Thierry Ferland

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Thierry Ferland
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1997-08-03) August 3, 1997 (age 26)
Quebec City, Canada
Home town Lévis, Quebec, Canada
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Partner Lori-Ann Matte
Coach Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte
Former coach Martine Simard
Skating club CPA St. Romuald - St. Jean Levis
Training locations Montréal, Quebec
Former training locations Lévis, Quebec
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 142.51
2018 Junior Worlds
Short program 50.78
2017 Junior Worlds
Free skate 92.37
2018 Junior Worlds

Thierry Ferland (born August 3, 1997) is a Canadian pair skater. With his skating partner, Lori-Ann Matte, he is the 2018 Canadian national junior champion and finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2017, 2018).

Personal life

Thierry Ferland was born August 3, 1997, in Quebec City, Canada.[1] After attending Cégep de Sainte-Foy,[2] he enrolled at Université Laval, where he is studying teaching through distance education.[3][4]

Career

Early years

Ferland began learning to skate in 2003.[1] He teamed up with Lori-Ann Matte around 2010.[5] The pair won the novice bronze medal at the 2015 Canadian Championships and the novice silver medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.[6][7] The following season, they moved up to the junior level and placed 6th at the 2016 Canadian Championships.

2016–2017 season

Matte/Ferland made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in September 2016. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships, they were assigned to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. The pair ranked 7th in the short program, 12th in the free skate, and 9th overall at the competition in Taiwan. They were coached by Martine Simard in Lévis, Quebec, until the end of the season.[8] In May 2017, they relocated to Montréal.[3]

2017–2018 season

The pair lost several weeks of training after Matte broke her elbow, in autumn 2017.[9] In January, Matte/Ferland won the junior pairs' title at the 2018 Canadian Championships.[10] They placed 10th in the short program, 7th in the free skate, and 9th overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9] Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte coached the pair in Montréal.[11]

2018–2019 season

Making their senior international debut, Matte/Ferland placed fifth at the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International in September.

Programs

(with Matte)

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[1]
  • Ameksa (District 78 Remix)
    performed by Taalbi Brothers
  • Sendero
    performed by Compania Talent Danza
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2017–2018
[11]
  • Down the Road
    by C2C
  • Happy
    by C2C, Derek Martin
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2016–2017
[8]
2015–2016
[12]
  • Too Darn Hot
    by Cole Porter
    choreo. by Marc-Olivier Bossé

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Matte

International[13]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
CS Autumn Classic 5th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds 9th 9th
JGP Belarus 8th
JGP Czech Republic 6th
JGP Poland 12th
JGP Russia 4th
Bavarian Open 2nd
National[7][13]
Canadian Champ. 5th N 3rd N 6th J 2nd J 1st J
Canada Games 2nd N
Challenge 7th N 2nd N 2nd J 2nd J 1st J 2nd
Challenge, East 3rd P
Section Québec 4th P 2nd N 1st N 1st J 1st
Levels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice; J = Junior

References

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