Paul Ayer

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Paul Ayer
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Fabbri and Ayer at the 2023 Skate Canada International
Born (1998-04-06) April 6, 1998 (age 26)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hometown Brossard, Quebec
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Partner Alicia Fabbri
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Romain Haguenauer
Pascal Denis
Skating clubCalalta Calgary
Began skating2009
Medal record
Canadian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Calgary Ice dance

Paul Ayer (born April 6, 1998) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Alicia Fabbri, he is the 2024 Canadian national bronze medalist. At the junior level, he is the 2019 Canadian national junior silver medalist and the 2019 Bavarian Open junior silver medalist. They placed in the top nine at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

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Personal life

Ayer was born on April 6, 1998, in Calgary, Alberta. He is half Mexican-Canadian and speaks Spanish, French and English fluently. He has a younger brother named Alex. Ayer's father, who was a lawyer in Calgary, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. [1] He has taken online courses and plans to enroll in a university in Montreal in the future. [1] Ayer hopes to practice his French in Montreal.

Ayer enjoys playing other sports with friends like football and hockey on outdoor rinks or lakes during the winter. [1] He also enjoys travelling.

Career

Early career

Ayer began skating around 2007. He competed in only domestic events with his first three partners: Taylor Yanke, Nicola Salimova, and Jolie Che. Ayer and Che split at the end of the summer in 2017, and he spent about a year trying out with various partners before teaming up with Fabbri. He relocated from Calgary to Montreal to train full-time with Fabbri. [1]

2018–2019 season: New partnership

Fabbri/Ayer at the 2019 World Junior Championships Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer - 2019 Junior Worlds - 1.jpg
Fabbri/Ayer at the 2019 World Junior Championships

Fabbri/Ayer were assigned to two Junior Grand Prix events in their first season together. They placed fourth at 2018 JGP Slovakia and seventh at 2018 JGP Slovenia.

Fabbri/Ayer placed second at the 2019 Canadian Championships behind Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha. Together, they were named to the Canadian team for the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. [2] At a tune-up event, the 2019 Bavarian Open, Fabbri/Ayer again won silver behind Lajoie/Lagha. [3]

Fabbri/Ayer were thirteenth after the rhythm dance segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships but rallied with an eighth-place showing in the free dance to place ninth overall. Combined with Lajoie/Lagha's placement (first place), their rank qualified three ice dance spots for Canada at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

2019–2020 season: New coaches

In July 2019, Fabbri/Ayer left coach Julien Lalonde to train with Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer in Montreal. [4] They made their senior international debut at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where they placed sixth with personal bests in all segments.

2020–2021 season

Fabbri/Ayer were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. [5]

With the pandemic continuing to make it difficult to hold in-person events, Fabbri/Ayer competed at virtual domestic competitions, placing fifth at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge. This result would have qualified them for the 2021 Canadian Championships, but they were cancelled due to the pandemic. [6] [7]

2021–2022 season

Fabbri/Ayer returned to international competition after almost two years at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, placing twelfth. [8] Given a second Challenger assignment, they were fifth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria. [9]

At the 2022 Canadian Championships, held in a bubble in Ottawa due to Omicron variant restrictions, Fabbri/Ayer finished in seventh place overall after being hampered by a fall in the closing seconds of their rhythm dance. [9]

2022–2023 season

Skate Canada named Fabbri and Ayer to the senior national team for the first time in the lead-up to the new season. [10] They ventured out internationally for the first time at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, where they finished in fourth place, 11.60 points behind bronze medalists Wolfkostin/Chen of the United States. Ayer assessed that they had given a "really strong performance in the rhythm dance and connected with the crowd," though faulting themselves for a free dance error. [11] They were then invited to finally make the Grand Prix debut and came eighth at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy. [12] Ayer dislocated his shoulder in the practice sessions at the Wilson Trophy and, while they were able to finish the event by making modifications to their program, it was subsequently determined that he required surgery. As a result, they withdrew from the 2023 Canadian Championships. [13]

2023–2024 season

Following Ayer's recovery, Fabbri/Ayer started the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, coming ninth. [14] They were given one Grand Prix assignment, the 2023 Skate Canada International, where they placed seventh. [15]

Fabbri/Ayer won the silver medal at the Skate Canada Challenge, the final qualifier to the 2024 Canadian Championships. [16] In advance of the championships, defending silver medalists Lajoie/Lagha withdrew due to Lajoie entering concussion protocol, whilst reigning champions Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen withdrew after the latter was revealed to be under investigation for sexual assault. The ice dance podium was thus considered more open than in recent years. [17] Fabbri/Ayer won the bronze medal, reaching the senior national podium for the first time. [18] They would then end their season with a bronze medal at the 2024 International Challenge Cup. [9]

2024–2025 season

Fabbri/Ayer started the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2024 Lake Placid Ice Dance International and a bronze medal at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. [9]

Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Fabbri/Ayer finished fourth in the rhythm dance at 2024 Skate America but would fall to tenth place after placing tenth in the free dance. One week later, they competed at 2024 Skate Canada International where they finished eighth. [19]

Programs

Ice dance with Alicia Fabbri

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
[20]
2023–2024
[21]
2022–2023
[22]
2021–2022
[23]
2020–2021
[24]
2019–2020
[25]
2018–2019
[26]
  • Tango: A Evaristo Carriego
    by Eduardo Rovira
  • Tango: Obertuna
    performed by Forever Tango
    choreo. by Mylène Girard

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Alicia Fabbri

Competition placements at senior level  [19]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Canadian Championships 6th7th3rd
GP Skate America 10th
GP Skate Canada 7th8th
GP Wilson Trophy 8th
CS Budapest Trophy 4th
CS Cup of Austria 5th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 3rd
CS Lombardia Trophy 12th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th
CS Tallinn Trophy 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 6th
Challenge Cup 3rd
Lake Placid Ice Dance 6th
Skate Canada Challenge 2nd5th1st2nd
Competition placements at junior level  [19]
Season 2018–19
World Junior Championships 9th
Canadian Championships 2nd
JGP Slovakia 4th
JGP Slovenia 7th
Bavarian Open 2nd
Skate Canada Challenge 1st

Detailed results

Ice dance with Alicia Fabbri

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [19]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS185.05 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short program TSS75.052024 CS Tallinn Trophy
TES42.732024 CS Tallinn Trophy
PCS32.322024 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free skating TSS110.002024 CS Tallinn Trophy
TES62.102024 CS Tallinn Trophy
PCS49.36 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

Senior level

2024–2025 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
November 12-17, 2024 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 4
75.05		4
110.00		4
185.05
October 25–27, 2024 2024 Skate Canada International 9
70.10		8
104.35		8
174.45
October 18-20, 2024 2024 Skate America 4
71.75		10
94.21		10
165.96
October 3–6, 2024 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 1
73.66		3
109.32		3
182.98
July 28–31, 2024 2024 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 6
67.32		5
108.88		6
176.20
2023–2024 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
February 22–25, 2024 2024 Challenge Cup 3
70.98		3
104.90		3
175.88
January 8–14, 2024 2024 Canadian Championships 3
77.75		3
117.86		3
195.61
Nov. 30 – Dec. 3, 2023 2023 Skate Canada Challenge 2
70.99		1
111.65		2
182.64
October 27–29, 2023 2023 Skate Canada International 7
68.31		8
105.03		7
173.34
September 20–23, 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 7
63.84		9
103.30		9
167.14
2022–2023 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 8
67.45		9
98.33		8
165.78
October 13–16, 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 4
70.48		5
98.38		4
168.86
2021–2022 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
January 6–12, 2022 2022 Canadian Championships 8
66.43		6
104.72		7
171.15
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 6
68.24		5
103.39		5
171.63
September 10–12, 2021 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 9
64.77		14
87.72		12
152.49
2020–2021 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
January 8–17, 20212021 Skate Canada Challenge4
75.00		5
109.29		5
184.29
2019–2020 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
January 13–19, 2020 2020 Canadian Championships 4
68.26		6
97.15		6
165.41
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 6
62.14		6
93.63		6
155.77

Junior level

2018–2019 season
DateEvent RD FD Total
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 13
55.58		8
87.46		9
143.04
February 5–10, 2019 2019 Bavarian Open 2
58.54		3
86.10		2
144.64
January 14–20, 2019 2019 Canadian Junior Championships 2
62.20		3
96.37		2
158.57
October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia 6
53.20		8
78.21		7
131.41
August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia 4
58.53		6
77.13		4
135.66

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