Cayden Dawson (born 22 February 2006) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner, Charlie Anderson, they represented their country in two Junior Grand Prix events in 2025, winning the silver medal at both the 2025 JGP Turkey and the 2025 JGP Thailand.
Together with his previous skating partner, Catharina Guedes Tibau, they were the first Brazilian team to ever qualify for an ISU championship, after getting their minimum technical scores for an ISU Junior World Championships entry.
Career Early career Dawson started skating in 2012. He competed in singles skating until 2020.
Ice dancing with Catharina Guedes Tibau for Brazil 2021–22 season Dawson switched to ice dance, teaming up with Catharina Guedes Tibau in 2021. He agreed to represent Brazil, Guedes Tibau's birthplace. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented them from officially competing, making the upcoming team wait until the next season to gain international experience.
2022–23 season: Junior Grand Prix debut Guedes Tibau/Dawson announced their partnership publicly on their Instagram account in July. In the same month, they were invited to skate in the exhibition gala of the 2022 Brazilian Championships. In August, Tibau/Dawson competed domestically in Canada representing their skating club in the qualifiers for the Ontario Sectionals, where they finished in fifth place.
Coached by Marc-André Servant, Carol Lane, Jon Lane, and Juris Razgulajevs, the team made their Junior Grand Prix debut at the event in Riga, Latvia. They broke the national score in the discipline, which was previously held by Karolina Calhoun and Michael Valdez, finishing the competition in eleventh place. The duo ended their first participation in the series with the twentieth place at the 2022 JGP Italy in October.
Guedes Tibau/Dawson took another chance in achieving the minimum TES for the Rhythm Dance needed in order to compete at the 2023 Junior Worlds at the 2022 Open D'Andorra, without succeeding. This competition finished the season for them and the team started to work on the next season's programs shortly after.
2023–24 season Guedes Tibau/Dawson started their season at the 2023 Lake Placid International, with a tenth-place finish in both segments and in the total score. They were assigned two Junior Grand Prix spots, at Linz and Osaka.
At the 2023 JGP Cup of Austria, they first achieved the rhythm dance minimum technical element score required for a 2024 Junior World Championships spot, making it the first time ever for Brazil to have an ice dance team qualified for an ISU championship. After not qualifying for the free skating round at the 2024 ISU World Junior Championships, they announced the end of their partnership on March 22, 2024.
Ice dancing with Charlie Anderson for Canada 2024–25 season Prior to the season, Dawson teamed up with fellow Canadian ice dance, Charlie Anderson, and relocated to London, Ontario to train under Scott Moir, Cara Moir, Sheri Moir, Madison Hubbell, Adrián Díaz, and Justin Trojek. It was subsequently announced that Anderson/Dawson would represent Canada.
Making their national debut, the pair finished eighth at the 2025 Canadian Junior Championships.
2025–26 season Anderson/Dawson began the season by making their junior international debut on the 2025–26 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, winning the silver medal at 2025 JGP Turkey.
Personal life Dawson was born in Toronto, Canada. He holds dual citizenship of both Canada and the United Kingdom, his parents' homeland.
Programs With Anderson Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition gala 2025–2026 I'm Too Sexy Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) Ice Ice Baby Leave a Light On (Acoustic) Leave A Light On (Instrumental) The Scientist
With Guedes Tibau Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition gala 2023–2024 Slow Hand Jump (For My Love) Jailhouse Rock 2022–2023 Spanish Waltz Bordoneo y 900 (I've Had) The Time of My Life These Arms of Mine Do You Love Me
Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Charlie Anderson (for Canada)
Ice dance with Catharina Guedes Tibau (for Brazil) Event 22–23 23–24World Junior Championships30th Austria 14th Italy 20th Japan 11th Latvia 11th Lake Placid Ice Dance 10th Open d'Andorra 7th Santa Claus Cup8th
Detailed results ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Small medals for rhythm and free dances awarded at ISU Championships only.
With Charlie Anderson 2025–26 season Date Event RD FD Total September 10-13, 2025 2025 JGP Thailand. 2 60.04 2 90.73 2 150.77 August 27–30, 2025 2025 JGP Turkey 2 58.67 2 91.14 2 149.79 July 17–20, 2025 2025 Skate Canada NextGen 2 51.92 3 82.55 3 134.472024–25 season Date Event RD FD Total January 14–19, 2025 2025 Canadian Junior Championships 11 48.77 7 78.34 8 127.11
With Catharina Guedes Tibau DateEventRDFDTotal 2023–24 seasonFebruary 28-March 1, 20242024 World Junior Championships30 39.62–30 39.62December 1–3, 20232023 Santa Claus Cup 8 46.278 68.618 114.88September 14–16, 20232023 JGP Osaka11 41.1011 60.3711 101.47August 31-September 2, 20232023 JGP Austria13 42.8414 66.1014 108.94August 1–2, 20232023 Lake Placid Ice Dance International10 37.4910 63.9810 101.472022–23 seasonNovember 16–20, 20222022 Open d'Andorra7 39.477 60.637 100.10October 11–15, 20222022 JGP Italy20 37.8218 58.9820 96.80September 7–10, 20222022 JGP Latvia11 37.9910 70.8311 108.82
References
External links
Cayden Dawson on Instagram Catharina Guedes Tibau & Cayden Dawson on Instagram