Nicolas Nadeau

Nicolas Nadeau (born September 30, 1997) is a Canadian competitive figure skater. He is the 2016 World Junior silver medalist and the 2015 Canadian national junior champion.

Nicolas Nadeau
Personal information
Country representedCanada
Born (1997-09-30) September 30, 1997
Montreal, Quebec
Home townBoisbriand, Quebec
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
CoachYvan Desjardins
ChoreographerShae-Lynn Bourne, Mark Pillay
Former choreographerSylvain Bouillere
Skating clubPatinage des Mille-Îles
Former skating clubCPA Boisbriand
Training locationsRosemere, Quebec
Began skating2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total227.76
2018 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program79.17
2018 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skate148.59
2018 CS Finlandia Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Figure skating: Men's singles
World Junior Championships
2016 DebrecenMen's singles

Personal life

Nadeau was born on September 30, 1997, in Montreal, Quebec.[1] He has three older sisters – Tania, Pamela, and Mélissa. He enjoys skiing in addition to figure skating.

Career

Early years

Nadeau began learning to skate in 2003.[1] He is coached by Yvan Desjardins since 2011 or earlier.[2] Competing on the junior level, Nadeau placed sixth at the 2013 Canadian Championships and fourth in 2014.

2014–2015 season

Nadeau made his international debut in the 2014–2015 season, being selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He placed fifth at his first JGP event, in Aichi, Japan, and tenth in Zagreb, Croatia. He became the national junior champion at the 2015 Canadian Championships in Kingston, Ontario. This earned him a berth to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia but he missed qualifying for the free skate by one spot, having placed 25th in the short program.[3]

2015–2016 season

In 2015–2016, Nadeau started his season at the JGP in Riga, Latvia; he finished fifth after placing second in the short program and seventh in the free skate. He won the silver medal at his second JGP event, in Zagreb, Croatia, finishing 0.38 points behind the gold medalist, Alexander Samarin.

In January 2016, Nadeau placed fifth on the senior level at the 2016 Canadian Nationals and was given Canada's sole spot in men's singles at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Competing in March at Junior Worlds, he qualified for the final segment by placing eighth in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.

2016–2017 season

Nadeau withdrew from his JGP assignments due to an ankle injury, which occurred while practicing a quad toe loop jump and took about three months to heal.[4] He returned to competition at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, his first senior international, and finished 11th. At the 2017 Canadian Championships, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall.

2017–2018 season

Nadeau began his season at the 2017 Nepela Trophy, where he placed sixth. He then made his debut appearance on the senior Grand Prix at the 2017 Skate Canada International, where he placed seventh. At the 2018 Canadian Championships, he placed ninth.

2018–2019 season

Beginning the season at the 2018 Finlandia Trophy, Nadeau placed fourth, less than four points behind from bronze medalist Morisi Kvitelashvili. Nadeau said that he needed to work on executing the one quadruple jump in his free skate.[5] He subsequently competed in the short program at his lone Grand Prix assignment for the year, the 2018 Internationaux de France, but withdrew for medical reasons.

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Nadeau placed seventh in the short program after singling his triple Axel attempt and receiving a negative Grade of Execution on his quadruple toe loop. He rallied in the free skate, where he placed fourth, and moved up to sixth place overall. Nadeau called it "an even better program than what I expected, but it had to compensate for the short." While he finished sixth overall, three of the skaters who finished ahead of him (Stephen Gogolev, Joseph Phan and Conrad Orzel) were ineligible to compete as seniors due to either their age or a lack of the required minimum technical scores, and consequently Nadeau was named to Canada's team for the 2019 Four Continents Championships, when he finished eleventh.[6]

2019–2020 season

After withdrawing from the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, Nadeau competed on the Grand Prix at the 2019 Skate Canada International. Eighth in the short program with a clean skate but for a problematic landing on his triple loop, he rose to seventh overall after a sixth-place free skate.[7][8] He was seventh as well at the 2019 Internationaux de France.[9]

Nadeau placed fifth at the 2020 Canadian Championships.[10]

Skating technique

Unlike most skaters, Nadeau jumps and spins clockwise.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
[11]
  • Don't Fall in Love
    by Wake Child
    choreo. by Mark Pillay
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[12]

Elvis Presley medley:
2016–2017
[14][4]

Elvis Presley medley:
2015–2016
[15]
  • For Me, Formidable
    by Charles Aznavour
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne
  • Je m'voyais déjà
    by Charles Aznavour
2014–2015
[16]
  • Mary Poppins
    by Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman
    • A Spoonful of Sugar
    • One Man Band
    • Pavement Artist
    • Chim Chim Cher-ee
    • Overture
      choreo. by Sylvain Bouillere

Competitive highlights

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

International[17]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Four Continents11th
GP FranceWD7th
GP Skate Canada7th7th
CS Finlandia Trophy4th
CS Golden Spin11th
CS Nepela Trophy6th
CS U.S. ClassicWD
International: Junior[17]
Junior Worlds25th2nd12th
JGP Croatia10th2nd
JGP Japan5th
JGP Latvia5th
Bavarian Open1st
National[18][19]
Canadian Champ.6th J4th J1st J5th4th9th6th5th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior level

Detailed results

Senior level


Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13–19 January 2020 2020 Canadian Championships 6
73.83		 5
145.27		 5
219.10
November 1–3 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 9
69.42		 6
148.26		 7
217.68
25–27 October 2019 2019 Skate Canada International 8
75.22		 6
147.11		 7
222.33
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 11
74.44		 11
135.21		 11
209.65
January 14–20, 2019 2019 Canadian National Championships 7
70.16		 4
153.74		 6
223.90
23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 11
61.46
WD
WD
4–7 October 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 4
79.17		 5
148.59		 4
227.76
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 8–14, 2018 2018 Canadian Championships 6
79.56		 10
147.95		 9
227.51
27–29 October 2017 2017 Skate Canada International 9
74.23		 6
155.20		 7
229.43
21–23 September 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 8
66.75		 4
139.22		 6
205.97

References
  1. "Nicolas NADEAU: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018.
  2. Haspeck, Josianne (November 10, 2011). "Nicolas Nadeau parmi les vedettes sur patins" [Nicolas Nadeau among the skating stars]. Nord Info et Voix des Mille-Iles (in French).
  3. Slater, Paula (September 10, 2015). "Canada's Nadeau ready for senior challenge". Golden Skate.
  4. Smith, Beverley (January 26, 2017). "Nicolas Nadeau and his Blue Suede Shoes".
  5. "Moore-Towers and Marinaro win free, take silver at Finlandia Open". The Canadian Press. October 6, 2018.
  6. Curley, Sean (January 20, 2019). "In 'game mode,' Nguyen captures second Canadian title". Golden Skate.
  7. Slater, Paula (October 26, 2019). "Japan's Yuzuru front-runner at 2019 Skate Canada". Golden Skate.
  8. Slater, Paula (October 27, 2019). "Hanyu takes first Skate Canada gold in Kelowna". Golden Skate.
  9. Slater, Paula (November 2, 2019). "USA's Chen defends Grand Prix title in France; earns ticket to Final". Golden Skate.
  10. Slater, Paula (January 19, 2020). "Roman Sadovsky leaps to Canadian National title". Golden Skate.
  11. "Nicolas NADEAU: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019.
  12. "Nicolas NADEAU: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  13. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017 Skate Canada International - Gala Exhibition (Television production). Eurosport. October 29, 2017.
  14. "Nicolas NADEAU: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017.
  15. "Nicolas NADEAU: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  16. "Nicolas NADEAU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  17. "Competition Results: Nicolas NADEAU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
  18. "Nicolas Nadeau". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
  19. Nicolas Nadeau at Patinage Québec
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