1. Conrad Orzel is the 2019 Bavarian Open silver medalist and 2023 Canadian national silver medalist.
32 Facts About Conrad Orzel
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Conrad Orzel is of Polish ancestry and speaks English, French, and Polish.
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Conrad Orzel announced his retirement from competitive skating in order to pursue a career in public venture capital.
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Conrad Orzel trained at the York Region Skating Academy in Richmond Hill, Ontario until 2018 and worked with Joanne McLeod in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Conrad Orzel sustained a torn ligament in his left leg before the Skate Canada Challenge in December 2014.
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Conrad Orzel hit his head on the ice during the free skate after attempting a triple Axel.
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Conrad Orzel continued with his program and was examined afterwards by a medical team, which found no concussion.
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Conrad Orzel received the junior silver medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships and was named in Canada's team to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Conrad Orzel placed eighteenth in the short program, twelfth in the free skate, and thirteenth overall.
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Conrad Orzel placed seventh at his first Junior Grand Prix assignment in Linz, Austria.
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Conrad Orzel moved to the senior level domestically, placing eleventh at the 2018 national championships.
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Conrad Orzel ended the season at the 2018 World Junior Championships, where he placed thirteenth again.
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Conrad Orzel was again named to Skate Canada's NextGen team.
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Conrad Orzel placed fourth at both of his JGP assignments, coming only 0.01 points away from a bronze medal at 2018 JGP Slovenia after setting new personal bests in both the free skate and in total score.
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At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Conrad Orzel placed fourth in the short program.
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Conrad Orzel had a difficult free skate, dropping to fifth place overall.
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Conrad Orzel was instead assigned to the 2019 Bavarian Open, making his senior international debut, where he won the silver medal.
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Conrad Orzel moved to compete fully at the senior level, beginning the season at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, where he placed sixth.
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Conrad Orzel was twelfth at the 2019 NHK Trophy and concluded his season with a sixth-place finish at the 2020 Canadian Championships.
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Conrad Orzel was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Conrad Orzel was assigned to begin the season at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, whose men's competition lost its Challenger status due to insufficient competitors and countries.
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Conrad Orzel won the gold medal over the two other Canadian men who competed.
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At the 2022 Canadian Championships, Conrad Orzel had a difficult short program, making mistakes on all his jumping passes to place fourteenth overall in the segment.
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Conrad Orzel was sixth in the free skate, rising to ninth overall.
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Conrad Orzel was assigned to the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, finishing eleventh.
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Conrad Orzel was eleventh as well at the 2022 Skate Canada International, and tenth at the 2022 NHK Trophy.
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At the 2023 Canadian Championships, Conrad Orzel placed second in the short program.
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Conrad Orzel placed fourth in the free skate, but won the silver medal.
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Conrad Orzel finished twenty-sixth in the short program at the 2023 World Championships and did not qualify for the free skate.
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At the national championships, Conrad Orzel had a "disastrous" short program, tripling both planned quad jumps and singling his triple Axel attempt.
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Conrad Orzel finished 0.26 points behind bronze medalist Anthony Paradis.
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Skate Canada initially declined to name the Canadian team for the 2024 World Championships, pending the results of the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, which Conrad Orzel attended alongside Wesley Chiu and Roman Sadovsky.