[13]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Bronsard
International: Junior [14]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds 9th
JGP Armenia 6th
JGP Croatia 3rd
JGP Czech Rep. 4th
JGP France 4th
Bavarian Open 2nd
Lake Placid IDI 2nd
National [14]
Canadian Champ. 6th J1st JC
SC Challenge2nd P4th J4th JWD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: P = Pre-novice; J = Junior
Men's singles
National [3]
Event 2016–17 2017–18
Canadian Champ. 6th N
SC Challenge14th P15th N
Levels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice

Detailed results

ISU Personal Bests highlighted in bold.

With Bronsard

Junior results

2020–21 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
2019–20 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 8
61.98		11
91.18		9
153.16
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 2
62.02		2
93.83		2
155.85
September 25–28, 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 3
59.63		2
90.34		3
149.97
August 21–24, 2019 2019 JGP France 5
58.38		3
92.98		4
151.36
Jul. 30 – Aug. 2, 2019 2019 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 2
54.70		2
80.75		2
135.45
2018–19 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
January 13–20, 2019 2019 Canadian Championships 7
55.90		4
93.97		6
149.87
October 10–13, 2018 2018 JGP Armenia 9
53.72		6
85.01		6
138.73
September 26–29, 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic 4
56.04		4
84.63		4
140.67
Men's singles
2017–18 season
DateEventLevel SP FS Total
January 8–14, 2018 2018 Canadian Championships Novice6
38.75		8
67.35		6
106.10

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