Madeline Schizas

Madeline Schizas (born February 14, 2003) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2020 International Challenge Cup bronze medalist and 2020 Canadian national bronze medalist.

Madeline Schizas
Personal information
Alternative namesMaddie Schizas
Country representedCanada
Born (2003-02-14) February 14, 2003
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Home townOakville, Ontario
CoachNancy Lemaire, Derek Schmidt
ChoreographerAsher Hill
Skating clubMilton SC
Training locationsMilton, Ontario
Began skating2006

Personal life

Schizas was born on February 14, 2003, in Oakville, Ontario.[1] She attends White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville.[2]

Career

Early years

Schizas began learning to skate in 2006.[1] She placed sixth skating in the novice ranks at the 2018 Canadian Championships and won silver as a junior at the 2019 Canadian Championships.

In 2019, she served as a skating double during filming of the Netflix drama Spinning Out.[3][4]

2019–2020 season

Making her junior international debut, Schizas placed fifth at the Volvo Open Cup in November 2019 in Riga, Latvia. She then won gold in the senior women's category at the Skate Canada Challenge, qualifying her to compete as a senior at the 2020 Canadian Championships.[5] At the Championships in January, she placed second in the short program despite performing only a double toe loop as the second part of her planned jump combination.[6] She was third in the three skate after making a number of jump errors, including four singled attempts at a double Axel, and as a result won the bronzel medal, finishing 7.47 points behind the champion, Emily Bausback, and 0.87 behind silver medalist Alison Schumacher. Schizas remarked afterward about "the four single Axels, I don't even know what I was thinking and the fourth one was an invalid combo, so there were some mental mistakes, but I think it comes along with experience which you cannot buy."[7]

In February, Schizas won gold in Group II junior ladies at the Bavarian Open.[8] Her senior international debut came later that month, at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands. Ranked sixth in the short and third in the free, she finished third overall behind Japan's Rika Kihira and Yuhana Yokoi and was awarded the bronze medal. Her score, 175.56, was the highest score by any Canadian lady that season, though it did not count to the official ISU Season Best Scores.[9] She was also the only Canadian lady to medal at any senior event that season. Despite this fact, she was passed up for the 2020 World Championships and the 2020 Junior Worlds, in favour of more experienced competitors.[10]

2020–2021 season

Schizas was named to the Canadian national team by virtue of being the reigning national bronze medalist.[11] She was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[12] Schizas planned to introduce the triple Lutz jump into her programs for the new season, having worked on it for a few years previously without sufficient results. Repeating her short program from the previous season, she selected the music from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg for a new free skate, in tribute to ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who had performed to it in the 2007–08 season.[13]

With the pandemic continuing to affect competitions, Schizas first won the Ontario Sectional Championships, held virtually. The 2021 Skate Canada Challenge was also organized virtually, filmed in November and December and then judged in January. She placed fourth in the short program, executing only a double toe loop as part of her combination and making a serious error on her triple loop. She won the free skate decisively, landing six of seven planned triple jumps, including a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination for the first time. She won her second consecutive gold medal at Challenge.[14] This would have qualified her to the 2021 Canadian Championships, but they were cancelled as a result of the pandemic making it impossible to hold an in-person contest. Skating journalist Beverley Smith remarked "we can't technically call Madeline Schizas a Canadian champion", "but effectively, she is."[13]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[15]
2019–2020
[1]

Competitive highlights
Schizas (right) with Alison Schumacher (left) and Emily Bausback (center) at the 2020 Canadian Championships podium

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

International[16]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
GP Skate CanadaC
Challenge Cup3rd
International: Junior[16]
Bavarian Open1st1
Volvo Open Cup5th
National[17]
Canadian Champ.6th N2nd J3rdC
SC Challenge16th P26th N4th N3rd J1st1st
Ontario Sectionals4th N2nd N8th J1st1st
1 Group II; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
8–17 January 2021 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 4
57.71		 1
117.94		 1
175.65
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–23 February 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 6
60.32		 3
115.24		 3
175.56
13-19 January 2020 2020 Canadian Championships 2
60.66		 3
107.41		 3
168.07
27 Nov.–1 Dec. 2019 2020 Skate Canada Challenge 4
52.96		 1
104.04		 1
157.00

Junior results
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
3-9 February 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 1
56.10		 1
108.19		 1
164.29
5-10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 4
56.45		 8
94.26		 5
150.71
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13-20 January 2019 2019 Canadian Junior Championships 6
46.77		 2
87.82		 2
134.59
28 Nov.–2 Dec. 2018 2019 Skate Canada Challenge 2
53.04		 6
81.43		 3
134.47

References
  1. "Madeline SCHIZAS: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020.
  2. LeBlanc, Steve (January 17, 2018). "Oakville's Schizas recovers to finish 6th at nationals". InsideHalton.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020.
  3. Garbutt, Herb (April 29, 2019). "Silver medal leads to Netflix appearance for Oakville teen". InsideHalton.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020.
  4. Fuentes, Tamara (January 15, 2020). "Meet All the Pro Figure Skaters Who Appeared on "Spinning Out"". Seventeen (American magazine). Archived from the original on January 16, 2020.
  5. "MADELINE SCHIZAS EMERGES AS WOMEN'S CHAMPION AT 2020 SKATE CANADA CHALLENGE". Skate Canada. December 1, 2019.
  6. Flett, Ted (January 17, 2020). "Pineault leads ladies at Canadian Nationals". Golden Skate.
  7. Flett, Ted (January 18, 2020). "Emily Bausback captures Canadian National title". Golden Skate.
  8. "MEDAL BONANZA FOR CANADIAN SKATERS AT BAVARIAN OPEN". Skate Canada. February 7, 2020.
  9. "ISU Season Best Scores Statistics 2019/2020 - Total Ladies". International Skating Union.
  10. "Skate Canada Names Teams for Four ISU World Championships". Skate Canada. February 24, 2020.
  11. "Skate Canada Announces 2020-21 National team". Skate Canada. September 8, 2020.
  12. "Skate Canada International in Ottawa cancelled as COVID-19 cases rise". CBC Sports. October 14, 2020.
  13. Smith, Beverley (January 17, 2021). "Madeline Schizas Aiming High". Bev Smith Writes: An Insider's Look at Figure Skating.
  14. Ewing, Lori (January 16, 2021). "Madeline Schizas moves up 3 spots to win virtual Skate Canada Challenge". CBC Sports.
  15. "Madeline SCHIZAS: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020.
  16. "Competition Results: Madeline SCHIZAS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020.
  17. "Madeline Schizas". icexel.ca.
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