Tyler Gunara

Tyler Gunara (born August 18, 2002) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Miku Makita, he finished in the top eight at the 2020 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Tyler Gunara
Makita/Gunara at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (2002-08-18) August 18, 2002
Vancouver, British Columbia
Home townVancouver, British Columbia
ResidenceBurnaby, British Columbia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
PartnerMiku Makita
Former partnerVictoria Verrelli
CoachAaron Lowe
Megan Wing
ChoreographerAaron Lowe
Megan Wing
Skating clubChamps International Skating Centre of BC
Vancouver Ice Dance Academy
Training locationsBurnaby, British Columbia
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total154.11
2019 JGP Poland
Short dance62.25
2019 JGP Poland
Free dance92.33
2020 Junior Worlds

Personal life

Gunara was born on August 18, 2002 in Vancouver, British Columbia. As of 2020, he attends the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University.

Career

Early career

Gunara started skating in 2008. He originally competed in men's singles, but never reached the Canadian Championships. Gunara skated one season with Victoria Verrelli in ice dance during the 2015–16 season. They were the pre-novice bronze medalists at the 2016 Skate Canada Challenge.[1]

Gunara teamed up with Miku Makita in March 2016.[2] They train under Aaron Lowe and Megan Wing at the Champs International Skating Centre of BC in Burnaby, British Columbia. During the 2016–17 season, Makita/Gunara won the Skate Canada Challenge pre-novice category with a record score.[3] After also winning the provincial title, at the 2017 Skate Canada BC/YK Section Awards, they were rewarded with the Ice Dance Youth Promise Award.[4]

2017–2018 season

At the 2018 Skate Canada Challenge, Makita/Gunara again won gold, this time in the novice division. They went on to win silver at the 2018 Canadian Championships behind Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont, after making a few mistakes and "underperforming" according to their coach.[5] Their result earned them their first international assignment, the 2018 Egna Dance Trophy. At the event, Makita/Gunara won their first international medal, advanced novice bronze, behind Russians Sofia Lukinskaya / Valery Angelopol and Bashynska/Beaumont.[6]

2018–2019 season

Makita/Gunara moved up to juniors internationally and opened the season by winning the silver medal at the 2018 Lake Placid Ice Dance International. They earned their first Junior Grand Prix assignment, finishing eighth at 2018 JGP Canada. Makita/Gunara placed eighth at the Skate Canada Challenge. They concluded the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2019 Canadian Championships.

2019–2020 season

Makita/Gunara began their season for the second consecutive year at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, finishing sixth. On the Junior Grand Prix, they placed fourth at both their events in the United States and Poland.

Makita/Gunara won the junior bronze at the Skate Canada Challenge, but did not attend the 2020 Canadian Championships after they were instead sent to the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, they finished fifth in the ice dance event and eighth (fifth individually) in the team event as part of Team Hope.[7][8]

In February, Makita/Gunara finished fifth at the 2020 Bavarian Open. Alongside Emmy Bronsard / Aissa Bouaraguia and Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell, they earned a spot on the 2020 World Junior Championships team due to their being among the top three Canadian junior ice dance teams at the event.[9] At Junior Worlds, Makita/Gunara were tenth in both segments, but finished eighth overall and were the highest-placing among the Canadian teams.[10]

2020–2021 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix, where Makita/Gunara would have competed, was cancelled.

With domestic competitions difficult to hold in-person, Makita/Gunara competed for the first time at a virtually-held 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, where they placed second in both programs to take the silver medal. The 2021 Canadian Junior Championships were cancelled.[11][12]

Programs
With Makita
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2020–2021
[13]
2019–2020
[14]
2018–2019
[15]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Makita
International: Junior[16]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds8th
Youth Olympics5th
JGP Canada8th
JGP Poland4th
JGP USA4th
Bavarian Open5th
Egna Trophy3rd N
Lake Placid IDI2nd6th
National[16]
Canadian Champ.2nd N9th J[lower-alpha 1]C
SC Challenge1st P1st N8th J3rd J2nd J
Team events[16]
Youth Olympics8th T
5th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: P = Pre-novice; N = Novice; J = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.
  1. Event conflict with the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
With Verrelli
National[1]
Event 2015–16
SC Challenge3rd P
Levels: P = Pre-novice

Detailed results

ISU Personal Bests highlighted in bold.

With Makita

Junior results
2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
8–17 January 2021 2021 Skate Canada Junior Challenge 2
66.25		 2
99.92		 2
166.17
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 10
60.87		 10
92.33		 8
153.20
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 5
57.27		 4
91.98		 5
149.25
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 5
89.87		 8T/5P
January 10–15, 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 4
58.47		 6
90.42		 5
148.89
September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 4
62.25		 4
91.86		 4
154.11
August 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States 3
61.32		 4
88.31		 4
149.63
Jul. 30 – Aug. 2, 2019 2019 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 6
51.68		 5
78.38		 6
130.06
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
January 13–20, 2019 2019 Canadian Championships 8
55.53		 9
83.78		 9
139.31
September 12–15, 2018 2018 JGP Canada 8
46.49		 7
81.31		 8
127.80
July 24–27, 2018 2018 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 2
50.94		 1
78.70		 2
129.64

Novice results
2017–18 season
Date Event PD1 PD2 FD Total
February 2–4, 2018 2018 Egna Dance Trophy 2
13.30		 2
16.01		 3
54.43		 3
83.74
January 8–14, 2018 2018 Canadian Championships 1
16.19		 6
12.85		 2
66.04		 2
95.08

References
  1. "Victoria Verrelli & Tyler Gunara". Stats on Ice.
  2. Olson, Dan (January 10, 2018). "Ice dancers set the table with silver for Burnaby skaters". Burnaby Now.
  3. "Makita wins record at 2017 Skate Challenge in Quebec". Tri-City News. December 8, 2016.
  4. "Champs' skaters, coach celebrate Skate Canada BC awards". Burnaby Now. May 17, 2017.
  5. Olson, Dan (January 18, 2018). "Dancers in fine form at nationals". Burnaby Now.
  6. "Champs ice dancers medal in international debut". Burnaby Now. February 22, 2018.
  7. Heroux, Devin (January 13, 2020). "Canadian figure skaters motivated by 'valuable' Youth Olympic experience". CBC.
  8. "Figure skaters mix it up in glorious send-off". International Olympic Committee. January 15, 2020.
  9. "Canadian junior skaters headed to Estonia for the 2020 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships". Skate Canada. March 2, 2020.
  10. "Alison Schumacher, two Canadian ice dance teams crack top 10 at World Juniors". Skate Canada. March 7, 2020.
  11. Ewing, Lori (January 16, 2021). "Madeline Schizas moves up 3 spots to win virtual Skate Canada Challenge". CBC Sports.
  12. "2021 Skate Canada Challenge – Results". Skate Canada.
  13. "Miku MAKITA / Tyler GUNARA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union.
  14. "Miku MAKITA / Tyler GUNARA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020.
  15. "Miku MAKITA / Tyler GUNARA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019.
  16. "Miku MAKITA / Tyler GUNARA: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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