Madeline Edwards
Canadian ice dancer

Madeline Edwards

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14 June 1996
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Madeline Edwards (born June 14, 1996) is a Canadian ice dancer. With former partner Zhao Kai Pang, she is the 2014 World Junior bronze medalist and 2013 Canadian national junior champion.

Career

Madeline Edwards teamed up with Zhao Kai Pang in December 2007. They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011, placing fifth in Austria. The following season, they won a pair of bronze medals at their JGP assignments, in France and Turkey, and gold in the junior event at the 2013 Canadian Championships. They were sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships, where they finished 12th.

In the 2013–14 season, Edwards/Pang won two JGP medals, silver in Mexico and bronze in the Czech Republic. Because Skate Canada required junior champions to move up, they competed on the senior level domestically, with a different pattern in the short dance and an additional 30 seconds in the free dance. They finished seventh at the 2014 Canadian Championships. At the 2014 World Junior Championships, they won the bronze medal after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.

Edwards/Pang decided to continue competing on the JGP series in the 2014–15 season. They were awarded silver in Courchevel, France, finishing second to Russia's Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd by a margin of 2.82 points. After edging Loboda/Drozd by 0.44 to win gold in Aichi, Japan, they qualified for the JGP Final in Barcelona, where they placed fifth. Edwards injured her ankle during training in late December 2014. Ranked sixth in the short and fourth in the free dance, the duo finished sixth at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Edwards/Pang decided to sit out the 2015–16 season to allow her ankle to heal fully. Their partnership came to an end in July 2016 due to Pang's decision to retire from competition.

Programs

(with Pang)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–16
  • Misa Tango
    by Luis Bacalov
    choreo. by Mark Pillay
2014–15
Junior-level
  • Chi Samba
    by Toni Braxton, Edmundo Ros
  • Rhumba: Eres todo en me
    by Ana Gabriel
  • Chi Samba
    by Toni Braxton, Edmundo Ros

Senior-level

  • Paso:
  • Flamenco:
  • Beautiful That Way
    by Nicola Piovani
  • Il Tema Della Tata
    by Nicola Piovani
  • Hobson's Choice: Act 3, Finale
    by Paul Reade
  • You and I
    by Ingrid Michaelson
2013–14
  • Foxtrot: It's De-Lovely
  • Quickstep: Anything Goes
  • Les Misérables
    • Bring Him Home
      performed by Colm Wilkinson
    • Master of the House
    • One Day More
2012–13
  • Why Don't You Do Right
  • Mr. Pinstripe Suit
    by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • The Artist
    by Ludovic Bource
    • George Valentin
    • Waltz for Peppy
    • Peppy and George
2011–12
  • Rie Y Lora
    by Celia Cruz
  • Mujer Latina
    by Thalia
  • Notre-Dame de Paris
    by Riccardo Cocciante
    • Les Temps des Cathedrales
    • Dechiré
    • Les Oiseaux Qu'on Met en Cage
      performed by Garou and Hélène Ségara
    • Les Temps des Cathedrales
2010–11
  • The Muppets
  • Happy Feet
2009–10
  • Tango Innominato
    by Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble
  • Minor Swing
    (from Chocolat)
    by Rachel Portman
2008–09
  • Cuban Pete
    by Tito Puente
  • Mambo Jambo

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Pang

International
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Junior Worlds 12th 3rd 6th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Austria 5th
JGP Czech Rep. 3rd
JGP France 3rd 2nd
JGP Japan 1st
JGP Mexico 2nd
JGP Turkey 3rd
National
Canadian Champ. 1st N 2nd J 1st J 7th 7th
Levels – N: Novice, J: Junior