Simon Proulx-Sénécal

Simon Proulx-Sénécal (born December 6, 1991) is a Canadian-born ice dancer who competes with Tina Garabedian for Armenia. They are the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalists and reached the free dance at two European Championships (2016, 2017).

Simon Proulx-Sénécal
Proulx-Sénécal and Garabedian in 2018
Born (1991-12-06) December 6, 1991
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountryArmenia
CoachShae Zukiwsky, Shawn Winter
Began skating1999

Personal life

Simon Proulx-Sénécal was born on December 6, 1991 in LaSalle, Quebec, Canada, [1] of French Canadian heritage.[2] Proulx-Sénécal came out as gay.[3]

Career

Early years

Proulx-Sénécal switched from ice hockey to figure skating when he was seven years old and teamed up with his first partner at age twelve.[4] Competing with Josyane Cholette, he placed 11th in junior ice dancing at both the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Championships.[5] He and Christina Penkov were 15th on the junior level at the 2013 Canadian Championships.[6] During the next two seasons, he competed with Mélissande Dumas on the senior level. They finished 11th at the 2014 Canadian Championships and 12th in 2015.[7]

Partnership with Garabedian

In May 2015,[8] Proulx-Sénécal teamed up with Tina Garabedian to compete for Armenia. Making their international debut, they placed sixth at the 2015 Ice Challenge, a 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series (CS) event held in October in Graz, Austria. In December, they won their first CS medal – bronze at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January 2016, Garabedian/Proulx-Sénécal were one of twenty teams to qualify for the final segment at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, having ranked 20th in the short dance. They finished 18th overall after placing 18th in the free dance.

Programs

(with Garabedian)

Season Short dance Free dance
2021–2022
[9]
2019–2021
[10][11]
2017–2018
[12]
2016–2017
[13]
  • Blues
  • Swing
2015–2016
[1]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

With Garabedian for Armenia
International[14]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 19–20 21–22
Olympics18th
Worlds27th25th22ndC14th
Europeans18th19th19th17th13th
CS Golden Spin3rd11th15th4th
CS Ice Challenge6th
CS Nebelhorn8th4th
CS U.S. Classic9th6th
CS Warsaw Cup5th8th
Bavarian Open2nd
Budapest Trophy1st
Lake Placid IDI2nd
Santa Claus Cup2nd
Toruń Cup3rd
National[14]
Armenian1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

Earlier partnerships
National[5][6][7]
Event 2010–11
(with
Cholette)		 2011–12
(with
Cholette)		 2012–13
(with
Penkov)		 2013–14
(with
Dumas)		 2014–15
(with
Dumas)
Canadian Champ.11th J11th J15th J11th12th
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Not-Russia Does Great Figure Skating". Russian Life. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. Outsports: At least 35 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record, January 2022
  4. "Garabedian & Proulx-Senecal focus on the road ahead". ice-dance.com. July 20, 2016.
  5. "Competition Results: Josyane CHOLETTE / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
  6. "Competition Results: Christina PENKOV / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
  7. "Competition Results: Melissande DUMAS / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
  8. Lamarre, Sylvain (October 24, 2015). "Tina Garabedian rêve de représenter l'Arménie aux Olympiques" [Tina Garabedian dreams of representing Armenia at the Olympics]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  9. "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021.
  10. "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. "Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. "Competition Results: Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL". International Skating Union.

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