Profile – Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier
TEAM INFORMATION:
| Country: | Canada (CAN)  |
| Level: | Senior |
| Status: | Eligible |
| Club: | Scarboro FSC |
| Coach(es): | Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs |
| Choreographer(s): |
Juris Razgulajevs Carol Lane, Alexandra Crenian (RD) |
| Training Location: | Scarborough, ON (CAN) |
| Began Skating Together: | June 2011 |
ATHLETE INFORMATION:
| Piper Gilles | Paul Poirier | |
| Birth date: | January 16, 1992 | November 6, 1991 |
| Birth place: | Rockford, IL (USA) | Ottawa, ON (CAN) |
| Home town: | Toronto, ON (CAN) | Unionville, ON (CAN) |
| Started skating: | 1994 | 1996 |
| Former partner(s): | Zachary Donohue, Timothy McKernan | Vanessa Crone |
RESULTS:
| 2nd – 2024 Finlandia Trophy 1st – 2024 Skate Canada 2nd – 2024 World Championships 1st – 2024 Four Continents Championships 1st – 2024 Canadian National Championships 3rd – 2023 Grand Prix Final 1st – 2023 Cup of China 1st – 2023 Skate Canada 3rd – 2023 World Championships WD – 2023 Canadian National Championships 1st – 2022 Grand Prix Final 1st – 2022 Grand Prix Espoo 1st – 2022 Skate Canada 5th – 2022 World Championships 7th – 2022 Winter Olympics 1st – 2022 Canadian National Championships 2nd – 2021 Internationaux de France 1st – 2021 Skate Canada International 1st – 2021 Autumn Classic International 3rd- 2021 World Championships 2nd- 2020 Four Continents Championships 1st – 2020 Canadian National Championships 5th – 2019 Grand Prix Final 2nd- 2019 Rostelecom Cup 1st – 2019 Skate Canada 7th – 2019 World Championships 3rd – 2019 Four Continents Championships 2nd – 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships 1st – 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd – 2018 Internationaux de France 3rd – 2018 Skate Canada 1st – 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 6th – 2018 World Championships 8th – 2018 Olympics 2nd – 2018 Canadian National Championships 4th – 2017 Skate America 4th – 2017 Rostelecom Cup 8th – 2017 World Championships 6th – 2017 Four Continents Championships 3rd – 2017 Canadian National Championships 1st – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge 3rd – 2016 Trophée de France 3rd – 2016 Skate Canada International 3rd – 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy 6th – 2016 World Championships 5th – 2016 Four Continents Championships 2nd – 2016 Canadian National Championships 2nd – 2015 Trophée Eric Bompard 3rd – 2015 Skate America 1st – 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy 6th – 2015 World Championships 4th – 2015 Four Continents Championships 2nd – 2015 Canadian National Championships 5th – 2015 Grand Prix Final 2nd – 2014 Trophée Eric Bompard 2nd – 2014 Skate Canada 2nd – 2014 Autumn Classic International 8th – 2014 World Championships 2nd – 2014 Four Continents Championships 4th – 2014 Canadian National Championships 6th – 2013 Rostelecom Cup 5th – 2013 NHK Trophy 18th – 2013 World Championships 5th – 2013 Four Continents Championships 2nd – 2013 Canadian National Championships 6th – 2012 Trophée Eric Bompard 4th – 2012 Skate Canada 1st – 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic 3rd – 2012 Canadian National Championships 1st – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge 1st – 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals |
PROGRAM MUSIC:
| 2024-2025 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “I Get Around;” “California Girls;” “Wipeout” by the Beach Boys |
| Free Dance: | “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Annie Lennox |
| 2023-2024 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “No More I Love You’s” by The Lover Speaks and “Addicted to Love” by Robert Palmer |
| Free Dance: | Main Theme/End Titles and “Switching Sides” from Emilie Bronte’s Wuthering Heights |
| 2022-2023 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Do What I Do” by Lady Bri and “Rhythm Only (Rumba 25)” by Dancelife Studio Orchestra |
| Free Dance: | “You Must Love Me (from Evita)” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, perf. by Madonna “Waltz for Eva and Che (from Evita)” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, perf. by Party Time Karaoke “Waltz for Eva and Che (from Evita)” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, perf. by Madonna & Antonio Banderas “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (from Evita)” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, perf. by Madonna |
| 2021-2022 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” and “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John |
| Free Dance: | “Long and Winding Road” by Paul McCartney, arranged by Govardo |
| 2019-2020 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Movies Were Movies”, “Look What Happened to Mabel”, and “Entr’acte, Tap Your Troubles Away” by Jerry Herman from the Mack and Mabel soundtrack |
| Free Dance: | “Both Sides Now” by John Mitchell |
| 2018- 2019 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Angelica’s Tango” by Piernicola Di Muro |
| Free Dance: | “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)” by Don McLean (cover by Govardo) |
| 2017- 2018 Season | |
| Short Dance: | “Bossa Cubano” by Los Zafiros; “Gopher” by Yam Sumac |
| Free Dance: | Selections from James Bond films |
| Free Dance: (Fall 2017) |
Selections from Film Noir: Vintage Cinema Classics, including “Stolen Hearts” and the theme from Perry Mason (TV show) |
| 2016- 2017 Season | |
| Short Dance: | “Oh What a Night for Dancing” by Barry White, Vance Wilson; “Disco Inferno” by Leroy Green, Ron Kersey |
| Free Dance: | “Con Buena Onda” by Daniel Lomuto, Ernesto Baffa, & Hector M. Arce |
ON THE WWW
| OFFICIAL WEBSITE: | |
| OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE: | Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier |
| OFFICAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS: | @pipergilles / @pauldpoirier |
| OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNTS: | @PiperGilles / @PaulDPoirier |
| ISU PROFILE: | Gilles/Poirier ISU Bio |