Francis Boudreau-Audet (born November 8, 1993) is a Canadian

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, currently competing with Nadine Wang for Canada. He previously competed with Sumire Suto for Japan, and was the 2016

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champion and a two-time Japanese national champion.

Early career

Boudreau-Audet began learning to skate in 2001.

Partnership with Koga

His partnership with Japan's Ami Koga lasted two seasons. In December 2013, they were awarded the junior silver medal at the Japan Championships, having finished second to Sumire Suto / Konstantin Chizhikov. Making their international debut, they won silver in junior pairs at the Bavarian Open in February 2014. Koga/Boudreau-Audet competed in the

2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 18th season of a series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Medals were ...

series, placing 4th in

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and 6th in

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. In March 2015, they finished 6th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. They were coached by Richard Gauthier,

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, Cynthia Lemaire, and Sylvie Fullum in

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, Canada.

Partnership with Suto

2015–16 season

Boudreau-Audet teamed up with Japan's Sumire Suto in the spring of 2015. They decided to represent Japan in senior pairs, coached by Richard Gauthier and

, Canada. Their international debut came in December 2015 at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they placed 7th. Later that month, they won the Japanese national title, ahead of Marin Ono /

Wesley Killing Wesley Killing (born January 11, 1993) is a Canadian pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony ...

and Miu Suzaki /

Ryuichi Kihara is a Japanese pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impres ...

. In January 2016, Suto/Boudreau-Audet were awarded gold at the

. They went on the place 9th at the 2016 Four Continents in

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and 22nd at the 2016 World Championships in

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2016–17 season

Suto/Boudreau-Audet began their season on the Challenger Series, placing fourth at the 2016 U.S. International Classic. They finished 7th at their Grand Prix assignment, the 2016 NHK Trophy. The two repeated as Japanese national champions, outscoring Suzaki/Kihari by 14 points for the title.

Programs

With Suto

With Koga

Competitive highlights

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

With Wang

With Suto

With Koga

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudreau-Audet, Francis 1993 births Canadian male pair skaters Living people People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu