15 Facts About Paul Poirier

Gilles and Poirier competed for Canada at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Crone and Paul Poirier competed for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Paul Poirier was born November 6,1991, in Ottawa, Ontario, to Debra Mendes de Franca and Marc Poirier.

On June 2,2011, Crone and Paul Poirier announced the end of their ten-year partnership.

Paul Poirier said that he would search for a new partner to continue his competitive career and did not exclude looking internationally.

Paul Poirier contacted American ice dancer Piper Gilles to arrange a tryout.

In September 2012, Gilles and Paul Poirier won gold at the US Classic.

In May 2013, Paul Poirier sustained a serious ankle injury, delaying the duo's preparation for the upcoming season.

Paul Poirier remarked that they had "had a lot of ups and downs" in the years since and, at times, had doubted whether it would happen again.

On February 25, Gilles and Paul Poirier were announced as part of the Canadian team to the 2021 World Championships, to be held in Stockholm without an audience due to the pandemic.

Gilles and Paul Poirier concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held with Russian dance teams absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.

Gilles and Paul Poirier took a lengthy break from training following the Olympic season and contemplated retirement.

Gilles and Paul Poirier spent much of the summer performing in ice shows, and did not compete on the Challenger series.

Paul Poirier said that they aimed to avoid over-training in the manner they felt they had done at the start of the prior season.

Paul Poirier made another significant error at the Final, falling in the pattern step element, as a result of which they placed a distant sixth among the six teams competing in the segment.