Loucas Éthier

Loucas Éthier (born June 3, 2000) is a Canadian pair skater. With his skating partner, Kelly Ann Laurin, he is the 2022 Skate America bronze medallist.

Loucas Éthier
Born (2000-06-03) June 3, 2000
Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby, Quebec, Canada
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada Canada
PartnerKelly Ann Laurin
CoachStéphanie Valois, Yvan Desjardins, Violaine Émard
Skating clubBromont sur Glace
Began skating2003

Personal life

Loucas Éthier was born on June 3, 2000.[1] His mother, Sonia Gougeon, is an ice skating coach.[2] He has also worked as a skating coach and completed a firefighting course.[2]

Career

Early years

Éthier began learning to skate in 2003.[1] He placed eleventh in the junior men's event at the 2019 Canadian Championships.

He started skating pairs in partnership with Camille Audelin-Dubé.[2] Laurin began learning to skate in 2011.[1] In 2018, he teamed up with Kelly Ann Laurin. The two won gold in the novice pairs' event at the 2019 Canadian Championships.[3]

2019–20 season

Laurin/Éthier appeared at one ISU Junior Grand Prix event, placing sixth in Poland. They became junior national bronze medallists at the 2020 Canadian Championships and were assigned to the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they finished fourteenth.[3]

2020–21 season

Laurin/Éthier placed second in junior pairs at the Skate Canada Challenge, a qualifier for the 2021 Canadian Championships. The latter event was cancelled, along with many internationals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021–22 season

The pair moved up to the senior ranks for the 2021–22 season. They placed sixth at the 2022 Canadian Championships.[3]

2022–23 season

Making their senior international debut, Laurin/Éthier placed fifth at the 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.[3] They were then invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America. In a pairs field marked by the absence of Russian competitors as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Laurin/Éthier won the bronze medal, which he called "a big deal for us."[4] They were seventh at Skate Canada International the following weekend.[3]

Following the Grand Prix, Laurin/Éthier won the bronze medal at the 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge to qualify to the 2023 Canadian Championships.[5] They finished third in the short program at the national championships, but in the free skate they were overtaken by Pereira/Michaud for the bronze medal.[6] Despite finishing fourth overall, they were named to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships.[7] Laurin/Éthier finished seventh at the event, setting new personal bests in the process.[8]

2023–24 season

Laurin/Éthier finished sixth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start their season.[9]

Programs
with Laurin
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[10]
  • All Right Now
    by Superhuman
    choreo. by Mark Pillay
2022–2023
[1]
  • All Right Now
    by Superhuman
    choreo. by Mark Pillay
Money Heist:
2019–2020
[11]

Competitive highlights

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

Pair skating with Laurin
International[3]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Four Continents7th
GP NHK TrophyTBD
GP Skate America3rd
GP Skate Canada7thTBD
CS Nebelhorn6th
CS U.S. Classic5th
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds14th
JGP Poland6th
Bavarian Open1st
National[12]
Canadian Champ.1st N3rd JC6th4th
SC Challenge2nd N8th J2nd J4th3rd
Section Québec2nd N2nd J1st J1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
C = Cancelled; WD = Withdrew


Single skating
National
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Canadian Champ.13th N10th N15th J11th J
SC Challenge5th P13th N17th N16th J14th J
Section Québec5th J1st J
Levels: P = Pre-Novice; N = Novice; J = Junior

References
  1. "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022.
  2. Gagnon, Jonathan (May 17, 2022). "Le rêve olympique de Loucas Éthier" [Loucas Éthier's Olympic dream]. La Voix de l'Est (Granby) (in French). Archived from the original on October 17, 2022.
  3. "Competition Results: Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2022.
  4. Slater, Paula (October 23, 2022). "Knierim and Frazier reclaim Skate America pairs' title". Golden Skate.
  5. "Men, pairs and ice dance titles awarded at 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge". Skate Canada. December 2, 2022.
  6. Flett, Ted (January 15, 2023). "Long awaited victory for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps". Golden Skate.
  7. "Skate Canada names teams for 2023 ISU championships". Skate Canada. January 15, 2023.
  8. "Canada wins silver and bronze at ISU Four Continents Championships". Skate Canada. February 12, 2023.
  9. "Pair skaters Pereira & Michaud narrowly miss podium at Nebelhorn Trophy event". Skate Canada. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  10. "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023.
  11. "Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.
  12. "Équipe du Québec 2021-2022: Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier" (PDF) (in French). Patinage Québec. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 6, 2022.
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