Adam Siao Him Fa

Adam Siao Him Fa (born 31 January 2001) is a French figure skater. He is the 2019 CS Ice Star bronze medalist and the 2019 French national silver medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2018 JGP Armenia champion and the 2018 JGP Canada silver medalist. He finished within the top six at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Siao Him Fa was born on 31 January 2001 in Bordeaux, France. He is the youngest of four children. His parents, Daniel, a doctor, and Patricia, are originally from Mauritius and moved to France in the early 1980s. He formerly attended Collège Hubertine Auclert in Toulouse.

Career

Early career

Siao Him Fa began learning to skate in 2005 or 2006 in Bordeaux. As a child, he trained under Valerie Sou, Cornelia Paquier, Nathalie Depouilly, and Laurent Depouilly. He started training in Toulouse in 2011 because Bordeaux's ice rink was not operational. He debuted on the advanced novice level in March 2013 and won the French novice men's title in March 2014.

Coached by Rodolphe Maréchal and Baptiste Porquet in Toulouse, Siao Him Fa began appearing on the junior international level in October 2015. In February, he competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, placing tenth in Hamar, Norway. His ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in August 2016. He finished out of the top ten at both of his JGP assignments that season.

2017–2018 season

In September 2017, Siao Him Fa began training under Brian Joubert at the 2007 World champion's skating club in Poitiers, France. He finished ninth at both of his JGP assignments. After placing fourth on the senior level at the French Championships in December 2017, he took silver at the junior event in February 2018. In March, he qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships; he ranked sixteenth in the short program, nineteenth in the free skate, and seventeenth overall at the event in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Competing in the 2018 JGP series, Siao Him Fa took bronze in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and then gold in Yerevan, Armenia. Due to his results, he qualified to the JGP Final in Vancouver, Canada. He placed fourth at the Final, setting new personal bests in the free skate and total score. Siao Him Fa said he was happy with the result, and hoped to qualify for both the European Championships and Junior Worlds. He won the silver medal at the 2019 French Figure Skating Championships.

Competing at his first European Championships, Siao Him Fa finished in twelfth place, setting three new personal bests in the process. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, he placed eighth in the short program with a clean skate, and another new personal best.

Programs

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Current ISU world bests highlighted in bold and italic.