Thomas Nabais
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.jpg) Dupayage and Nabais at the 2023 Warsaw Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 2000 Vitry-sur-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Vitry-sur-seine, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Marie Dupayage (since 2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Karine Arribert, Mahil Chantelauze | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Vitry Skating Club | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Nabais (born 25 May 2000) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Marie Dupayage, he is the 2023 World University Games champion, 2024 French national bronze medalist, and has won three bronze medals at ISU Challenger Series events (2022 CS Nepela Memorial, 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, and 2023 CS Warsaw Cup).
Personal life
[edit]Nabais was born on 25 May 2000 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, a suburb of Paris.[1]
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Nabais began learning to skate in 2008.[1] Skating with Marie Dupayage, he made his junior international debut in November 2016 at the Tallinn Trophy. Dupayage/Nabais placed 14th at their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event, JGP Austria, in late August 2017. Their best JGP results were seventh in Latvia and Italy in September and October 2019, respectively.[2]
2021–22 season
[edit]Dupayage/Nabais' senior international debut came in October 2021; they placed fifth at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and had the same result at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. In December, they finished fourth at the French Championships. In January 2022, they won silver at the Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf, Germany.[2]
2022–23 season
[edit]Dupayage/Nabais began their season by winning bronze at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial and then silver at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in October. In November, they placed ninth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, their first Grand Prix appearance, and then took bronze at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[2]
After coming fifth at the French Championships, Dupayage/Nabais were assigned to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games. They won the gold medal, in an upset victory over the favoured American team McNamara/Spiridonov.[3][4] Both said it was a result to "savour."[5]
2023–24 season
[edit]Domestically, Dupayage/Nabais began the season with a silver medal at the 2023 Master's de Patinage.[6] They then placed fifth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy and second at the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup.[2] Assigned to compete at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, the team finished the event in seventh place.[7] Subsequently, Dupayage/Nabais won the bronze medal at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup and gold at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup.[2]
In December, the team would win the bronze medal at the 2024 French Championships. Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Dupayage/Nabais would finish twelfth in the event. They then closed the season by winning gold at the 2024 Egna Dance Trophy.[2]
2024–25 season
[edit]Dupayage/Nabais began the season by winning silver at the 2024 Master's de Patinage before finishing eighth at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. Competing at the Grand Prix de France for a third consecutive year, the team finished tenth at the event.[2]
Programs
[edit]With Dupayage
[edit]| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2024–2025 [8] |
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| 2023–2024 [9] |
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| 2022–2023 [1] |
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| 2021–2022 |
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| 2019–2020 [10] |
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| 2018–2019 [11] |
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| 2017–2018 [12] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Dupayage
[edit]| International[2] | ||||||||||
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| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Worlds | 21st | |||||||||
| Europeans | 12th | |||||||||
| GP France | 9th | 7th | 10th | |||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | TBD | |||||||||
| CS Denis Ten MC | 5th | 8th | ||||||||
| CS Finlandia | 5th | |||||||||
| CS Golden Spin | WD | |||||||||
| CS Nepela | 3rd | |||||||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | C | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | |||||||||
| Bosphorus Cup | 1st | |||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 5th | |||||||||
| Egna Trophy | 1st | |||||||||
| Mezzaluna Cup | 2nd | |||||||||
| Open d'Andorra | 8th | |||||||||
| Trophée Nice | 5th | 2nd | ||||||||
| University Games | 1st | |||||||||
| International: Junior[2] | ||||||||||
| JGP Austria | 14th | |||||||||
| JGP Italy | 7th | |||||||||
| JGP Latvia | 7th | |||||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 12th | |||||||||
| Bosphorus Cup | 4th | |||||||||
| Egna Trophy | 6th | 2nd | ||||||||
| Ice Star | 9th | |||||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 9th | 12th | 8th | 9th | ||||||
| Pavel Roman | 6th | |||||||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 1st | |||||||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 14th | 13th | ||||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 9th | |||||||||
| International: Advanced novice | ||||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 7th | |||||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 7th | |||||||||
| National[2][13] | ||||||||||
| French Champ. | 3rd N | 6th J | 4th J | 3rd J | 4th J | 1st J | 4th | 5th | 3rd | |
| Master's | 10th J | 3rd J | 5th J | 2nd J | 2nd J | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | |
| C = Cancelled; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew J = Junior level | ||||||||||
Detailed results
[edit]Ice dance with Marie Dupayage
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 179.05 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Rhythm dance | TSS | 72.18 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 41.66 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 30.52 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| Free dance | TSS | 107.08 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 62.38 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 46.40 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 26-28, 2024 | 2024 Master's de Patinage | 2 | 74.18 | 2 | 111.69 | 2 | 185.87 |
| Oct 3–5, 2024 |  2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 7 | 64.08 | 9 | 100.45 | 8 | 164.53 |
| Nov 1-3, 2024 | 2024 Grand Prix de France | 10 | 64.03 | 10 | 97.17 | 10 | 161.20 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
- ^ a b Knox, Sarah Marie (15 January 2023). "A golden Saturday of action at Lake Placid". Eurosport. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Les Villardiens Marie Dupayage et Thomas Nabais champions du monde à Lake Placid" [Villardiens Marie Dupayage and Thomas Nabais are world champions in Lake Placid]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b ""On savoure notre titre de champions du monde" : les Isérois Marie Dupayage et Thomas Nabais ont brillé aux USA" [“We savor our title of world champions”: Isérois Marie Dupayage and Thomas Nabais shone in the USA]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b André, Louis (4 October 2023). "" On cherche à faire passer des émotions par la danse " : Marie Dupayage et Thomas Nabais, étoiles montantes" [“We seek to convey emotions through dance”: Marie Dupayage and Thomas Nabais, rising stars]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ a b Slater, Paula (4 November 2023). "Guignard and Fabbri defend Grand Prix de France title". Golden Skate. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: 2024/2025 (1st Rhythm Dance)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Marie DUPAYAGE". rinkresults.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "FRA-Marie DUPAYAGE/Thomas NABAIS". skatingscores.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Thomas NABAIS". rinkresults.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.