Nicolas Nadeau (born September 30, 1997) is a retired Canadian competitive figure skater. Competing in pair skating with his partner 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 Montreal, Quebec. 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 2014.

2014–2015 season Nadeau made his international debut in the 2014–2015 season, being selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. He placed fifth at his first JGP event, in Aichi, Japan, and tenth in Zagreb, Croatia. He became the national junior champion at the 2015 Canadian Championships in Kingston, Ontario. This earned him a berth to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, 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 Riga, Latvia; 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 Zagreb, Croatia, finishing 0.38 points behind the gold medallist, Alexander Samarin.

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 Debrecen, 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 toe loop jump and took about three months to heal. He returned to competition at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, 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 Morisi Kvitelashvili. Nadeau said that he needed to work on executing the one quadruple jump in his free skate. He subsequently competed in the short program at his lone Grand Prix assignment for the year, the 2018 Internationaux de France, 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 (Stephen Gogolev, Joseph Phan and Conrad Orzel) 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 Grand Prix at the 2019 Skate Canada International. 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 2019 Internationaux de France.

Nadeau placed fifth at the 2020 Canadian Championships.

2020–2021 season Nadeau was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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 pair skating 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. He currently skates professionally for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.

Programs With Proft Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2023–24 Way Down We Go Suite Madame Blue I Hear a Symphony

Single skating Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2020–2021 Don't Fall in Love Roadhouse Blues People Are Strange Break On Through 2019–2020 Enjoy the Silence It's No Good I Feel You Somebody Personal Jesus Just Can't Get Enough 2018–2019 A Wink and a Smile 2017–2018 Elvis Presley medley: Also sprach Zarathustra That's All Right Bridge over Troubled Water Blue Suede Shoes Daniella Denmark 2016–2017 For Me, Formidable Je m'voyais déjà 2015–2016 Mary Poppins A Spoonful of Sugar One Man Band Pavement Artist Chim Chim Cher-ee Overture Je m'voyais déjà 2014–2015 The Puss Suite

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Proft International Event 22–23 23–24 Autumn Classic 3rd National Canadian Champ. 5th SC Challenge 4th TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Singles career GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 Four Continents 11th France WD 7th Skate Canada 7th 7th C Finlandia Trophy 4th Golden Spin 11th Nepela Trophy 6th U.S. Classic WD International: Junior Junior Worlds 25th 2nd 12th Croatia 10th 2nd Japan 5th Latvia 5th Bavarian Open 1st National Canadian Champ. 6th J 4th J 1st J 5th 4th 9th 6th 5th C SC Challenge 2nd J. 1st 2nd 4th 6th TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled J = Junior level

Detailed results Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Pairs With Proft 2023–2024 season Date Event SP FS Total September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 3 58.44 5 106.95 3 165.39 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total January 9–15, 2023 2023 Canadian Championships 6 57.74 5 107.07 5 164.81 Nov. 30 – Dec. 3, 2022 2023 Skate Canada Challenge 3 60.56 5 97.91 4 158.47

Senior level Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. 2020–2021 season Date Event SP FS Total January 8–17, 2021 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 6 79.72 9 130.36 6 210.08 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total January 13–19, 2020 2020 Canadian Championships 6 73.83 5 145.27 5 219.10 November 1–3, 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 9 69.42 6 148.26 7 217.68 October 25–27, 2019 2019 Skate Canada International 8 75.22 6 147.11 7 222.33 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS TotalFebruary 7–10, 20192019 Four Continents Championships 11 74.44 11 135.21 11 209.65 January 14–20, 2019 2019 Canadian National Championships 7 70.16 4 153.74 6 223.90 November 23–25, 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 11 61.46 WD WD October 4–7, 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 4 79.17 5 148.59 4 227.76 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total January 8–14, 2018 2018 Canadian Championships 6 79.56 10 147.95 9 227.51 October 27–29, 2017 2017 Skate Canada International 9 74.23 6 155.20 7 229.43 September 21–23, 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 8 66.75 4 139.22 6 205.97

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