Thomas Nabais (born 25 May 2000) is a French

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r. With his skating partner,

Marie Dupayage Marie Dupayage (born 9 August 2000) is a French ice dancer. With her skating partner, Thomas Nabais, she is the 2023 World University Games champion and has won thre bronze medals at ISU Challenger Series events (2022 CS Nepela Memorial, 2022 ...

, he is the 2023 World University Games champion and has won three bronze medals at

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

events (

2022 CS Nepela Memorial The 2022 CS Nepela Memorial was held on September 29–October 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was part of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance. Entries The ...

, 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, and 2023 CS Warsaw Cup).

Personal life

Nabais was born on 25 May 2000 in

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, France, a suburb of

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Career

Early years

Nabais began learning to skate in 2008. Skating with

, he made his junior international debut in November 2016 at the

Tallinn Trophy The Tallinn Trophy is an international figure skating competition, typically held in November or December in Tallinn, Estonia. In some years, its senior categories are included in the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles ...

. Dupayage/Nabais placed 14th at their first

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(JGP) event, JGP Austria, in late August 2017. Their best JGP results were seventh in Latvia and Italy in September and October 2019, respectively.

2021–22 season

Dupayage/Nabais' senior international debut came in October 2021; they placed fifth at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and had the same result at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. In December, they finished fourth at the

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. In January 2022, they won silver at the

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, Germany.

2022–23 season

Dupayage/Nabais began their season by winning bronze at the

and then silver at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in October. In November, they placed ninth at the

2022 Grand Prix de France The 2022 Grand Prix de France was the third event in the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Angers on November 4–6. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of ...

, their first

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appearance, and then took bronze at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. After coming fifth at the French Championships, Dupayage/Nabais were assigned to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games. They won the gold medal, in an upset victory over the favoured American team McNamara/ Spiridonov. Both said it was a result to "savour."

2023–24 season

Domestically, Dupayage/Nabais began the season with a silver medal at the

Master's de Patinage The Master's de Patinage is an annual figure skating test competition held in September in Villard de Lans, France. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes refe ...

competition. They then placed fifth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. Again given one

assignment, Dupayage/Nabais were seventh at the 2023 Grand Prix de France.

Programs

With Dupayage

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Dupayage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nabais, Thomas 2000 births Living people French male ice dancers People from Vitry-sur-Seine Competitors at the 2023 Winter World University Games Medalists at the 2023 Winter World University Games Universiade medalists in figure skating FISU World University Games gold medalists for France