Английская Википедия:Alexandra Paul (figure skater)

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Alexandra Jane Paul (September 16, 1991 – August 22, 2023) was a Canadian competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner and eventual husband, Mitchell Islam, she won the silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships. In their senior career, Paul and Islam were the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists, three-time Canadian national bronze medalists (2011, 2014–2015), and represented their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

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Paul and Islam at the 2011 Canadian Championships

Alexandra Paul finished third with Jason Cheperdak in junior ice dancing at the 2009 Canadian Championships. She then began looking for a new partner and had a successful tryout in February 2009 with Mitchell Islam, a fellow skater at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.

Paul and Islam began competing together during the 2009–2010 season. In July 2009, they beat the Canadian junior champions at the Minto Summer Skate and were given a Junior Grand Prix assignment. They competed at two 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix events, finishing fourth in Poland and fifth in Turkey. They won gold at the Canadian Junior Championships and were assigned to Junior Worlds where they captured the silver medal.

Paul and Islam moved up to the senior ranks for the 2010–2011 season. They finished fourth in their senior Grand Prix debut at 2010 Skate Canada International. Their next event was 2010 Cup of Russia. They had a fall in the short dance and withdrew from the free dance after Paul sustained a rib injury. They made their senior national debut at the 2011 Canadian Championships, finishing in third. They were first alternates for the 2011 World Championships.

Paul sprained a knee ligament around 2011 or 2012.

Paul and Islam finished eighth at the 2011 Skate America. They withdrew before the free dance at 2011 NHK Trophy after placing seventh in the short—Paul suffered a cut to the back of the thigh in a collision with Italy's Lorenza Alessandrini and Simone Vaturi during the morning practice on November 12.

In June 2012, Paul and Islam decided to train full-time at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They had no Grand Prix events in 2012. At the 2013 Canadian Championships, they finished fourth.

Paul/Islam began the following season with bronze at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy. They placed fifth at their sole Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Skate Canada International. After winning the bronze medal at the 2014 Canadian Championships, they were assigned to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where they placed 18th.

Paul/Islam ranked 8th in the short dance, 14th in the free dance, and 13th overall at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China. A few weeks later, they changed coaches, joining Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer at the Gadbois Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

Paul injured her hamstring in the summer of 2016. She and Islam received the bronze medal at the 2016 CS U.S. International Classic. On November 18, Paul twisted her knee when she fell during a morning practice at the 2016 Cup of China. The duo decided to withdraw from the competition before the short dance. They announced their competitive retirement on December 15, 2016.

Personal life and death

Alexandra Paul was born on September 16, 1991, in Toronto. She had two sisters. Her father is a radiologist. She studied political science at Oakland University, completing her final semester in April 2017. She earned her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Windsor law school in 2020, and started a career as an associate lawyer with the firm Barriston Law in 2021.

Paul and Islam married in September 2021. She gave birth to their son, Charles, in late 2022. On August 22, 2023, Paul was killed when her car was hit by a transport truck. Paul was with her baby when the transport truck entered a construction zone on Country Road 124 in Melancthon Township and crashed into a lineup of stopped cars. The baby was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Tribute was paid to Paul at the 2023 Skate Canada International, where all the flower girls were dressed in versions of her 2014 Olympic free dance costume.

Programs

(with Mitchell Islam)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2016–2017	Big Spender Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) Шаблон:Small	Liebestraum No. 3 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small Concerto Paraphrase Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small	Thinking Out Loud Шаблон:Small
2015–2016	The Tales of Beatrix Potter Шаблон:Small	Where Is It Written? Шаблон:Small	Love's Divine Шаблон:Small
2014–2015	Nocturno Шаблон:Small Farruca Y Rumba Шаблон:Small	In Your Eyes Шаблон:Small Come Rain or Come Shine Шаблон:Small The Way You Look Tonight Шаблон:Small	I Wanna Be Loved By You Шаблон:Small
2013–2014	Crazy For You Overture Шаблон:Small	Going Somewhere I Will Follow You Satin Birds Dance for Me Wallis Шаблон:Small	In Your Eyes Шаблон:Small
2012–2013	La Foule Шаблон:Small Milord Шаблон:Small	The Crisis Шаблон:Small 1900s Madness #1 Шаблон:Small Danny's Blues Шаблон:Small 12th Street Rag Шаблон:Small Playing Love Шаблон:Small	In Your Eyes Шаблон:Small Get Here (If You Can) Шаблон:Small
2011–2012	Main theme from 2046 Havana Slide Шаблон:Small	Tonight Шаблон:Small	In Your Eyes Шаблон:Small
2010–2011	La cumparsita – Amor por el Tango Шаблон:Small A los Amigos Шаблон:Small	As Time Goes By Шаблон:Small	Oh! Darling Шаблон:Small
	Original dance
2009–2010	Nocturno Шаблон:Small Farruca Y Rumba Шаблон:Small	Sheherazade Шаблон:Small Moroccan Roll Шаблон:Small Sometimes I Dream Шаблон:Small	Over the Rainbow Шаблон:Small

Competitive highlights

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

With Islam

International
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
Olympics					18th
Worlds					10th	13th
Four Continents			6th			6th
Шаблон:Small Cup of China						5th		WD
Шаблон:Small Bompard						6th
Шаблон:Small NHK Trophy			WD				WD
Шаблон:Small Rostel. Cup		WD
Шаблон:Small Skate America			8th
Шаблон:Small Skate Canada		4th			5th		6th	8th
Шаблон:Small Autumn Classic						4th
Шаблон:Small Nebelhorn							2nd
Шаблон:Small U.S. Classic								3rd
Nebelhorn				5th	3rd
U.S. Classic				2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	2nd
Шаблон:Small Poland	4th
Шаблон:Small Turkey	5th
National
Canadian Champ.	1st J	3rd	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Cheperdak

International
Event	2007–08	2008–09
Шаблон:Small Spain		4th
Шаблон:Small United Kingdom		6th
National
Canadian Champ.	3rd N	3rd J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

External links

• Шаблон:Isu name
• Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam at Skate Canada
• Шаблон:Isu name