18 Facts About Zachary Lagha

Zachary Lagha was born on April 15,1999 and is a Canadian ice dancer.

Lajoie and Lagha represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Lajoie and Zachary Lagha began their careers with a string of domestic titles in the youth ranks, including gold medals at the 2015 Canadian Novice Championships and 2015 Canada Winter Games, before making their international junior debut.

Zachary Lagha was born on April 15,1999, in Greenfield Park, Quebec.

Zachary Lagha's mother, Fella Hammoutene, is an accomplished pianist and encouraged her son to study piano as well.

Zachary Lagha formed an ice dance partnership with Marjorie Lajoie in 2011, coached by Julien Lalonde, Mylene Girard, and Valerie Allard in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.

Subsequently Zachary Lagha transferred to train with Marie-France Dubreuil, who encouraged them to reunite in the summer of 2015.

In January 2016, Lajoie and Zachary Lagha were awarded the junior silver medal at the Canadian Championships after placing fourth in the short dance and second in the free dance.

At the 2017 Skate Canada Challenge, Lajoie and Zachary Lagha broke the Canadian record in junior ice dance, held since 2005 by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

Lajoie and Zachary Lagha defended their junior national title at the 2018 Canadian Championships, breaking their own Canadian record.

Lajoie and Zachary Lagha began the 2018 JGP series at the JGP Austria event in Linz, winning the silver medal.

At the Final, Lajoie and Zachary Lagha placed fourth, 0.03 points behind bronze medalists Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Nikita Nazarov, following a one-point deduction for an extended lift.

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won their third consecutive junior title: a national record.

Clean in the free dance, but for Zachary Lagha stumbling in a choreographic sequence, they were second in that segment as well and won the silver medal, earning assignments to both the Four Continents Championships and the World Championships in their home town of Montreal.

Lajoie and Zachary Lagha made their season debut at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where they placed fourth.

Zachary Lagha called the result "the cherry on top of a perfect season," with Lajoie noting "we have a podium finish in every competition" that they had entered.

Zachary Lagha fell in the rhythm dance, but they still finished second in the segment as it had not been on a technical element.

Lajoie and Zachary Lagha concluded their season at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, where they came fifth in the rhythm dance, despite a lost twizzle level.