Fiona Bombardier

Fiona Bombardier (born January 26, 2005) is a Canadian pair skater. With her current skating partner, Benjamin Mimar, she is the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup bronze medalist.

As a single skater, Bombardier is the 2023 Canadian national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Bombardier was born on 26 January 2005 to parents Josée Chouinard and Jean-Michel Bombardier, both former competitive figure skaters for Canada. She has a twin brother, Noah.

As of 2025, Bombardier is a student at the University of Guelph.

Career

Early years

Despite skating from a young age, Bombardier would later say that she had been unaware of her mother's successful career as a competitive figure skater until she was ten. She initially trained at the Newmarket Skating Club, before moving to the Richmond Training Centre circa 2018.

When the 2020–21 edition of Skate Canada Challenge was held virtually in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bombardier won the short program in the junior women's competition, but dropped to sixth overall after coming tenth in the free skate segment. She enjoyed more success the following season, winning the silver medal at the 2022 Canadian Junior Championships. Following this result she was assigned to make her international debut at the Egna Spring Trophy. Initially sixth after the short program, she came second in the free skate, rising to third overall and capturing the bronze medal. Bombardier said that "the score was satisfying, and I accomplished my goals."

2022–23 season

In November, Bombardier was assigned to the 2022 IceChallenge, coming sixth in the junior category. The following month, competing as a senior in the domestic field, she took the gold medal at the Skate Canada Challenge. Third after the short program, she won the free skate and the competition, saying afterward that "I was here to battle for gold. I knew what I was able to do and just fought for it."

Bombardier entered the 2023 Canadian Championships as a podium contender, and finished third in the short program. She went on to maintain her standing in the free skate, winning the bronze medal, despite difficulties on her double Axel jumps. Following her success at the national championship, Bombardier was assigned to make her international senior debut at the Coupe de Printemps, and was under consideration as one of Canada's two women's entries at the 2023 World Team Trophy. However, after sustaining a concussion in practice, she had to end her season prematurely. She later remarked that the "only reason I cried is not being able to go to the competition, not even because of the pain."

2023–24 season

In the off-season, Bombardier contemplated exploring the pair skating discipline that her father had found success in, noting "he really liked it, so I wanted to try it as well. I struggled a lot with the triple toe combo, and I know that's a big element for international in senior ladies. So I decided, why not try pairs?" Coach Bruno Marcotte invited her to partner with Gabriel Farand, whose prior partnership had just ended.

While beginning her pairs career, Bombardier continued to compete as a singles skater, citing success that Lia Pereira had the prior season doing both at the same time. Making her Challenger debut at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. She placed eleventh at the event. Despite difficulties in the free skate, she said that "I was still here to gain some experience and have a good time and that's what I did." At Skate Canada Challenge, Bombardier/Farand won the silver medal in the senior pairs event, while she came ninth in the women's.

Concluding the season at the 2024 Canadian Championships, Bombardier/Farand were fifth in the pairs event. In the women's event, Bombardier struggled, finishing sixteenth. Coach Marcotte said afterward that she "is going to have to make a choice, for sure. At the end of the day, to be a World contender doing both … no, it's not sustainable."

2024–25 season

Following the 2023–24 season, Farand decided to retire from competitive skating. Bombardier quickly formed a new partnership with Benjamin Mimar, who had previously been a national silver medalist with partner Brooke McIntosh. The new team trained under Mimar's coach Andrew Evans. The new team were assigned to make their Challenger debut at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup. They won the bronze medal in Warsaw, Bombardier's first international pair podium appearance. Soon after, she learned that what she had heretofore believed to be a minor hand injury was actually a fractured bone, which affected their training in advance of the national championships.

At the 2025 Canadian Championships, Bombardier/Mimar finished in fourth place. They were named as first alternates to the Canadian team for the Four Continents and World Championships.

Programs

With Mimar

As a single skater

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Mimar

Pair skating with Farand

Women's singles

References

External links

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Fiona Bombardier
at SkatingScores.com
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Fiona Bombardier / Benjamin Mimar
at SkatingScores.com

Fiona Bombardier / Gabriel Farand
at SkatingScores.com

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2005 births
Living people
Canadian female single skaters
Canadian female pair skaters
Sportspeople from Newmarket, Ontario
21st-century Canadian sportswomen