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Brandon Toste (born October 5, 2002) is a retired Canadian figure skater, competing in singles and pairs. With his former skating partner, Brooke McIntosh, he competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships, finishing in the top ten.

Brandon Toste
McIntosh/Toste at the 2019 JGP United States
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(2002-10-05) October 5, 2002 (age 19) Mississauga, Ontario
Home town	Mississauga, Ontario
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Former partner	Brooke McIntosh
Former coach	Andrew Evans
Former choreographer	Mary Angela Larmer
Began skating	2013
Retired	January 21, 2020
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	146.15 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Short program	50.46 2019 JGP United States
Free skate	96.77 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Earlier in the 2018/2019 season, they placed fifth at the JGP Slovakia, tenth at the JGP Czech Republic[1] and won silver in the junior division at the Canadian Championships.

Career

2017–2018 season

In January 2018, McIntosh / Toste won gold in the novice division at the Canadian Championships, setting a new Canadian record (120.24).[2]

2018–2019 season

In the 2018–2019 season McIntosh / Toste debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. They opened the season in August at the JGP Slovakia, where they finished fifth. In September, they competed at the JGP Czech Republic, finishing tenth.

In January 2019, they won silver in the junior division at the Canadian Championships. Both also competed in the singles events (in the novice division) – McIntosh finished eighth and Toste ninth.

In March 2019, they represented Canada at the World Junior Championships, finishing tenth.

2019–2020 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix for their second season, McIntosh/Toste placed fifth at the 2019 JGP United States in Lake Placid and sixth at the 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk.

These results qualified a place for a Canadian junior pair team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, and they were subsequently selected to take that spot; as a result of which, they did not attend the 2020 Canadian Junior Championships, which overlapped with the Youth Olympics. They placed fourth at the Youth Olympics in the pairs event, and also placed fourth in the team competition.[3]

Following the Youth Olympics, coach Andrew Evans announced that Toste would be retiring to focus on attending university, while McIntosh would search for a new partner.[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2019–2020 [5][6]	Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears performed by Cinematic Pop choreo. by Mary Angela Larmer	Say Something performed by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera choreo. by Mary Angela Larmer Piano Fantasy by William Joseph choreo. by Mary Angela Larmer
2018–2019 [7]	Il Postino by Luis Bacalov	"Piano Fantasy" by William Joseph

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pair skating with McIntosh

International[1]
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20
Junior Worlds		10th
Youth Olympics			4th
JGP Czech Republic		10th
JGP Russia			6th
JGP Slovakia		5th
JGP United States			5th
National
Canadian Champ.	1st N	2nd J
Ontario Sectionals	1st N		2nd J
Team events
Youth Olympics			4th T 4th P
T = Team result; P = Personal result.

Single skating

Event	18–19
National
Canadian Champ.	9th N

References

External links

• Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste at the International Skating Union
• Brooke McIntosh & Brandon Toste on the Skate Ontario website

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