Piper GILLES

16 Jan 1992
30
Female
ROCKFORD, IL
 
United States of America
TORONTO, ON
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Schedule

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Capital Indoor Stadium
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Capital Indoor Stadium
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Capital Indoor Stadium
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Capital Indoor Stadium
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Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
8Ice Dance2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
3Ice Dance2021Stockholm, SWE
6Ice Dance2018Milan, ITA
6Ice Dance2015Shanghai, CHN
7Ice Dance2019Saitama, JPN
8Ice Dance2017Helsinki, FIN
8Ice Dance2016Boston, MA, USA
8Ice Dance2014Saitama, JPN
18Ice Dance2013London, ON, CAN
Four Continents Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Ice Dance2020Seoul, KOR
2Ice Dance2014Taipei City, TPE
3Ice Dance2019Anaheim, CA, USA
4Ice Dance2015Seoul, KOR
5Ice Dance2016Taipei City, TPE
5Ice Dance2013Osaka, JPN
6Ice Dance2017Gangneung, KOR
World Junior Championships
RankEventYearLocation
9Ice Dance2010The Hague, NED
Grand Prix Final
RankEventYearLocation
5Ice Dance2019/20Torino, ITA
5Ice Dance2014/15Barcelona, ESP
Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
1Ice Dance2021/22Vancouver, BC, CAN
1Ice Dance2019/20Kelowna, BC, CAN
2Ice Dance2021/22Grenoble, FRA
2Ice Dance2019/20Moscow, RUS
3Ice Dance2018/19Laval, QC, CAN
3Ice Dance2018/19Grenoble, FRA
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Pipes, Pyow (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Fashion, interior design, cooking, her dog Scout, music, movies, sports (hockey, football) (IFS Magazine, Jun 2019; Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Athlete

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Student at Ryerson University in Creative Industries in Toronto. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Mother, Bonnie (passed away in 2018). Father, Jeffrey. Brothers, Todd and Kemper. Twin sister, Alexe. Sister, Shelby

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English

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Scarboro FSC

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Carol Lane (CAN), Jon Lane (CAN), Juris Razgulajevs (URS/CAN)

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Sister Alexe Gilles (Figure skating): Competed at the international level in single skating until 2010 (2010 ISU Grand Prix Skate America - 12th).

Brother Todd Gilles (Figure skating): Competed in ice dance at the international level until 2011 (2011 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China - 8th).

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2012 US Figure Skating Classics (Ice dance - 1st), with Poirier

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Carol Lane (CAN), Juris Razgulajevs (URS/CAN)

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2012

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1994 in Rockford, IL

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She followed her older brother Todd into the sport.

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To win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. To have her own line of sports clothing and have a career in interior design. (olympic.ca; Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Winning the bronze medal at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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Ice dancers Jayne Torvill/Christopher Dean (GBR). (olympic.ca)

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Her mother Bonnie. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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She always puts her left skate on before her right skate. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

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"Life is too short to not walk amongst the daisies." (olympic.ca)

General Interest

PARTNERSHIP WITH POIRIER
Gilles teamed up with Poirier in July 2011 after they both had split up with their previous partners and had a try-out on the suggestion of Gilles' former coach Patti Gottwein (USA). “Within the first five minutes, we both realized it was something we would like to proceed with." They started to compete internationally in early fall 2012. (IFS Magazine Jun 2019).

STRONG RELATIONSHIP
"We’re skating partners and there is a general respect between us, but we also have a personal relationship. It’s like a co-worker you’ve had for 20 years — you know a lot about and work well with each other and you both want the same result.” (IFS Magazine, June 2019)

LOSING HER MOM
Her mother Bonnie was diagnosed with glioblastoma in the pre-Olympic season in March 2017 and passed away in May 2018. "My mom was my biggest fan. She had so many other skating children as well, she was the ultimate skating fan. Our goal as a whole family was for someone to make it to the Olympics and every day I went into the rink and I just took that step forward. I can't say it was easy. (...) But they also knew I had a lot of strength to keep moving forward. My mom knew I had a lot of strength. Sure enough, I did, but honestly, I had to be courageous, I had to be vulnerable, I had to own my emotions each day. If I was sad I had to take my energy into the rink and be sad, but I still had to skate." (isu.org, 9 Mar 2020)

SPOKESPERSON
National spokesperson for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.

DYSLEXIA
She is dyslexic and wants to raise awareness for dyslexia. (dyslexiahelp.umich.edu)

FROM THE USA TO CANADA
She represented the USA until 2010 and competed with Timothy McKernan (2006-07) and with Zachary Donohue (2008-2010). Received Canadian citizenship in December 2013. (isuresults.com)

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