Thierry Ferland (born August 3, 1997) is a Canadian pair skater. With his former partner, Lori-Ann Matte, he is the 2018 Canadian national junior champion and finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2017, 2018).
Personal life Thierry Ferland was born on August 3, 1997, in Quebec City, Canada. After attending Cégep de Sainte-Foy, he enrolled at Université Laval, where he is studying teaching through distance education.
Career
Early years Ferland began learning to skate in 2003. He teamed up with Lori-Ann Matte around 2010. The pair won the novice bronze medal at the 2015 Canadian Championships and the novice silver medal at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. The following season, they moved up to the junior level and placed 6th at the 2016 Canadian Championships.
2016–2017 season Matte/Ferland made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in September 2016. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships, they were assigned to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. The pair ranked 7th in the short program, 12th in the free skate, and 9th overall at the competition in Taiwan. They were coached by Martine Simard in Lévis, Quebec until the end of the season. In May 2017, they relocated to Montréal.
2017–2018 season The pair lost several weeks of training after Matte broke her elbow in the autumn of 2017. In January, Matte/Ferland won the junior pairs' title at the 2018 Canadian Championships. They placed 10th in the short program, 7th in the free skate, and 9th overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Sofia, Bulgaria. Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte coached the pair in Montréal.
2018–2019 season Making their senior international debut, Matte/Ferland placed fifth at the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International in September. They were fourth at the 2020 Canadian Championships.
2019–2020 season Competing at two Challenger events to begin the season, Matte/Ferland were eight at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic and seventh at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup. They placed fifth at the 2020 Canadian Championships.
2020–2021 season Matte/Ferland were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. They made their competitive debut at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, the qualifying event for the national championships, winning the silver medal.
Matte/Ferland were named as alternates to the 2021 World Championships. With Canada's mandatory two-week quarantine for returning athletes; however, no member of the World team was assigned to the 2021 World Team Trophy, and they assigned as Canada's entry in the pairs segment. They finished sixth in both the short and free programs, while Team Canada finished in sixth place overall.
2021–2022 season Matte/Ferland made their competitive debut at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where they placed seventh. Making their Grand Prix debut, they were seventh as well at the 2021 Skate Canada International. They placed fourth at the 2022 Canadian Championships. Assigned to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships, they finished sixth.
2022–2023 season The team began the season with a seventh-place finish at the 2022 CS U.S. Classic. Matte and Ferland were scheduled to compete on the Grand Prix at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, but had to withdraw due to injury.
2023–24 season Though no official announcement about their split happened, in August, Ferland was on the entry list for a Canadian domestic competition, Souvenir Georges-Ethier, with new partner, Gabriella Izzo. Izzo announced in an interview that she and Ferland would be representing Canada. The partnership was short-lived, however, as in November, Izzo announced her retirement from competitive skating.
2025–26 season In May 2025, it was announced that Ferland had teamed up with American-born pairs skater, Eliana Secunda, to compete for Canada.
The team debuted at the 2025 Skate Canada Challenge, where they won the silver medal. In January, Secunda/Ferland finished seventh at the 2026 Canadian Championships.
Programs (with Secunda) Season Short program Free skating 2025–2026 Maybe Desert
(with Matte) Season Short program Free skating 2021–2022 6's to 9 Waves 2020–2021 Awoo 2018–2019 Down the Road Happy Ameksa (District 78 Remix) Sendero 2017–2018 The Scientist 2016–2017 Too Darn Hot Life Is Beautiful Barcarolle Grand Hotel Valse Il gioco di Giosuè 2015–2016 Dream On
Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pair skating with Eliana Secunda
Pair skating with Lori-Ann Matte International Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 Four Continents 6th Skate Canada C 7th Autumn Classic 5th 7th U.S. Classic 8th 7th Warsaw Cup 7th 10th International: Junior Junior Worlds 9th 9th Belarus 8th Czech Rep. 6th Poland 12th Russia 4th Bavarian Open 2nd National Canadian Champ. 6th J 2nd J 1st J 4th 5th C 4th WD Skate Canada Challenge 2nd J 2nd J 1st J 2nd 2nd 2nd Team events World Team Trophy 6th T 6th P TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelledLevels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice; J = JuniorT = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.
Men's singles National Event 15–16 Canadian Champ. 14th J Skate Canada Challenge 11th J J = Junior
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