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Marie-Jade Lauriault (born 10 November 1996) is a Canadian-French ice dancer, who currently represents Canada with her partner and husband Romain Le Gac, in which capacity she is the 2022 Skate America bronze medalist.

Marie-Jade Lauriault
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac at 2018 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Former country(ies) represented	France
Born	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 26) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Home town	Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Partner	Romain Le Gac
Former partner	Pierre-Richard Chiasson
Coach	Romain Haguenauer, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis, Marie-France Dubreuil
Choreographer	Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer
Skating club	CSG Lyon
Training locations	Montreal
Began skating	2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	180.32 2018 Skate Canada
Short dance	74.59 2022 Skate Canada International
Free dance	111.42 2018 Skate Canada

Lauriault and Le Gac initially represented his birth country of France upon partnering in 2014, winning four silver medals at the French Championships and a national junior title, and representing France at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Internationally they won four Challenger medals, including gold at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, before switching to represent Canada in the summer of 2021.

Personal life

Marie-Jade Lauriault was born on 10 November 1996 in Laval, Quebec.[1] She married Le Gac in December 2015.[2] As of August 2016, she is studying psychology.[3] She became a French citizen in December 2017.[4]

Career

Early years

Lauriault started skating in 2001.[5] At the age of eight, she began taking ice dancing lessons, taught by Pascal Denis, and was soon paired with Pierre-Richard Chiasson. Lauriault/Chiasson placed eighth at the novice level at the 2013 Canadian Championships.[3]

2014–15 season: Debut of Lauriault/Le Gac

In July 2014, Lauriault was paired with French skater Romain Le Gac, who had just moved to Canada.[6][2] The two decided to represent France. They are coached by Romain Haguenauer, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis, and Marie-France Dubreuil in Montreal.[1]

Lauriault/Le Gac competed on the senior level in the 2014–15 season. They won silver at the Open d'Andorra and finished ninth at the 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb before taking silver at the French Championships.

2015–16 season: International junior season

Lauriault/Le Gac decided to compete on the junior level in 2015–16. They won two medals on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series — silver in Linz, Austria and gold in Logroño, Spain. Their results gave them a spot at the JGP Final in Barcelona, where they finished fifth.

In February 2016, Lauriault/Le Gac won gold at the French Junior Championships ahead of Abachkina/Thauron. In March, they represented France at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, and won a small bronze medal after placing third in the short dance. They finished eighth overall. Over eight days in April, they skated in ten ice shows in France.[2]

2016–17 season: Grand Prix, European and World debuts

Returning to the senior ranks for the pre-Olympic season, Lauriault/Le Gac placed fifth at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International. They were then invited to make their senior Grand Prix debut, finishing sixth at both the 2016 NHK Trophy and the 2017 Internationaux de France.[7]

After winning silver at the French championships for the second time at the senior level, Lauriault/Le Gac made their European Championship debut at the 2017 edition in Ostrava, coming twelfth. They won gold at the Cup of Nice before making their World Championship debut in Helsinki, finishing twenty-first in the rhythm dance and thereby narrowly missing the cut for the free dance. They were also invited to participate as part of Team France at the World Team Trophy, finishing sixth among dance teams whilst France also came sixth overall.[7]

2017–18 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

Sixth at the Autumn Classic to start the season, Lauriault/Le Gac were eighth at both the 2017 NHK Trophy and the 2017 Rostelecom Cup on the Grand Prix. They won silver at the French championships for the third time, and as a result were named to the French team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. They finished twelfth at the 2018 European Championships shortly afterward.[7]

French national champions Papadakis/Cizeron declined to participate in the Olympic team event, giving Lauriault/Le Gac the opportunity to do so. They finished sixth in the rhythm dance segment, but Team France was tenth among ten teams after the first round and did not advance to the free portion of the competition. They then participated in the ice dance event, qualifying to the free dance and finishing seventeenth in their Olympic debut.[7] Lauriault/Le Gac finished the season with a thirteenth-place finish at the post-Olympic World Championships in Milan.[7]

2018–19 season: Challenger medals

Lauriault/Le Gac won two medals on the Challenger series to begin the season, taking the bronze at both the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy and the 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial.[7] On the Grand Prix, they finished fourth at the 2018 Skate Canada International, 6.65 points behind bronze medalists Gilles/Poirier of Canada.[8] They were then sixth on home ice at the 2018 Internationaux de France.[7]

French national silver medalists once again, Lauriault/Le Gac were tenth at the 2019 European Championships and fourteenth at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama.[7]

2019–20 season: Struggles

After a bronze medal win at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, Lauriault/Le Gac struggled in the early going, coming eighth at both the 2019 Skate America and the 2019 Internationaux de France. They won gold at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, their first Challenger title, but came fourth at the French championships and thus did not make the European Championship team.[7] They were assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships, to be held in Montreal near their training center, but the event was cancelled due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

2021–22 season: Switch to Canada

After not competing at all during the COVID-plagued 2020–21 season, Lauriault and Le Gac announced on June 6, 2021 that they would henceforth be representing her birth country of Canada.[10] Lauriault would later say that it had been a difficult decision, but that "with the pandemic, we certainly realized that we are very much at home in Canada, that our life is there. We felt that more and more as the years progressed, and Romain has established himself there as well. It is also complicated with me studying and Romain working in Canada."[11]

After competing domestically in the fall, Lauriault/Le Gac qualified for the 2022 Canadian Championships, held without an audience in Ottawa due to the spread of the Omicron variant. They finished fifth in their first appearance at the Canadian nationals, with Lauriault saying "it wasn't perfect, but it was what we were hoping for."[12] Their result earned them an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn.[13] Competing at Four Continents, their first international event in two years, they were fifth after the rhythm dance but dropped to sixth when Lauriault fell on her twizzles in the free dance. Despite the "technical error", she insisted afterward "it was a great experience today, these are still good memories."[11]

2022–23 season: First Grand Prix medal

Beginning the season at the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, Lauriault/Le Gac finished in fourth place, 3.36 points behind American bronze medalists McNamara/Spiridonov.[14] Given two Grand Prix assignments representing Canada for the first time, they competed first at the 2022 Skate America, and won the bronze medal, their first Grand Prix medal. Le Gac said afterward that it was a significant competition for them because they had had not competed on the Grand Prix since 2019, while Lauriault called it a "life-changing experience."[15] They then appeared at the 2022 Skate Canada International the following weekend, setting new personal bests and finishing in fifth place.[16]

Programs

(with Le Gac)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2022–23 [17]	Mambo: Malambo no. 1 by Yma Sumac Rhumba: Ms. Harmony by Robin Thicke Mambo: Mambo no. 8 by Dámaso Perez Prado choreo by. Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer, Samuel Chouinard, Ginette Cournoyer	The Pink Panther by Christophe Beck choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer, Samuel Chouinard, Ginette Cournoyer	Hawaiian Surf by The Kalua Beach Boys Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys Surf Crazy Finale by the Teen Beach Movie Cast
2021–22 [18]	Downtown Same Love Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis choreo. by Romain Haguenauer	Some Nights by fun. choreo. by Romain Haguenauer
2020–21	Tango: Cellblock Tango by John Kander, Fred Ebb Foxtrot: Roxie by John Kander, Fred Ebb Tango: Cellblock Tango by John Kander, Fred Ebb
2019–20 [19]	Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Waltz: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort by Michel Legrand	Histoire Sans Paroles En Pleine Face Dixie by Harmonium
2018–19 [20]	Tango: Cellblock Tango by John Kander, Fred Ebb Foxtrot: Roxie by John Kander, Fred Ebb Tango: Cellblock Tango by John Kander, Fred Ebb	Treasure by Bruno Mars Talking to the Moon by Bruno Mars Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars	Tu t'laisses aller For Me Formidable by Charles Aznavour
2017–18 [5]	Salsation by David Shire No Hay Problema by Pink Martini Salsation by David Shire	You Take My Breath Away by Queen Another One Bites the Dust by Queen	Can't Take My Eyes Off You
2016–17 [21]	The Way You Make Me Feel performed by Judith Hill The Way You Make Me Feel performed by Michael Jackson choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer	Tonight by Elton John Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer	While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles Come Together by The Beatles Can't Take My Eyes Off You
2015–16 [1]	Waltz: And the Waltz Goes On by Anthony Hopkins performed by André Rieu Polka: Susie (If You Knew Susie) performed by André Rieu Waltz: And the Waltz Goes On performed by André Rieu	While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love remix) Come Together Dear Prudence Cry Baby Cry (Love remix) by The Beatles	Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
2014–15 [22]	Bamboléo Habla me Volare by Gipsy Kings	Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

Competitive highlights

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

With Le Gac

For Canada

International[7]
Event	21–22	22–23
Four Continents	6th
GP Skate America		3rd
GP Skate Canada		5th
CS U.S. Classic		4th
National
Canadian Champ.	5th
SC Challenge	3rd
Quebec Sectionals	1st

For France

International[7]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21
Olympics				17th
World Champ.			21st	13th	14th	C
European Champ.			12th	12th	10th
GP France			6th		6th	8th	C
GP NHK Trophy			6th	8th
GP Rostelecom Cup				8th
GP Skate America						8th
GP Skate Canada					4th
CS Alpen Trophy					3rd
CS Autumn Classic			5th	6th		3rd
CS Finlandia					3rd
CS Golden Spin	9th
CS Warsaw Cup						1st
Bavarian Open						2nd
Cup of Nice			1st	3rd
Open d'Andorra	2nd
International: Junior[7]
World Junior Champ.		8th
JGP Final		5th
JGP Austria		2nd
JGP Spain		1st
National
French Champ.	2nd	1st J	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	C
Masters	2nd	1st J	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd
Team events
World Team Trophy			6th T 6th P
Olympics				10th T 6th P
J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Chiasson

National
Event	2012–13
Canadian Championships	8th N
N = Novice level

References

External links

Media related to Marie-Jade Lauriault at Wikimedia Commons

• Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac at the International Skating Union

На других языках

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[ru] Лорьо, Мари-Жад

Мари-Жад Лорьо (фр. Marie-Jade Lauriault; род. 10 ноября 1996, Лаваль) — французская фигуристка, выступающая в танцах на льду в паре с Романом Ле Гаком. Она является победительницей международного Кубка Ниццы (2016), этапа юниорского Гран-при в Испании (2015) и двукратным серебряным призером чемпионата Франции. Они участвовали в Олимпийских играх 2018 года, заняв 17-е место в соревнованиях танцоров и 10-е в командном турнире.

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