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Aleksa Rakic
Aleksa Rakic (born September 14, 2004) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2019 Canadian Junior national champion and the 2024 Canadian national silver medalist.[1] Personal lifeRakic was born on September 14, 2004 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys reading, biking, drawing, and listening to music.[2] CareerEarly careerRakic began figure skating in 2013 after deciding to take lessons with CanSkate, a Canadian learn-to-skate program.[3] His first figure skating coach was Josie Leeworthy before he would eventually begin training under Joanne McLeod at the Champs International Skating Center of BC in Burnaby.[4][1] As an advanced novice skater, Rakic won bronze at the 2017 International Challenge Cup and gold at the 2018 Egna Spring Trophy.[5] 2018–19 seasonMaking his junior international debut on the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Rakic finished eighth at 2018 JGP Slovakia and sixth at 2018 JGP Czech Republic. In January, he would win the 2019 Canadian Junior Championship title.[6][5] 2019–20 seasonCompeting on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for a second time, Rakic won the silver medal at 2019 JGP France and twelfth at 2019 JGP Croatia. Selected to represent Canada at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. He would finish fourth in the boys' singles event.[6] 2020–21 seasonDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2021 Canadian Championships were cancelled. This meant that Rakic was unable to compete for the whole season.[7][8] 2021–22 seasonRakic's only major competition of the season was the 2022 Canadian Championships, where he would finish eighth at the event.[6] 2022–23 seasonMaking his return to the Junior Grand Prix series, Rakic finished seventh at 2022 JGP Czech Republic and fifth at 2022 JGP Italy. Going on to compete at the 2023 Canadian Championships in January, Rakic would finish twelfth. Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Rakic finished thirteenth at the event.[6] 2023–24 seasonRakic started the season with a silver medal win at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International. He then went on to compete on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Selected to compete at 2023 Skate Canada International following the withdrawal of Roman Sadovsky, Rakic made his senior Grand Prix at the event, finishing in twelfth place.[6][9][10] In January, Rakic competed at the 2024 Canadian Championships, where he won the silver medal behind Wesley Chiu.[11] With this result, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, where he finished eighth.[5] 2024–25 seasonRakic began his season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Philadelphia Summer Championships and eighth at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.[6] Selected to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International, Rakic finished seventh, scoring new personal best free skate and combined total scores in the process.[5] Programs
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