Alison Schumacher
Schumacher at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born (2002-11-22) 22 November 2002
Zhuzhou, China
HometownTecumseh, Ontario, Canada
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
CoachJoey Russell
Skating clubRiverside SC
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club
Began skating2007

Alison Schumacher (born 22 November 2002) is a Canadian figure skater who competes in women's singles. She is the 2020 Canadian national silver medallist. She has represented Canada at four ISU Championships, finishing within the top ten at two World Junior Championships (2019, 2020).

Early life

Alison Schumacher was born in Zhuzhou, China on 22 November 2002. She later moved to Tecumseh, Ontario. She began skating in 2007.[1] At age 5, she went to Riverside Skating Club.[2]

Skating career

At age 9, Schumacher competed in her first international competition, Skate Detroit, where she finished in fourth place. By age 11, Schumacher was the youngest solo skater at Skate Canada Development Camp.[2]

In the 2017–18 season, she competed in both junior ladies singles and junior pairs with Zachary Daleman. At the 2018 Canadian Championships, she placed fifth in the junior ladies' event and eighth in junior pairs.[1][3]

2018–19 season

Schumacher began the season competing on the Junior Grand Prix, finishing ninth at JGP Slovakia, before finishing twelfth at JGP Canada.[4] In November 2018, Schumacher won gold at the Skate Ontario Sectionals, securing a place at the 2019 Canadian Championships as a senior competitor domestically.[5] There, she placed fourth in the short program with a score of 60.10 and finished seventh overall.[6]

Canada named Schumacher to its team for the 2019 World Junior Championships, where she finished in tenth place.[7]

2019–20 season

Given two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix, Schumacher placed eighteenth at JGP France and then seventh at JGP Croatia. Sent afterward to make her international senior debut on the Challenger series, Schumacher placed eighth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup.[8]

A podium contender at the 2020 Canadian Championships, Schumacher placed sixth in the short program after falling on her attempted triple flip-triple toe loop combination. She placed second in the free skate, rising to the silver medal position overall.[9] With national champion Emily Bausback lacking the technical minimum scores necessary to compete at the 2020 World Championships, Skate Canada deferred on making ladies' assignments for that event, and assigned Schumacher, Bausback and fourth-place Alicia Pineault to compete at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul.[10] She placed fourteenth at Four Continents, finishing ahead of Bausback but four places and nearly 23 points behind Pineault.[11]

Schumacher finished the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where she placed ninth, setting new personal bests in both segments and overall.[12]

2020–21 season

Schumacher was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[13]

With Skate Canada holding its domestic competitions virtually, Schumacher placed fifth at the Ontario Sectionals before winning the silver medal at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge. These results would have qualified her to the 2021 Canadian Championships, but they were deemed infeasible during the pandemic and cancelled.[14][15]

Schumacher was named as an alternate to the 2021 World Championships, the two ladies' berths going to Madeline Schizas and Emily Bausback.[16] With Canada's mandatory two-week quarantine for returning athletes, however, no member of the World team was assigned to the 2021 World Team Trophy, and Schumacher was assigned as one of Canada's two ladies' entries, alongside Gabrielle Daleman.[17] Schumacher placed ninth in the short program and eighth in the free skate, while Team Canada finished in sixth place.[18][19][20]

2021–22 season

Schumacher began the season at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where she placed tenth out of eleven competitors and third of the three Canadian women competing at the event.[21] She then made her Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Skate Canada International, finishing twelfth out of twelve skaters. She remarked afterwards, "I'm struggling with nerves and tightness when I feel the pressure."[22] Given a second Challenger assignment, she was thirteenth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.[1]

At the 2022 Canadian Championships, Schumacher placed sixth in the short program and ninth in the free skate but finished in fifth place overall. Reflecting on difficulties with some of the jumps in her free skate, she said afterwards, "in the middle, I had to fight, but I am happy. It could have gone worse. Overall, I am happy with the fight."[23] Schumacher was assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came eleventh.[1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
2021–2022
[24]
2020–2021
[25]
2019–2020
[26]
2018–2019
[27]
2017–2018
[28]

Competitive highlights

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

Women's singles

Schumacher (left) with Emily Bausback (center) and Madeline Schizas (right) at the 2020 Canadian Championships podium
International
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Four Continents14th11th
GP Skate CanadaC12thWD
CS Autumn Classic10th
CS Cup of Austria13th
CS Warsaw Cup8th
Cranberry Cup7th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds10th9th
JGP Canada12th
JGP Croatia7th
JGP France18th
JGP Italy8th
JGP Latvia9th
JGP Slovakia9th
National
Canadian Champ.3rd J5th J7th2ndC5th
SC Challenge7th N7th N6th J1st J2nd11th2nd10th
Ontario Sectionals1st J1st5th
Team Events
World Team Trophy6th T
8th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: J = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals Awarded for team result only

Pairs with Daleman

National
Event 17–18
Canadian Champ.8th J
SC Challenge9th J
Ontario Sectionals5th J
Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results

2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
August 9–14, 2022 2022 Cranberry Cup International 6
52.75		 12
84.50		 7
137.25
2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Four Continents Championships 11
57.36		 10
111.06		 11
168.42
January 6–12, 2022 2022 Canadian Championships 6
56.38		 9
102.98		 5
159.36
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 17
46.68		 8
100.46		 13
147.14
October 29–31, 2021 2021 Skate Canada International 11
55.47		 12
95.72		 12
151.19
September 16–18, 2021 2021 CS Autumn Classic International 10
47.51		 10
79.55		 10
127.06
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
15–18 April 2021 2021 World Team Trophy 9
59.19		 8
111.98		 6T/8P
171.17
8–17 January 2021 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 2
60.52		 3
107.60		 2
168.12
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
4–9 February 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 18
42.55		 12
108.18		 14
150.73
13–19 January 2020 2020 Canadian Championships 6
55.95		 2
112.99		 2
168.94
14–17 November 2019 2019 Warsaw Cup 5
56.78		 8
113.20		 8
169.98
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13–20 January 2019 2019 Canadian Championships 4
60.10		 7
97.63		 7
157.73

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 11
59.99		 9
114.03		 9
174.02
25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 8
52.65		 7
99.61		 7
151.86
21–24 August 2019 2019 JGP France 16
46.54		 20
83.51		 18
130.05
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 16
51.86		 10
106.16		 10
158.52
12–15 September 2018 2018 JGP Canada 14
41.98		 10
88.16		 12
130.14
22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia 8
55.74		 9
88.42		 9
144.16
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
8–14 January 2018 2018 Canadian Championships 3
52.39		 12
79.56		 5
131.95
11–14 October 2017 2017 JGP Italy 8
52.43		 8
96.33		 8
148.76
6–9 September 2017 2017 JGP Latvia 4
55.64		 11
88.97		 9
144.61

References

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  2. 1 2 Smith, Beverly (9 May 2014). "At just 11-years-old Alison Schumacher is always rising to challenge". skatecanada.ca. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships – Junior Pair Result Summary" (PDF). Skate Canada. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Richmond News (12 September 2018). "Canadian skaters to watch at ISU Junior Grand Prix". Richmond News. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Veneza, Ricardo (6 November 2018). "Windsor-Essex Excels at Skating Sectionals". www.iheartradio.ca. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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  9. ↑ Flett, Ted (18 January 2020). "Emily Bausback captures Canadian National title". Golden Skate.
  10. ↑ Brodie, Robert (19 January 2020). "SKATE CANADA DEFERS NAMING WORLDS TEAM". International Figure Skating.
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  25. ↑ "Alison SCHUMACHER: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. 22 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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