Nicolas Nadeau (born September 30, 1997) is a retired Canadian competitive

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. Competing in

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with girlfriend Emmanuelle Proft, they are the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International bronze medallists. Nadeau previously competed as a singles skater, enjoying notable success at the junior level, where he won the silver medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships. He was also the 2015 Canadian national junior champion.

Personal life

Nadeau was born on September 30, 1997, in

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. He has three older sisters – Tania, Paméla, and Mélissa. He enjoys skiing in addition to figure skating.

Career

Early years

Nadeau began learning to skate in 2003. He has been coached by Yvan Desjardins since the summer 2004. Competing on the junior level, Nadeau placed sixth at the 2013 Canadian Championships and fourth in

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2014–2015 season

Nadeau made his international debut in the 2014–2015 season, being selected to compete on the

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(JGP) series. He placed fifth at his first JGP event, in

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, and tenth in

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. He became the national junior champion at the 2015 Canadian Championships in

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. This earned him a berth to the 2015 World Junior Championships in

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, Estonia, but he missed qualifying for the free skate by one spot, having placed 25th in the short program.

2015–2016 season

In 2015–2016, Nadeau started his season at the JGP in

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; he finished fifth after placing second in the short program and seventh in the free skate. He won the silver medal at his second JGP event, in

, Croatia, finishing 0.38 points behind the gold medallist,

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. In January 2016, Nadeau placed fifth on the senior level at the 2016 Canadian Nationals and was given Canada's sole spot in men's singles at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. Competing in March at Junior Worlds, he qualified for the final segment by placing eighth in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.

2016–2017 season

Nadeau withdrew from his JGP assignments due to an ankle injury, which occurred while practising a quad

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and took about three months to heal. He returned to competition at the

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, his first senior international, and finished 11th. At the 2017 Canadian Championships, he placed fifth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fourth overall.

2017–2018 season

Nadeau began his season at the 2017 Nepela Trophy, where he placed sixth. He then made his debut appearance on the senior Grand Prix at the 2017 Skate Canada International, where he placed seventh. He placed ninth at the 2018 Canadian Championships.

2018–2019 season

Beginning the season at the 2018 Finlandia Trophy, Nadeau placed fourth, less than four points behind from bronze medallist

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. Nadeau said that he needed to work on executing the one

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in his free skate. He subsequently competed in the short program at his lone Grand Prix assignment for the year, the

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, but withdrew for medical reasons. At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Nadeau placed seventh in the short program after singling his triple Axel attempt and receiving a negative Grade of Execution on his quadruple toe loop. He rallied in the free skate, where he placed fourth and moved up to sixth place overall. While he finished sixth overall, three of the skaters who finished ahead of him (

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, Joseph Phan and

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) were ineligible to compete as seniors due to either their age or a lack of the required minimum technical scores, and consequently, Nadeau was named to Canada's team for the 2019 Four Continents Championships, when he finished eleventh.

2019–2020 season

After withdrawing from the 2019 CS U.S. Classic, Nadeau competed on the

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at the

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. Eighth in the short program with a clean skate, but for a problematic landing on his triple loop, he rose to seventh overall after a sixth-place free skate. He was seventh as well at the

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. Nadeau placed fifth at the 2020 Canadian Championships.

2020–2021 season

Nadeau was assigned to compete at the

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, but the event was cancelled as a result of the

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. With the pandemic continuing to make it difficult to hold in-person events, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge was held virtually, and Nadeau placed sixth. The 2021 Canadian Championships were cancelled.

2022–2023 season

On August 25, 2021, Nadeau announced that he would be retiring from singles skating to take up

with partner Emmanuelle Proft. Proft/Nadeau competed only domestically during the 2022–23 season, finishing fifth at the 2023 Canadian Championships.

2023–2024 season

Proft/Nadeau made their international debut at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International, winning the bronze medal. On October 24, 2023, Proft/Nadeau announced their retirement.

Programs

With Proft

Single Skating

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Proft

Singles career

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Pairs

With Proft

Senior level

''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadeau, Nicolas 1997 births Canadian male single skaters Canadian male pair skaters Living people People from Boisbriand Sportspeople from Laurentides Figure skaters from Montreal World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Canadian sportsmen