Cayden Dawson

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Cayden Dawson
Full nameCayden Oliver Dawson
Born (2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hometown Oakville, Ontario
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Figure skating career
Coach Marc-André Servant, Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs
Skating clubScarboro FSC
Began skating2012

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.

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Personal life

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]

Career

Early career

Dawson started skating in 2012. He competed in singles skating until 2020. [4]

2021–22 season

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]

2022–23 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

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.

2023-24 season

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]

Programs

with Guedes Tibau

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition gala
2023–2024
[9] [10]
2022–2023
[11]
  • Spanish Waltz
    by Fermin Spanish Guitar
  • Tango: Bordoneo y 900
    by Juan José Mosalini
    choreo. by Marc-André Servant, Juris Razgulajevs
  • (I've Had) The Time of My Life
    (from Dirty Dancing)
    by Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
  • These Arms of Mine
    by Otis Redding
  • Do You Love Me
    by The Contours
    choreo. by Marc-André Servant, Juris Razgulajevs

Competitive highlights

with Guedes Tibau for Brazil

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior [12]
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 Sectionals5th J5th J
J = Junior level

Detailed results

with Catharina Guedes Tibau

DateEventRDFDTotal
2023-24 season
February 28-March 1, 20232024 World Junior Championships30

39.62

FNR

-

30

39.62

December 01-03, 202317th Santa Claus Cup, Budapest8

46.27

8

68.61

8

114.88

September 14-16, 2023JGP Osaka 202311

41.10

11

60.37

11

101.47

August 31-September 2, 2023JGP Cup of Austria 202313

42.84

14

66.10

14

108.94

August 1-2, 20232023 Lake Placid Ice Dance International10

37.49

10

63.98

10

101.47

July 20-22, 20232023 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - July7

42.62

4

72.41

5

115.03

2022-23 season
November 16-20, 2022Open D'Andorra 20227

39.47

7

60.63

7

100.10

October 11-15, 2022JGP Egna Neukmart 202220

37.82

18

58.98

20

96.80

September 7-10, 2022JGP Riga Cup 202211

37.99

10

70.83

11

108.82

August 19-21, 20222022 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - August5

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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References

  1. Magliano, Hugo (September 1, 2023). "Catharina Tibau e Cayden Dawson classificam o Brasil para o Mundial Júnior de Patinação Artística" [Catharina Tibau and Cayden Dawson qualify Brazil to Figure Skating Junior Worlds]. Surto Olímpico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  2. Brazilian Ice Sports Federation (12 July 2022). "Com raízes verde-amarelas, ingleses e canadenses passam a defender o Brasil na patinação artística" [With green-yellow roots, British and Canadian skaters will defend Brazil in figure skating] (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. 1 2 3 Brasil Zero Grau (18 August 2022). "Na Dança no Gelo, Catharina e Cayden querem orgulhar o Brasil" [In Ice Dance, Catharina and Cayden want to make Brazil proud] (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. "iceXel - Cayden Dawson". iceXel onTime.
  5. @cat.cayden (July 7, 2022). "Nós estamos super felizes em anunciar a nossa parceria na dança no gelo!" [We are super happy to announce our ice dancing partnership!] (in Brazilian Portuguese) via Instagram.
  6. "Catharina e Cayden ficam em 11º lugar no Junior Grand Prix" [Catharina and Cayden finish in eleventh place in the Junior Grand Prix] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 10 September 2022.
  7. Magliano, Hugo (September 1, 2023). "Catharina Tibau e Cayden Dawson classificam o Brasil para o Mundial Júnior de Patinação Artística" [Catharina Tibau and Cayden Dawson qualify Brazil to Figure Skating Junior Worlds]. Surto Olímpico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  8. Tibau, Catharina. "Infelizmente os nossos objetivos não estão mais alinhados e a nossa carreira juntos se encerra aqui. Desejo à Cayden tudo de melhor no que ele decidir fazer no futuro. Muito obrigada pelos momentos vividos, memórias criadas e histórias escritas.
    @ice.dance.elite.insta, sou grata por todo o tempo dedicado à nós🥰. @icebrasil , sem vocês, nenhuma linha desta história seria escrita. Muito obrigada por todo o apoio 😚.
    Até breve 🤞🏻!
    🫶🏻,
    Cat"
    [Unfortunately, our goals are no longer aligned, and our career together ends here. I wish Cayden all the best in whatever he decides to do in the future. Thank you very much for the moments shared, memories created, and stories written.>br/>@ice.dance.elite.insta, I am grateful for all the time you've dedicated to us 🥰. @icebrasil, without you, none of this story would have been written. Thank you very much for all the support 😚.

    See you soon 🤞🏻! 🫶🏻,
    Cat.]. Instagram. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  9. @cat.cayden (May 14, 2023). "Everybody in the whole cell block, was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock 🎸" via Instagram.
  10. @cat.cayden (July 5, 2023). "‼️RD 2023/2024‼️" via Instagram.
  11. "Catharina TIBAU / Cayden DAWSON: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Competition Results: Catharina TIBAU / Cayden DAWSON". International Skating Union.