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Catharina Guedes Tibau (pronounced [kataɾi'na gɛ'dʒis tʃibaw']; born August 15, 2006) is a Brazilian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Cayden Dawson, they represent Brazil and are the first team in the country to ever qualify for an ISU championship, after getting their minimum technical scores for an ISU Junior World Championships entry.
Personal life
Tibau was born to Ricardo Tibau and Mariana Guedes Tibau in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. When she was six years old, they immigrated to Canada.
Career
Early career
Catharina Guedes Tibau began skating in 2012. Until the age of 10, she competed only in the singles discipline, however, she then decided to try ice dance in 2016 and teamed up with Nicholas Grozdanovski. They ended their partnership in 2020, when Guedes Tibau also stopped competing in singles, at the pre-novice level.
2021–22 season
Guedes Tibau started a new team with Cayden Dawson in 2021, who agreed to compete for Brazil, her home country. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented them from making their international debut at that time, making them wait until the next season to officially represent Brazil.
2022–23 season: Junior Grand Prix debut
Guedes Tibau/Dawson announced their partnership publicly on their Instagram account in July. Shortly after, they were invited to skate in the exhibition gala of the 2022 Brazilian Championships. In August, Guedes Tibau/Dawson competed domestically in Canada representing their skating club in the qualifiers for the Ontario Sectionals, where they finished in fifth place.
In early September 2022, the team made their Junior Grand Prix debut at the event in Riga, Latvia.They set a new national record in the Junior Grand Prix series for ice dance, surpassing the previous record held by Karolina Calhoun and Michael Valdez in 2018. They concluded the competition in the eleventh position, achieving the free dance minimum technical element score necessary for a 2023 and 2024 Junior World Championships entry. The team concluded their first participation in the series with a twentieth-place finish at the 2022 JGP Italy in October.
They made another attempt to meet the minimum technical element score required for the Rhythm Dance in order to compete at the 2023 Junior Worlds at the 2022 Open D'Andorra, but were unsuccessful. This competition marked the end of the season for them, and the team began working on their programs for the next season.
2023-24 season
Guedes Tibau/Dawson started their season at the 2023 Lake Placid International, with a 10th place finish in both segments and in the total score. They were assigned two Junior Grand Prix spots, at Linz and Osaka.
At the 2023 JGP Cup of Austria, they first achieved the rhythm dance minimum technical element score required for a 2024 ISU World Junior Championships spot.This marked a historic achievement, as it was the first time Brazil had an ice dance team qualified for an ISU championship. At JGP Osaka they finished 11th out of 12 teams.
Programs
With Dawson
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition gala |
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| 2023–2024 |
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Competitive highlights
With Dawson for Brazil
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International: Junior | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| JGP Austria | 14th | |
| JGP Italy | 20th | |
| JGP Japan | 11th | |
| JGP Latvia | 11th | |
| Lake Placid I.D.I | 10th | |
| Open d'Andorra | 7th | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 8th | |
| National | ||
| Ontario Sectionals | 5th J | 5th J |
With Grozdanovski for Canada
| National | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| Skate Canada Challenge | 14th P | 3rd P |
Detailed results
With Cayden Dawson
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 season | ||||
| December 01-03, 2023 | 17th Santa Claus Cup | 8 46.27 | 8 68.61 | 8 114.88 |
| September 14-16, 2023 | JGP Osaka 2023 | 11 41.10 | 11 60.37 | 11 101.47 |
| August 31-September 2, 2023 | JGP Cup of Austria 2023 | 13 42.84 | 14 66.10 | 14 108.94 |
| August 1-2, 2023 | 2023 Lake Placid Ice Dance International | 10 37.49 | 10 63.98 | 10 101.47 |
| July 20-22, 2023 | 2023 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - July | 7 42.62 | 4 72.41 | 5 115.03 |
| 2022-23 season | ||||
| November 16-20, 2022 | Open D'Andorra 2022 | 7 39.47 | 7 60.63 | 7 100.10 |
| October 11-15, 2022 | JGP Egna Neukmart 2022 | 20 37.82 | 18 58.98 | 20 96.80 |
| September 7-10, 2022 | JGP Riga Cup 2022 | 11 37.99 | 10 70.83 | 11 108.82 |
| August 19-21, 2022 | 2022 Skate Ontario Sectional Series - August | 5 46.09 | 5 65.00 | 5 111.09 |
ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Small medals for rhythm and free dances awarded at ISU Championships only.