Catharina Guedes Tibau (; born August 15, 2006) is a Brazilian ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Cayden Dawson, she was part of the first team in the country to ever qualify for an ISU championship, after getting their minimum technical scores for an ISU Junior World Championships entry.
Personal life Tibau was born to Ricardo Tibau and Mariana Guedes Tibau in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. When she was four years old, they immigrated to Canada. There, her younger sister, Dominique Guedes Tibau, was born.
Career Early career Catharina Guedes Tibau began skating in 2012. Until the age of 10, she competed only in the singles discipline, however, she then decided to try ice dance in 2016 and teamed up with Nicholas Grozdanovski. They ended their partnership in 2020, when Guedes Tibau also stopped competing in singles, at the pre-novice level.
2021–22 season Guedes Tibau started a new team with Cayden Dawson in 2021, who agreed to compete for Brazil, her home country. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented them from making their international debut at that time, making them wait until the next season to officially represent Brazil.
2022–23 season: Junior Grand Prix debut Guedes Tibau/Dawson announced their partnership publicly on their Instagram account in July. Shortly after, they were invited to skate in the exhibition gala of the 2022 Brazilian Championships. In August, Guedes Tibau/Dawson competed domestically in Canada representing their skating club in the qualifiers for the Ontario Sectionals, where they finished in fifth place.
In early September 2022, the team made their Junior Grand Prix debut at the event in Riga, Latvia.They set a new national record in the Junior Grand Prix series for ice dance, surpassing the previous record held by Karolina Calhoun and Michael Valdez in 2018. They concluded the competition in the eleventh position, achieving the free dance minimum technical element score necessary for a 2023 and 2024 Junior World Championships entry. The team concluded their first participation in the series with a twentieth-place finish at the 2022 JGP Italy in October.
They made another attempt to meet the minimum technical element score required for the Rhythm Dance in order to compete at the 2023 Junior Worlds at the 2022 Open D'Andorra, but were unsuccessful. This competition marked the end of the season for them, and the team began working on their programs for the next season.
2023-24 season: World Junior Championships debut ce 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 ISU World Junior Championships spot.This marked a historic achievement, as it was the first time Brazil had an ice dance team qualified for an ISU championship. At JGP Osaka they finished 11th out of 12 teams. 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. After the split, she changed coaches to the Ice Academy of Montreal, London Campus.
Programs With Dawson Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition gala 2023–2024 Slow Hand Jump (For My Love) Are You Lonesome Tonight? Heartbreak Hotel 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
With Dawson for Brazil JGP: Junior Grand Prix International: Junior Event 22–23 23–24Junior Worlds30th Austria 14th Italy 20th Japan 11th Latvia 11th Lake Placid I.D.I 10th Open d'Andorra 7th Santa Claus Cup8th National Ontario Sectionals 5th J 5th J J = Junior level
With Grozdanovski for Canada National Event 18–19 19–20 Skate Canada Challenge 14th P 3rd P P = Pre-Novice level
Detailed results
With Cayden Dawson DateEventRDFDTotal 2023-24 seasonFebruary 28-March 1, 20232024 World Junior Championships30 39.62FNR -30 39.62December 1–03, 202317th Santa Claus Cup8 46.278 68.618 114.88September 14–16, 2023JGP Osaka 202311 41.1011 60.3711 101.47August 31-September 2, 2023JGP Cup of Austria 202313 42.8414 66.1014 108.94August 1–2, 20232023 Lake Placid Ice Dance International10 37.4910 63.9810 101.47July 20–22, 20232023 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - July7 42.624 72.415 115.032022-23 seasonNovember 16–20, 2022Open D'Andorra 20227 39.477 60.637 100.10October 11–15, 2022JGP Egna Neukmart 202220 37.8218 58.9820 96.80September 7–10, 2022JGP Riga Cup 202211 37.9910 70.8311 108.82August 19–21, 20222022 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - August5 46.095 65.005 111.09 ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Small medals for rhythm and free dances awarded at ISU Championships only.
FNR = Final not reached
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