Alexandra Paul (figure skater)

Alexandra Jane Paul (born September 16, 1991) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. She teamed up with partner Mitchell Islam in 2009. They are the 2010 World Junior silver medalists, 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists, and three-time Canadian national bronze medalists (2011, 2014, 2015). They competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Alexandra Paul
Paul and Islam at 2010 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Jane Paul
Country representedCanada
Born (1991-09-16) September 16, 1991
Toronto, Ontario
Home townMidhurst, Ontario
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
PartnerMitchell Islam
Former partnerJason Cheperdak
CoachMarie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, David Islam, Kelly Johnson, Pavol Porac, Tyler Myles
ChoreographerRomain Haguenauer, Kelly Johnson, Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Jeffrey Buttle, Pavol Porac
Skating clubBarrie SC
Gadbois Centre
Detroit Skating Club
Training locationsMontreal, Quebec; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Barrie, Ontario
Began skating1996
RetiredDecember 2016
ISU personal best scores
Combined total152.59
2015 Worlds
Short dance64.38
2015 Worlds
Free dance91.08
2014 Worlds
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Canada
World Junior Championships
2010 The HagueIce dancing

Personal life

Alexandra Paul was born on September 16, 1991, in Toronto.[1] She has two sisters. Her father is a radiologist. She studied political science at Oakland University,[2] completing her final semester in April 2017.[3]

Career
Paul/Islam at the 2011 Canadian Championships

Alexandra Paul finished third with Jason Cheperdak in junior ice dancing at the 2009 Canadian Championships. She then began looking for a new partner and had a successful tryout in February 2009 with Mitchell Islam, a fellow skater at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.[4]

Paul/Islam began competing together during the 2009–2010 season. In July 2009, they beat the Canadian junior champions at the Minto Summer Skate and were given a Junior Grand Prix assignment. They competed at two 2009–10 JGP events, finishing fourth in Poland and fifth in Turkey. They won gold at the Canadian Junior Championships and were assigned to Junior Worlds where they captured the silver medal.

Paul/Islam moved up to the senior ranks for the 2010–2011 season. They finished fourth in their senior Grand Prix debut at 2010 Skate Canada International. Their next event was 2010 Cup of Russia. They had a fall in the short dance and withdrew from the free dance after Paul sustained a rib injury.[5] Paul/Islam made their senior national debut at the 2011 Canadian Championships, finishing in third. They were first alternates for the 2011 World Championships.[6]

Paul sprained a knee ligament around 2011 or 2012.[7][8]

Paul/Islam finished eighth at the 2011 Skate America. They withdrew before the free dance at 2011 NHK Trophy after placing seventh in the short — Paul suffered a cut to the back of the thigh in a collision with Italy's Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi during the morning practice on November 12.[9]

In June 2012, Paul/Islam decided to train full-time at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[10][11] They had no Grand Prix events in 2012. At the 2013 Canadian Championships, they finished fourth.[12]

Paul/Islam began the following season with bronze at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy. They placed fifth at their sole Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Skate Canada International. After winning the bronze medal at the 2014 Canadian Championships, they were assigned to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where they placed 18th.

Paul/Islam ranked 8th in the short dance, 14th in the free dance, and 13th overall at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China. A few weeks later, they changed coaches, joining Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer at the Gadbois Centre in Montreal, Quebec.[13]

Paul injured her hamstring in the summer of 2016.[13] She and Islam received the bronze medal at the 2016 CS U.S. International Classic. On November 18, Paul twisted her knee when she fell during a morning practice at the 2016 Cup of China.[13] The duo decided to withdraw from the competition before the short dance. They announced their competitive retirement on December 15, 2016.[14]

Programs

(with Mitchell Islam)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2016–2017
[1][15]
2015–2016
[16][17][18]
2014–2015
[19][20][21][22][23]
  • I Wanna Be Loved By You
    by Sinead O'Connor
2013–2014
[24][12][25]
  • Going Somewhere
  • I Will Follow You
  • Satin Birds
  • Dance for Me Wallis
    all by Abel Korzeniowski
2012–2013
[11][26][27]
  • La Foule
    by Edith Piaf
  • Milord
    by Edith Piaf
    choreo. by Kelly Johnson
  • The Crisis
    by Ennio Morricone
  • 1900s Madness #1
    by Ennio Morricone
  • Danny's Blues
    by Ennio Morricone
  • 12th Street Rag
    by Euday L. Bowman
  • Playing Love
    (from The Legend of 1900)
    by Ennio Morricone
    choreo. by Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo
  • In Your Eyes
    (New Blood edition)
    by Peter Gabriel
    choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle[12]
2011–2012
[28]
2010–2011
[29]
  • La cumparsita – Amor por el Tango
    by G. M. Rodriguez
  • A los Amigos
    by A. Ponder
    choreographed by Pavol Porac
  • As Time Goes By
    by Herman Hupfeld
    choreo. by
    Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon
Original dance
2009–2010
[30]
  • Nocturno
    by Guido Luciani
  • Farruca Y Rumba
    by Pepe Romero

Competitive highlights

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

With Islam
International[31]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Olympics18th
Worlds10th13th
Four Continents6th6th
GP Cup of China5thWD
GP Bompard6th
GP NHK TrophyWDWD
GP Rostel. CupWD
GP Skate America8th
GP Skate Canada4th5th6th8th
CS Autumn Classic4th
CS Nebelhorn2nd
CS U.S. Classic3rd
Nebelhorn5th3rd
U.S. Classic2nd
International: Junior[31]
Junior Worlds2nd
JGP Poland4th
JGP Turkey5th
National[32]
Canadian Champ.1st J3rd5th4th3rd3rd4th
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Cheperdak
International[33]
Event 2007–08 2008–09
JGP Spain4th
JGP United Kingdom6th
National
Canadian Champ.3rd N3rd J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References
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  2. "Political Science students heading to Sochi to skate in Winter Olympics". Oakland University. January 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. Thayer, Jacquelyn (April 12, 2017). "In the end, a beginning for Paul and Islam". twofortheice.com.
  4. Walker, Elvin (September 12, 2010). "Paul and Islam hope to continue to rise". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  5. Brodie, Rob (January 19, 2011). "Paul and Islam Dancing up a Storm". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  6. Kwong, PJ (April 13, 2011). "Focus main priority for Canadian alternates". CBC News. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  7. Almond, Mary Beth (February 14, 2014). "Local ice skaters, OU students, head to Winter Olympics". C & G Newspapers. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017.
  8. McInroy, Ian (January 14, 2014). "Local ice-dance skaters will compete at Winter Olympics in Sochi". The Barrie Examiner.
  9. "Ice dancing duo pull out of free skate in Japan". Agence France-Presse. Google News. November 12, 2011. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011.
  10. Millington, Ali (August 18, 2012). "Olympic fever sparks hope in Barrie athletes". Simcoe.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012.
  11. Thayer, Jacquelyn (June 27, 2012). "A Summer of Change for Paul & Islam". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-02. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  12. Thayer, Jacquelyn (June 27, 2013). "Paul and Islam Make a Home in Detroit". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015.
  13. Thayer, Jacquelyn (April 7, 2017). "With Paul and Islam, the end is where we start from". twofortheice.com.
  14. "Olympians Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam Retire from Competitive Skating". Skate Canada. December 15, 2016.
  15. Thayer, Jacquelyn (May 30, 2016). "With Past as Prologue, Paul and Islam Carry On". Two for the Ice.
  16. "Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  17. Thayer, Jacquelyn (August 13, 2015). "2015 Quebec Summer Championships: The Dancers". Two for the Ice.
  18. Klaus-Reinhold Kany (August 20, 2015). "Dance teams head to Montreal in hopes of rebirth". Icenetwork.
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  21. Thayer, Jacquelyn (May 28, 2014). "Lifted by Success, Paul and Islam Hold to Foundations". Two for the Ice. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
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  23. Thayer, Jacquelyn (February 9, 2015). "Behind the Program, Ep. 1: Paul and Islam, 2015 Free Dance". Two for the Ice.
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  28. "Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  29. "Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  30. "Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
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  33. "Competition Results: Alexandra PAUL / Jason CHEPERDAK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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