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Conrad Orzel (born July 11, 2000) is a Canadian figure skater and model. He is the 2019 Bavarian Open silver medalist, a two-time medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and the 2017 Canadian national junior silver medalist. He placed 13th at the 2017 and 2018 World Junior Championships.

Conrad Orzel
Orzel at the 2019 Cup of China
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(2000-07-11) July 11, 2000 (age 22) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Home town	Woodbridge, Ontario
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Coach	Ravi Walia
Former coach	Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, Lee Barkell, Eva Najarro, Joanne McLeod
Choreographer	Lance Vipond
Former choreographer	Jeffrey Buttle, David Wilson, Joey Russell, Grzegorz Filipowski[1]
Skating club	Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club
Former skating club	York Region Skating Academy
Training locations	Edmonton, Ontario
Former training locations	Toronto, Ontario Richmond Hill, Ontario
Began skating	2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	222.75 2021 Skate Canada
Short program	80.82 2021 CS Autumn Classic
Free skate	149.56 2021 Skate Canada

Personal life

Orzel was born on July 11, 2000, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Polish ancestry, and speaks English, French, and Polish.[2] He has two younger sisters, one named Amelia, who is also a figure skater.

Orzel is currently a third year student at York University. He also models during his free-time, and is signed with Ciotti Models modeling agency.

Career

Orzel began learning to skate in 2003.[3] Eva Najarro became his coach when he was five years old.[4] He trained at the York Region Skating Academy in Richmond Hill, Ontario until 2018, and also worked with Joanne McLeod in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][5]

2014–2015 season

Orzel sustained a torn ligament in his left leg and an avulsion fracture before the Skate Canada Challenge in December 2014.[1] The following month, he won bronze in the novice men's event at the 2015 Canadian Championships.[6]

2015–2016 season

Competing on the junior level, Orzel ranked fourth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall at the 2016 Canadian Championships. During the free skate, he hit his head on the ice after attempting a triple Axel jump. He continued with his program and was examined afterward by a medical team, which found no concussion.[7] Making his international debut, he won the junior bronze medal at the Coupe du Printemps in March 2016.[6]

2016–2017 season

In August 2016, Orzel placed tenth at his first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment, in Saint Gervais-les-Bains, France, before winning silver at a JGP event in Dresden, Germany, in October. He received the junior silver medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships, having finished second to Stephen Gogolev, and was named in Canada's team to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. Competing in Taiwan, he placed eighteenth in the short program, twelfth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall.[6]

2017–2018 season

Orzel placed seventh at his first Junior Grand Prix assignment in Linz, Austria. In his second event in Poland, he won the bronze medal. Orzel moved to the senior level domestically, placing eleventh at the 2018 national championships. He ended the season at the 2018 World Junior Championships, where he placed thirteenth again.[6]

2018–2019 season

Orzel decided to leave his longtime coach Eva Najarro, transferring to the Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club under the tutelage of Lee Barkell.[8] He was again named to Skate Canada's NextGen team.[9] Orzel placed fourth at both of his JGP assignments, coming only 0.01 points away from a bronze medal at 2018 JGP Slovenia after setting new personal bests in both the free skate and in total score.[10]

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Orzel placed fourth in the short program, skating completely cleanly. He had a difficult free skate, dropping to fifth place overall. Because Orzel finished behind both Stephen Gogolev and Joseph Phan, he was not named to Canada's team for the World Junior Championships.[11] He was instead assigned to the 2019 Bavarian Open, making his senior international debut, where he won the silver medal.[12]

2019–2020 season

Orzel moved to compete fully at the senior level, beginning the season at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, where he placed sixth.[13] Making his Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Cup of China, he placed eleventh.[14] Orzel was twelfth at the 2019 NHK Trophy, and concluded his season with a sixth-place finish at the 2020 Canadian Championships.[6]

2020–2021 season

Orzel was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[15]

With the pandemic continuing to make it difficult to hold in-person events, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge was held virtually, and Orzel placed fifth at the event, notably placing third in the short program and landing two quadruple jumps. The 2021 Canadian Championships were subsequently cancelled.[16][17]

2021–2022 season

Orzel was assigned to begin the season at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, whose men's competition lost its Challenger status due to having an insufficient number of competitors and countries. Orzel won the gold medal over the two other Canadian men who competed.[18] On the Grand Prix at 2021 Skate Canada International, Orzel placed ninth. Speaking after the free skate he said "even though there were some mistakes, I was still happy with the performance in general."[19]

At the 2022 Canadian Championships, Orzel had a difficult short program, making mistakes on all his jumping passes to place fourteenth overall in the segment. He was sixth in the free skate, rising to ninth overall.[20]

2022–2023 season

After underwhelming results in preceding years, Orzel opted to leave his coaches at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club to work with Ravi Walia at the Ice Palace FSC in Edmonton, Alberta. Both he and his sister Amelia moved to Edmonton, never having lived away from home before.[21]

Orzel was assigned to the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, finishing eleventh.[22] He was eleventh as well at the 2022 Skate Canada International.[6]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–2023 [23]	Carmina Burana: O Fortuna by Carl Orff choreo. by Lance Vipond	Out of Tears Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones choreo. by Lance Vipond
2021–2022 [24]	Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell performed by Daniel Adni choreo. by Joey Russell
2020–2021 [25]	Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Les Miserables - Symphonic Suite Suite from Les Miserables and Miss Saigon Comme un homme (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schoenberg & Alain Boublil choreo. by David Wilson
2019–2020 [26][27]	In My Blood by Shawn Mendes choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Les Miserables - Symphonic Suite Suite from Les Miserables and Miss Saigon Comme un homme (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schoenberg & Alain Boublil choreo. by David Wilson On the Waterfront (soundtrack) by Leonard Bernstein choreo. by David Wilson
2018–2019 [2]	In My Blood by Shawn Mendes choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle	Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota Un giorno per noi (from Romeo and Juliet) performed by Josh Groban choreo. by Joey Russell
2017–2018 [28]	Secrets by OneRepublic Beethoven's Five Secrets by The Piano Guys choreo. by Shae Zukiwsky	Big My Secret (from The Piano) by Michael Nyman Knowing the Ropes (from Mozart 252) by Michael Nyman choreo. by Allison Purkiss
2016–2017 [3]	Secrets by OneRepublic Beethoven's Five Secrets by The Piano Guys choreo. by Shae Zukiwsky	The Last Samurai by Hans Zimmer River Waltz (from The Painted Veil) by Alexandre Desplat Takiotoshi (Sound of Waterfall) choreo. by Allison Purkiss
2015–2016
2014–2015 [1]		The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Ennio Morricone

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
GP Cup of China						11th
GP NHK Trophy						12th			10th
GP Skate Canada							C	9th	11th
CS Autumn Classic						6th
CS Finlandia									11th
CS Golden Spin								10th
Autumn Classic								1st
Bavarian Open					2nd
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds			13th	13th
JGP Austria				7th	4th
JGP France			10th
JGP Germany			2nd
JGP Poland				3rd
JGP Slovenia					4th
Bavarian Open			2nd
Coupe du Printemps		3rd
National[6]
Canadian Champ.	3rd N	5th J	2nd J	11th	5th	6th	C	9th
SC Challenge	4th N	4th J	3rd J	7th	3rd		5th
Ontario Sectionals				2nd	6th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 18–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	8 73.10	11 129.59	10 202.69
October 28–30, 2022	2022 Skate Canada International	6 69.69	11 125.73	11 195.42
October 4–9, 2022	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy	6 71.58	13 121.57	11 193.15
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 6–12, 2022	2022 Canadian Championships	14 59.13	6 133.79	9 192.92
October 29–31, 2021	2021 Skate Canada International	9 73.19	6 149.56	9 222.75
September 16–18, 2021	2021 Autumn Classic International	1 80.82	1 126.49	1 207.31
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 8–17, 2021	2021 Skate Canada Challenge	3 87.22	8 131.39	5 218.61
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 13–19, 2020	2020 Canadian Championships	8 69.26	6 140.11	6 209.37
November 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	10 70.35	12 125.99	12 196.34
November 8–10, 2019	2019 Cup of China	10 72.22	12 120.38	11 192.60
September 12–14, 2019	2019 CS Autumn Classic International	6 76.64	5 138.34	6 214.98

2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
February 5–10, 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	Senior	4 67.93	2 132.58	2 200.51
January 14–20, 2019	2019 Canadian Championships	Senior	4 82.87	6 141.28	5 224.15
October 3–6, 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	Junior	5 73.24	4 139.70	4 212.94
Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, 2018	2018 JGP Austria	Junior	1 79.66	6 120.80	4 200.46
2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	Junior	15 64.49	12 121.44	13 185.93
January 8–14, 2018	2018 Canadian Championships	Senior	10 73.69	11 133.97	11 207.66
October 4–7, 2017	2017 JGP Poland	Junior	9 61.07	3 134.98	3 196.05
Aug. 31 – Sept. 2, 2017	2017 JGP Austria	Junior	6 58.23	7 114.51	7 172.74
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	Junior	18 66.21	12 128.20	13 194.41
February 14–19, 2017	2017 Bavarian Open	Junior	2 71.60	3 125.85	2 197.45
January 16–22, 2017	2017 Canadian Junior Championships	Junior	1 68.16	2 137.90	2 206.06
October 5–8, 2016	2016 JGP Germany	Junior	5 64.98	2 131.32	2 196.30
August 24–27, 2016	2016 JGP France	Junior	4 61.65	11 100.67	10 162.32
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 11–13, 2016	2016 Coupe du Printemps	Junior	1 52.45	5 89.24	3 141.69
January 18–24, 2016	2016 Canadian Junior Championships	Junior	4 51.44	6 102.49	5 153.93

References

External links

• Conrad Orzel at the International Skating Union

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