Cayden Dawson | |
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Full name | Cayden Oliver Dawson |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 22 February 2006
Hometown | Oakville, Ontario |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Coach | Marc-André Servant, Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs |
Skating club | Scarboro FSC |
Began skating | 2012 |
Cayden Oliver Dawson (born February 22, 2006) is a Canadian ice dancer who formerly represented Brazil. Together with his previous skating partner, Catharina Guedes Tibau, they were the first Brazilian team to ever qualify for an ISU championship, [1] after getting their minimum technical scores for an ISU Junior World Championships entry.
Dawson was born in Toronto, Canada. He holds dual citizenship of both Canada and the United Kingdom. Due to having previously represented Brazil, he learned some Portuguese. [2] [3]
Dawson started skating in 2012. He competed in singles skating until 2020. [4]
Dawson switched to ice dance, teaming up with Catharina Guedes Tibau in 2021. He agreed to represent Brazil, Tibau's birthplace, stating: "I always thought it was a very interesting country, I really like the culture and it's very beautiful. I'm very happy to be able to provide this chance for Catharina”.
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented them from officially competing, making the upcoming team wait until the next season to gain international experience. [3]
Tibau / Dawson announced their partnership publicly on their Instagram account in July. [5] In the same month, they were invited to skate in the exhibition gala of the 2022 Brazilian Championships. In August, Tibau/Dawson competed domestically in Canada representing their skating club in the qualifiers for the Ontario Sectionals, where they finished in fifth place. [3]
In early September 2022, the team made their Junior Grand Prix debut at the event in Riga, Latvia. They broke the national score in the discipline, which was previously held by Karolina Calhoun and Michael Valdez, finishing the competition in eleventh place. [6] The duo ended their first participation in the series with the twentieth place at the 2022 JGP Italy in October.
Tibau / Dawson took another chance in achieving the minimum TES for the Rhythm Dance needed in order to compete at the 2023 Junior Worlds at the 2022 Open D'Andorra, without succeeding. This competition finished the season for them and the team started to work on the next season's programs shortly after.
Tibau / Dawson started their season at the 2023 Lake Placid International, with a 10th place finish in both segments and in the total score. They were assigned two Junior Grand Prix spots, at Linz and Osaka.
At the 2023 JGP Cup of Austria, they first achieved the rhythm dance minimum technical element score required for a 2024 Junior World Championships spot, making it the first time ever for Brazil to have an ice dance team qualified for an ISU championship. [7] After not qualifying for the free skating round at the 2024 ISU World Junior Championships, they announced the end of their patnership on March 22, 2024. [8]
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition gala |
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2023–2024 [9] [10] |
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2022–2023 [11] |
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JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International: Junior [12] | ||
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Event | 22–23 | 23–24 |
Junior Worlds | 30th | |
JGP Austria | 14th | |
JGP Italy | 20th | |
JGP Japan | 11th | |
JGP Latvia | 11th | |
Lake Placid I.D.I | 10th | |
Open d'Andorra | 7th | |
Santa Claus Cup, Budapest | 8th | |
National [12] | ||
Ontario Sectionals | 5th J | 5th J |
J = Junior level |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
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2023-24 season | ||||
February 28-March 1, 2023 | 2024 World Junior Championships | 30 39.62 | FNR - | 30 39.62 |
December 01-03, 2023 | 17th Santa Claus Cup, Budapest | 8 46.27 | 8 68.61 | 8 114.88 |
September 14-16, 2023 | JGP Osaka 2023 | 11 41.10 | 11 60.37 | 11 101.47 |
August 31-September 2, 2023 | JGP Cup of Austria 2023 | 13 42.84 | 14 66.10 | 14 108.94 |
August 1-2, 2023 | 2023 Lake Placid Ice Dance International | 10 37.49 | 10 63.98 | 10 101.47 |
July 20-22, 2023 | 2023 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - July | 7 42.62 | 4 72.41 | 5 115.03 |
2022-23 season | ||||
November 16-20, 2022 | Open D'Andorra 2022 | 7 39.47 | 7 60.63 | 7 100.10 |
October 11-15, 2022 | JGP Egna Neukmart 2022 | 20 37.82 | 18 58.98 | 20 96.80 |
September 7-10, 2022 | JGP Riga Cup 2022 | 11 37.99 | 10 70.83 | 11 108.82 |
August 19-21, 2022 | 2022 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - August | 5 46.09 | 5 65.00 | 5 111.09 |
ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Small medals for rhythm and free dances awarded at ISU Championships only.
FNR = Final not reached
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