Alicia Pineault

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Alicia Pineault
Alicia Pineault at the 2018 Autumn Classic International - SP.jpg
Pineault at the 2018 CS Autumn Classic
Born (1999-07-26) July 26, 1999 (age 25)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hometown Varennes, Quebec
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Coach Stéphane Yvars
Skating clubSC Varennes
Began skating2003

Alicia Pineault (French pronunciation: [pi.no] ; born July 26, 1999) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2016 Canadian national junior silver medalist and has represented Canada at two Four Continents Championships, finishing within the top ten in 2020. She has also competed on the Grand Prix series.

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Personal life

Pineault was born on July 26, 1999, in Montreal. [1] She studied at École Secondaire de Mortagne before enrolling at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit. [2]

Career

Early career

Pineault began learning to skate in 2003. [1] Coached by Stéphane Yvars and Françoise Parisé in Boucherville, she won silver in the novice ladies' category at the 2015 Canadian Championships and silver in the junior ranks at the 2016 Canadian Championships. [3]

In September 2016, Pineault appeared at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, finishing tenth. Competing on the senior level, she placed seventh at the 2017 Canadian Championships.

2017–2018 season

Making her international senior debut, Pineault placed sixth at the 2017 CS U.S. Classic in September. In January, she finished eighth at the 2018 Canadian Championships and was selected to compete at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei; she placed fourteenth in the short program, twelfth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall in Taiwan.

2018–2019 season

Pineault finished sixth at the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International. In October, she was invited to compete at her first Grand Prix event, the 2018 Skate Canada International, following the withdrawals of Gabrielle Daleman and Larkyn Austman. [4] Pineault had to withdraw from the 2019 Canadian Championships after spraining her ankle in two places in the practice sessions. [5]

2019–2020 season

Pineault placed seventh at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic at the beginning of the season. Competing at Skate Canada International for the second consecutive season, she was eleventh of twelve skaters. [6]

Pineault placed first in the short program at the 2020 Canadian Championships despite having an underrotation called on the second part of her jump combination. [5] She had more difficulty in the free skate, landing only two triple jumps cleanly, and dropped to fourth place overall. [7] Because national champion Emily Bausback lacked the senior technical minimum for the short program to be assigned to the 2020 World Championships, Skate Canada deferred making a decision about assigning its two berths there until after the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul. As national bronze medalist Madeline Schizas was ineligible for international senior competitions, Pineault was assigned to Four Continents along with Bausback and silver medalist Alison Schumacher. [8]

At the Four Continents, Pineault placed tenth with personal best results in both the free skate and total score. [9] She was the highest-ranking Canadian woman at the event, besting Schumacher (in fourteenth place) by almost 23 points. [10] After Pineault's result at Four Continents, she was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships, [11] The championships were subsequently cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. [12]

2020–2021 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Grand Prix assignments were made based on training location, and Pineault was assigned to 2020 Skate Canada International. After the event was cancelled, she announced that due to ongoing uncertainties surrounding the season, she would not compete the rest of the season. Pineault instead took the time to follow doctors' recommendations to "tune some physiological aspects" and recover from injuries. [13]

2021–2022 season

Returning to competition, Pineault was fifth at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge and then finished seventh at the 2022 Canadian Championships. [14]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[15]
2019–2020
[15]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[16]
  • Back to Black
    by Amy Winehouse
2016–2017
[17]
  • Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
    (from Samson and Delilah)
    by Camille Saint-Saëns

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [14]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 21–22
Four Continents 13th10th
GP Skate Canada 10th11th
CS Autumn Classic 6th
CS U.S. Classic 6th7th
International: Junior [14]
JGP Czech Republic 10th
Autumn Classic 2nd5th
National [3]
Canadian Champ. 2nd J7th8thWD4th7th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice; J = Junior

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alicia PINEAULT: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alicia Pineault". fida.ca. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Alicia Pineault at Patinage Québec
  4. ↑ "Véronik Mallet et Alicia Pineault seront aux Internationaux Patinage Canada à Laval". Agence QMI (in French). Le Journal de Québec. October 13, 2018. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Flett, Ted (January 17, 2020). "Pineault leads ladies at Canadian Nationals". Golden Skate.
  6. ↑ Slater, Paula (October 27, 2019). "Russia's Trusova snags gold in Grand Prix debut at 2019 Skate Canada". Golden Skate.
  7. ↑ Flett, Ted (January 18, 2020). "Emily Bausback captures Canadian National title". Golden Skate.
  8. ↑ Brodie, Robert (January 19, 2020). "SKATE CANADA DEFERS NAMING WORLDS TEAM". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ Slater, Paula (February 8, 2020). "Kihira defends title at Four Continents". Golden Skate.
  10. ↑ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Results - Ladies". International Skating Union.
  11. ↑ "Nam Nguyen added to Canada's world championship figure skating team". Vancouver Courier. February 13, 2020. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  12. ↑ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports .
  13. ↑ Pineault, Alicia (January 8, 2021). "Update: After a successful season filled with countless emotions and immeasurable happiness; from my performance at the Four Continents Championships to being selected on the World Team". Instagram . Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
  14. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Alicia PINEAULT". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Alicia PINEAULT: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Alicia PINEAULT: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Alicia PINEAULT: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017.
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