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ICE DANCE


Date of birth:	16.01.1992	Piper GILLES CAN
Place of birth:	Rockford USA
Height:	162 cm
Home town:	Toronto, ON
Profession:	student, athlete
Hobbies:	silver polishing, floor buffing, steaming the carpet, candle making
Start sk. / Club:	1994 / Scarboro FSC
Internet / Social Media contact:	https://twitter.com/PiperGilles, www.facebook.com/PaperGilles
Internet / Social Media contact (couple):	www.gillespoirier.com, skatetoday.com/gilles-poirier
Former Partners	Zachary Donohue, Timothy McKernan


Date of birth:	06.11.1991	Paul POIRIER CAN
Place of birth:	Ottawa ON
Height:	174 cm
Home town:	Unionville, ON
Profession:	student (linguistics), athlete
Hobbies:	blinking, sitting on chairs, drinking water, wearing socks
Start sk. / Club:	1996 / Scarboro FSC
Internet / Social Media contact:	https://twitter.com/PaulDPoirier
Internet / Social Media contact (couple):	www.gillespoirier.com, skatetoday.com/gilles-poirier
Former Partners	Vanessa Crone

Coach:	Carol and Jon Lane, Juris Razguliaevs
Choreographer:	Carol Lane, Juris Razguliaevs, Christopher Dean
Former Coach:
Practice low season:	30 h / week at Scarborough
Practice high season:	30 h / week at Scarborough

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2014/2015

Paso Doble: El Gato Montes
Spanish Waltz: Capriccio Espagnol by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2014/2015

A Street Car Named Desire
Overture from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Si tu voi ma mere by Sidney Bechet
Dans les rues d'Antibes by Sidney Bechet

Personal Best Total Score	165.22	27.03.2015	ISU World Championships 2015
Personal Best Score Short Dance	65.90	25.03.2015	ISU World Championships 2015
Personal Best Score Free Dance	99.32	27.03.2015	ISU World Championships 2015

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08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

2.(3)

2.J(2) / 4.S(3)

12.(3)

4.(3)

3.J(1) / 2.S(3)

14.(3)

7.(3)





9.(1)

3.J(1) / 2.S(3)

10.(3)

3.(3)

1.S(3)

3.S

18.

2.S

4.S

2.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2012 Windsor ON	2012	4.
ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2012 Paris	2012	6.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2013 Tokyo	2013	5.
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2013 Moscow	2013	6.

Internation Competition	Year	Place
Skate Canada Autumn Classic 2014 Barrie, ON	2014	2.
ISU GP Skate Canada International 2014 Kelowna, B.C.	2014	2.
ISU GP Trophee Bompard 2014 Bordeaux	2014	2.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2014/15 Barcelona	2014	5.

(1): Piper GILLES / Zachary DONOHUE (USA), (2): Piper GILLES / Timothy McKERNAN (USA) , (3): Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER (CAN)
Gilles/Poirier teamed up in 2011. He sucessfully competed before with Vanessa Crone. Gilles competed at the international junior level for the USA. Her brother Todd competed in Ice Dance and her twin sister Alexe in singles at the international level. Gilles received Canadian citizenship in December 2013.

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