 Pineault at the2018 CS Autumn Classic | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1999-07-26)July 26, 1999 (age 26) |
| Home town | Varennes, Quebec |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Coach | Stéphane Yvars |
| Skating club | SC Varennes |
| Began skating | 2003 |
Alicia Pineault (French pronunciation:[pi.no]; born July 26, 1999) is a Canadianfigure skater.[5] She is the2016 Canadian national junior silver medalist and has represented Canada at twoFour Continents Championships, finishing within the top ten in 2020. She has also competed on theGrand Prix series.
Pineault was born on July 26, 1999, inMontreal.[6] She studied at École Secondaire de Mortagne before enrolling atCégep Édouard-Montpetit.[7]
Pineault began learning to skate in 2003.[6] Coached byStéphane Yvars and Françoise Parisé inBoucherville, she won silver in the novice ladies' category at the2015 Canadian Championships and silver in the junior ranks at the2016 Canadian Championships.[8]
In September 2016, Pineault appeared at theISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic, finishing tenth. Competing on the senior level, she placed seventh at the2017 Canadian Championships.
Making her international senior debut, Pineault placed sixth at the2017 CS U.S. Classic in September. In January, she finished eighth at the2018 Canadian Championships and was selected to compete at the2018 Four Continents Championships inTaipei; she placed fourteenth in the short program, twelfth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall in Taiwan.
Pineault finished sixth at the2018 CS Autumn Classic International. In October, she was invited to compete at her firstGrand Prix event, the2018 Skate Canada International, following the withdrawals ofGabrielle Daleman andLarkyn Austman.[9] Pineault had to withdraw from the2019 Canadian Championships after spraining her ankle in two places in the practice sessions.[10]
Pineault placed seventh at the2019 CS U.S. Classic at the beginning of the season. Competing atSkate Canada International for the second consecutive season, she was eleventh of twelve skaters.[11]
Pineault placed first in the short program at the2020 Canadian Championships despite having an underrotation called on the second part of her jump combination.[10] She had more difficulty in the free skate, landing only two triple jumps cleanly, and dropped to fourth place overall.[12] Because national championEmily Bausback lacked the senior technical minimum for the short program to be assigned to the2020 World Championships,Skate Canada deferred making a decision about assigning its two berths there until after the2020 Four Continents Championships inSeoul. As national bronze medalistMadeline Schizas was ineligible for international senior competitions, Pineault was assigned to Four Continents along with Bausback and silver medalistAlison Schumacher.[13]
At theFour Continents, Pineault placed tenth with personal best results in both the free skate and total score.[14] She was the highest-ranking Canadian woman at the event, besting Schumacher (in fourteenth place) by almost 23 points.[15] After Pineault's result at Four Continents, she was assigned to compete at the2020 World Championships,[16] The championships were subsequently cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[17]
Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,Grand Prix assignments were made based on training location, and Pineault was assigned to2020 Skate Canada International. After the event was cancelled, she announced that due to ongoing uncertainties surrounding the season, she would not compete the rest of the season. Pineault instead took the time to follow doctors' recommendations to "tune some physiological aspects" and recover from injuries.[18]
Returning to competition, Pineault was fifth at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge and then finished seventh at the2022 Canadian Championships.[19]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 [20] |
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| 2019–2020 [20] |
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| 2018–2019 [6] | ||
| 2017–2018 [21] | ||
| 2016–2017 [22] |
GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International[19] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 21–22 |
| World Championships | C | |||||
| Four Continents | 13th | 10th | ||||
| GPSkate Canada | 10th | 11th | ||||
| CSAutumn Classic | 6th | |||||
| CSU.S. Classic | 6th | 7th | ||||
| International: Junior[19] | ||||||
| JGPCzech Republic | 10th | |||||
| Autumn Classic | 2nd | 5th | ||||
| National[8] | ||||||
| Canadian Champ. | 2nd J | 7th | 8th | WD | 4th | 7th |