Piper Gilles
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Gilles and Poirier in 2012
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| Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||
| Former country(ies) represented | United States | ||||||||||||
| Born |
January 16, 1992 Rockford, Illinois |
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Paul Poirier | ||||||||||||
| Former partner | Zachary Donohue, Timothy McKernan | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Patti Gottwein, Christopher Dean, Rich Griffin | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier | ||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Tom Dickson, Christopher Dean | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Scarboro FSC | ||||||||||||
| Former skating club | Broadmoor Skating Club | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 183.17 2016 Skate Canada |
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| Short dance | 72.83 2017 Worlds |
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| Free dance | 110.45 2016 Skate Canada |
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Piper Gilles (born January 16, 1992) is an American-Canadian ice dancer who currently represents Canada internationally. With Paul Poirier, she is the 2014 Four Continents silver medalist and a four-time Canadian national medalist.
Earlier in her career, Gilles competed for the United States with Timothy McKernan and Zachary Donohue, winning four medals altogether on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
Piper Gilles was born January 16, 1992 in Rockford, Illinois. She attended Cheyenne Mountain High School. Her mother and grandmother are Canadian. She herself became a Canadian citizen on December 17, 2013. Her older brother, Todd, competed in ice dancing and her twin sister, Alexe, in singles.
Gilles teamed up with Timothy McKernan in January 2003 after skating with him on a temporary basis earlier. They began competing on the Juvenile level in 2004 winning the bronze medal. In 2005 they were the Intermediate Dance champions. During their career, they were the 2007 U.S. Junior pewter medalists and the 2008 U.S. Junior silver medalists. They announced the end of their partnership on May 22, 2008.
Gilles teamed up with Zachary Donohue in the summer of 2008. They made their international debut at the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Ostrava, Czech Republic, which they won. At their second event, in Cape Town, South Africa, they won the silver medal. They won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2009 U.S. Championships. Their split was announced in May 2010. With the likelihood of finding a new partner low, Gilles decided to pursue other interests but returned to skating a year later.
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