Skate Canada Names Teams for 2023 ISU Championships

OSHAWA, ON (January 15, 2023) – Following the completion of the 2023 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, Skate Canada has named its teams for the three upcoming ISU Championships. The week-long championships were held at Oshawa’s Tribute Communities Centre from January 9-15, 2023 and featured junior and senior skaters across men’s, women’s, pair, ice dance and synchronized skating.

Skate Canada has a robust selection criteria for each ISU Championships to undertake the selection of athletes and teams who will represent Canada at these events. Skate Canada’s selection criteria for ISU Championships can be found on skatecanada.ca.

2023 ISU FOUR CONTINENTS FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
COLORADO SPRINGS, USA – FEBRUARY 7-12, 2023

Pair
Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Ethier
Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps

Ice Dance
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Soerensen
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha

Men
Stephen Gogolev
Keegan Messing
Conrad Orzel

Women
Sara-Maude Dupuis
Justine Miclette
Madeline Schizas

2023 ISU JUNIOR WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA – FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH 5, 2023

Pair
Ava Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov
Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher
Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor

Ice Dance
Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont
Sandrine Gauthier/ Quentin Thieren
Hailey Yu / Brendan Giang

Men
Wesley Chiu
Aleksa Rakic
Edward Nicholas Vasii

Women
Kaiya Ruiter

2023 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
SAITAMA, JAPAN – MARCH 20-26, 2023

Pair
Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar
Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps

Ice Dance
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Soerensen
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

Men
Keegan Messing
TBD

Women
Madeline Schizas

2023 ISU WORLD JUNIOR SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANGERS, FRANCE – MARCH 10-11, 2023

The two teams selected to represent Skate Canada at the 2023 ISU World Junior Synchronized Championships will be announced on or before February 11, 2023.

2023 ISU WORLD SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAKE PLACID, USA – MARCH 31 - APRIL 1, 2023

The two teams selected to represent Skate Canada at the 2023 ISU World Synchronized Championships will be announced on or before February 19, 2023.