Piper GILLES

Canada

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 16 Jan 1992

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: ROCKFORD, IL

Birth Country:

United States of America

Residence: TORONTO, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Figure Skating	Ice Dance CAN GILLES Piper / POIRIER Paul	7
	Team Event CAN GILLES Piper / POIRIER Paul
	Team Event CAN Canada	4

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Ice Dance - Free Dance	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Free Dance	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Ice Dance	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Ice Dance	2021	Stockholm, SWE
6	Ice Dance	2018	Milan, ITA
6	Ice Dance	2015	Shanghai, CHN
7	Ice Dance	2019	Saitama, JPN
8	Ice Dance	2017	Helsinki, FIN
8	Ice Dance	2016	Boston, MA, USA
8	Ice Dance	2014	Saitama, JPN
18	Ice Dance	2013	London, ON, CAN

Four Continents Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Ice Dance	2020	Seoul, KOR
2	Ice Dance	2014	Taipei City, TPE
3	Ice Dance	2019	Anaheim, CA, USA
4	Ice Dance	2015	Seoul, KOR
5	Ice Dance	2016	Taipei City, TPE
5	Ice Dance	2013	Osaka, JPN
6	Ice Dance	2017	Gangneung, KOR

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Ice Dance	2010	The Hague, NED

Grand Prix Final
Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Ice Dance	2019/20	Torino, ITA
5	Ice Dance	2014/15	Barcelona, ESP

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Ice Dance	2021/22	Vancouver, BC, CAN
1	Ice Dance	2019/20	Kelowna, BC, CAN
2	Ice Dance	2021/22	Grenoble, FRA
2	Ice Dance	2019/20	Moscow, RUS
3	Ice Dance	2018/19	Laval, QC, CAN
3	Ice Dance	2018/19	Grenoble, FRA

Nickname:

Pipes, Pyow (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

Hobbies:

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

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

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

Family:

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

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Scarboro FSC

Coach:

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

Sporting relatives:

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).

Debut:

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

Choreographer:

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

National team:

2012

Start:

1994 in Rockford, IL

Reason:

She followed her older brother Todd into the sport.

Ambition:

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)

Memorable:

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

Hero:

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

Influence:

Her mother Bonnie. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)

Ritual:

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

Philosophy:

"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)

Milestones

Competing her first Canadian National Championship with Poirier in 2012, coming 3rd. (Athlete, 18 Aug 2021)
2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix Mexico Cup (International junior debu - Ice dance - 3rd, with McKernan) for USA

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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