Nicolas Nadeau
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| Born | September 30, 1997 Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Boisbriand, Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Yvan Desjardins | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | CPA Boisbriand | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Personal life
Nadeau was born on September 30, 1997 in Montreal, Quebec. He has three older sisters. He enjoys skiing in addition to figure skating.[1]
Career
Nadeau began skating in 2003.[1] He is coached by Yvan Desjardins since 2011 or earlier.[2] In 2011, he named Kurt Browning and Shawn Sawyer as his figure skating idols.[2]
Competing on the junior level, Nadeau placed 6th at the 2013 Canadian Championships and 4th in 2014.
2014–15 season
Nadeau made his international debut in the 2014–15 season, being selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He placed 5th at his first JGP event, in Aichi, Japan, and 10th 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]
2015–16 season
In 2015–16, Nadeau started his season at the JGP in Riga, Latvia; he finished 5th after placing second in the short program and 7th 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 5th 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 8th in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.
Skating technique
Unlike most skaters, Nadeau jumps and spins clockwise.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2016–17 [4] |
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| 2014–15 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[6] | |||||
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| Event | 12–13 | 13–12 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| CS Golden Spin | TBD | ||||
| International: Junior[6] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 25th | 2nd | |||
| JGP Croatia | 10th | 2nd | |||
| JGP Japan | 5th | ||||
| JGP Latvia | 5th | ||||
| National[6] | |||||
| Canadian Champ. | 6th J | 4th J | 1st J | 5th | |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew J = Junior level | |||||
References
- ^ a b c "Nicolas NADEAU: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Haspeck, Josianne (November 10, 2011). "Nicolas Nadeau parmi les vedettes sur patins". Nord Info et Voix des Mille-Iles (in French).
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Slater, Paula (September 10, 2015). "Canada's Nadeau ready for senior challenge". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Nicolas NADEAU: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Nicolas NADEAU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Competition Results: Nicolas NADEAU". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Nicolas Nadeau at Wikimedia Commons