Thomas Nabais

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Thomas Nabais
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Dupayage and Nabais at the 2023 Warsaw Cup
Born (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24)
Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Hometown Vitry-sur-seine, France
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
Partner Marie Dupayage (since 2015)
CoachKarine Arribert, Mahil Chantelauze
Skating clubVitry Skating Club
Began skating2008
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Winter Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Lake Placid Ice dance

Thomas Nabais (born 25 May 2000) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Marie Dupayage, he is the 2023 World University Games champion, 2024 French national bronze medalist, and has won three bronze medals at ISU Challenger Series events (2022 CS Nepela Memorial, 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, and 2023 CS Warsaw Cup).

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Personal life

Nabais was born on 25 May 2000 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, a suburb of Paris. [1]

Career

Early years

Nabais began learning to skate in 2008. [1] Skating with Marie Dupayage, he made his junior international debut in November 2016 at the Tallinn Trophy. Dupayage/Nabais placed 14th at their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event, JGP Austria, in late August 2017. Their best JGP results were seventh in Latvia and Italy in September and October 2019, respectively. [2]

2021–22 season

Dupayage/Nabais' senior international debut came in October 2021; they placed fifth at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and had the same result at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. In December, they finished fourth at the French Championships. In January 2022, they won silver at the Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf, Germany. [2]

2022–23 season

Dupayage/Nabais began their season by winning bronze at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial and then silver at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in October. In November, they placed ninth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, their first Grand Prix appearance, and then took bronze at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. [2]

After coming fifth at the French Championships, Dupayage/Nabais were assigned to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games. They won the gold medal, in an upset victory over the favoured American team McNamara/Spiridonov. [3] [4] Both said it was a result to "savour." [5]

2023–24 season

Domestically, Dupayage/Nabais began the season with a silver medal at the 2023 Master's de Patinage. [6] They then placed fifth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy and second at the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup. [2] Assigned to compete at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, the team finished the event in seventh place. [7] Subsequently, Dupayage/Nabais won the bronze medal at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup and gold at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup. [2]

In December, the team would win the bronze medal at the 2024 French Championships. Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Dupayage/Nabais would finish twelfth in the event. They then closed the season by winning gold at the 2024 Egna Dance Trophy. [2]

2024–25 season

Dupayage/Nabais began the season by winning silver at the 2024 Master's de Patinage before finishing eighth at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. Competing at the Grand Prix de France for a third consecutive year, the team finished tenth at the event. [2]

Programs

With Dupayage

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
[8]

  • Weakend
  • Delighted
  • Delighted (Instrumental)
  • Delighted
    by Benjamin Clementine
    choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
2023–2024
[9]
2022–2023
[1]
  • Samba: Quetzalcoatl Offering
    by Captain Planet
  • Rhumba: Águas de março
    by Smoke City
  • Samba: Dame Agua
    by Captain Planet
    arranged by Hugo Chouinard
    choreo. by Karine Arribert, Mahil Chantelauze
2021–2022
2019–2020
[10]
  • Market Diktat Song
    by Jean-Philippe Goude
  • Spero Lucem
    by Jean-Philippe Goude
    choreo. by Karine Arribert
2018–2019
[11]
  • Tango: Paris Texas
    by Gotan Project
  • Tango: Juguete Rabioso
    by La Chicana
    choreo. by Karine Arribert
2017–2018
[12]
  • Yesterday
    by Tangoloco, Daniel Garcia Quinteto
  • Grand Guignol
    by Bajofondo
    choreo. by Karine Arribert

Competitive highlights

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

With Dupayage

International [2]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 21st
Europeans 12th
GP France 9th7th10th
GP NHK Trophy TBD
CS Denis Ten MC 5th8th
CS Finlandia 5th
CS Golden Spin WD
CS Nepela 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup C3rd3rd
Bavarian Open 2nd
Bosphorus Cup 1st
Challenge Cup 5th
Egna Trophy 1st
Mezzaluna Cup 2nd
Open d'Andorra 8th
Trophée Nice 5th2nd
University Games 1st
International: Junior [2]
JGP Austria 14th
JGP Italy 7th
JGP Latvia 7th
JGP Slovakia 12th
Bosphorus Cup 4th
Egna Trophy 6th2nd
Ice Star 9th
Mentor Toruń Cup 9th12th8th9th
Pavel Roman 6th
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Tallinn Trophy 14th13th
Volvo Open Cup 9th
International: Advanced novice
Bavarian Open 7th
Volvo Open Cup 7th
National [2] [13]
French Champ. 3rd N6th J4th J3rd J4th J1st J4th5th3rd
Master's 10th J3rd J5th J2nd J2nd J3rd4th2nd2nd
C = Cancelled; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior level

Detailed results

Ice dance with Marie Dupayage

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [14]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS179.05 2023 CS Warsaw Cup
Rhythm dance TSS72.182023 CS Warsaw Cup
TES41.662023 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS30.522023 CS Warsaw Cup
Free dance TSS107.08 2022 CS Warsaw Cup
TES62.382022 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS46.402023 CS Warsaw Cup
Results in the 2024-25 season [14]
DateEvent SD FD Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 26-28, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Master's de Patinage 274.182111.692185.87
Oct 3–5, 2024 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 764.089100.458164.53
Nov 1-3, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Grand Prix de France 1064.031097.1710161.20
Nov 8–10, 2024 Flag of Japan.svg 2024 NHK Trophy 864.52

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