Trennt Michaud

Trennt Michaud (born August 22, 1996) is a Canadian pair skater.

With his skating partner, Lia Pereira, he is the 2023 Grand Prix de France gold medalist, the 2023 Skate America silver medalist, the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, and a two-time Canadian national medalist.

With his former skating partner, Evelyn Walsh, he is the 2022 Four Continents bronze medalist and a three-time Canadian national silver medalist.

Michaud was born on August 22, 1996, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

Michaud started learning to skate in 2004.

He competed on the novice level at the 2013 Canadian Championships, placing eighth in men's singles and second in pairs with Judith Murtha-Anderson where they were coached by Lisa Conley and represented the Prince Edward County Skating Club.

His partnership with Hope McLean began in 2014.

Following the conclusion of the Grand Prix series, Walsh and Michaud consulted with 2014 Olympic pairs champion Maxim Trankov to improve pair elements, in particular their triple twist lift.

They won the junior pairs' title at the 2016 Canadian Championships and were sent to the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

They withdrew from Junior Worlds after placing thirteenth in the short program.

They were coached by Alison Purkiss and Scott Rachuk in London and Komoka, Ontario.

In 2016, Michaud teamed up with Evelyn Walsh, coached by Alison Purkiss and Margaret Purdy in London, Ontario.

Making their international debut, they placed eleventh at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition held in late September in Tallinn, Estonia, and fifth the following month at a JGP event in Dresden, Germany.

Walsh/Michaud also won the 2017 Canadian national junior title and competed at two World Junior Championships, achieving their highest placement, fifth, in 2017.

In January 2017, they won the junior pairs' title at the Canadian Championships and were named in Canada's team to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei.

Competing in Taiwan, they placed sixth in the short program, fifth in the free skate, and fifth overall.

In the 2017–2018 season, Walsh and Michaud participated in two events on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, winning the bronze medal at JGP Riga Cup and placing fourth at JGP Croatia Cup.

Competing as a senior pair at the 2018 Canadian Championships, they placed fifth overall.

At the 2018 World Junior Championships, the pair placed fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and sixth overall.

Competing as seniors internationally in the 2018-19 season, Walsh/Michaud made their debut on the Challenger series at the Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed seventh.

For the Grand Prix series, Walsh and Michaud were initially assigned to 2018 Skate Canada International and subsequently added to the 2018 Skate America event following the withdrawal of the Chinese team of Li/Xie.

They placed eighth at Skate America, following rough programs where Walsh fell five times, but fared better at Skate Canada International, finishing in fifth place.

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Walsh/Michaud placed second in both programs, winning the silver medal behind Moore-Towers/Marinaro.

Walsh, commenting on their struggles at their first two competitions that season, said, "we do truly believe everything happens for a reason."

Michaud remarked that their expectations had changed considerably from the previous season when they were happy to finish fifth.

They were assigned, alongside Moore-Towers/Marinaro, to compete at the Four Continents and World Championships.

Competing at Four Continents, they were in sixth place after the short program but fell to seventh overall after finishing eighth in the free skate with a performance that included an aborted lift.

At the World Championships, they placed twelfth.

Walsh and Michaud also worked on the Netflix series Spinning Out, serving as skating doubles for leads Kaya Scodelario and Evan Roderick.

For their free program, Walsh/Michaud worked with retired Canadian pairs champion Eric Radford as choreographer.

Walsh/Michaud made their debut at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed sixth.

At the 2019 Skate Canada International, their first Grand Prix assignment, they were eighth.

At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they were fifth in the short program with a new personal best.

Seventh in the free skate, they were sixth overall.

Skating at the 2020 Canadian Championships, they placed third in the short program, less than a point behind second-place Ilyushechkina/Bilodeau.

Second in the free skate despite some under rotations on their jumps, they won their second consecutive national silver medal.

Walsh called it"the peak, I think, of our season so far, and this is exactly where we wanted to be at this point."

Walsh/Michaud placed sixth at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, again ahead of Ilyushechkina/Bilodeau.

Consequently, they were afterwards assigned to Canada's second pairs berth at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal.

However, the championships were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.