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Benjamin Mimar
Brooke McIntosh and Benjamin Mimar at the 2023 Skate Canada International
Born (2000-11-26) November 26, 2000 (age 24)
Laval, Quebec, Canada
HometownToronto, Ontario
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada
DisciplinePair skating
PartnerFiona Bombardier
(since 2024)
Brooke McIntosh (2020–24)
Chloe Panetta (2018–20)
CoachAndrew Evans
Julie Marcotte
Josée Picard
Skating clubSkate Oakville
Began skating2003
Medal record
Canadian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Oshawa Pairs
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tallinn Pairs

Benjamin Mimar (born 26 November 2000) is a Canadian pair skater. With his former partner, Brooke McIntosh, he is the 2022 NHK Trophy bronze medallist and 2023 Canadian national silver medallist. McIntosh/Mimar are also the 2022 World Junior bronze medallists and the 2022 Canadian junior champions.

Personal life

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Mimar was born on 26 November 2000 in Laval, Quebec, Canada.[1] He has a younger sister, Frédérique, who is also a skater.

Career

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Early years

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Mimar began learning how to skate in 2003.[1] Skating with Marjolaine Ouimet, he placed fifth in novice pairs at the 2016 Canadian Championships.

He later competed in junior pairs with Chloe Panetta, coached by Richard Gauthier, Eric Radford, Ian Connoly, Sylvie Fullum, and Marlene Picard in Montreal.[2] The team appeared twice on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, placing ninth at the 2018 JGP Canada and eighth at the 2019 JGP Croatia. At the Canadian Junior Figure Skating Championships, they finished fourth in 2019 and fifth in 2020.[3]

Panetta/Mimar ended their partnership sometime between late January 2020 and 18 February 2020, when Mimar began skating with McIntosh.[4] McIntosh/Mimar competed twice domestically during the 2020–21 season.

2021–22 season: Junior World bronze

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McIntosh/Mimar broke the Canadian junior pairs record to win their first junior national title as a team at the 2022 Canadian Championships in January.[5] Shortly after that, they competed at their first junior international assignment, the 2022 Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf, Germany, where they won the title and earned their ISU technical minimums to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships in April.[6]

The World Junior Championships were originally scheduled to be held in Sofia in the traditional early March period. However, due to the pandemic, they were moved.[7] Due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the ISU banned all Russian athletes from competing, which had a significant impact on a pairs field dominated by Russia in recent years.[8][9] McIntosh/Mimar placed fourth in the short program but climbed to third in the free skate to finish third overall. They took the bronze medal behind Georgian team Safina/Berulava and Australian team Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore.[10] McIntosh later said of their mindset going into the free program, "we focused on what we had to do for the free skate. We knew we were prepared, and we just had to go and show that. Even through the uncertainty of this season, we kept training and kept motivated."[11]

2022–23 season

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With the Russian ban continuing into the new season, McIntosh/Mimar made their senior international debut in a very open pairs field.[12] In their Challenger series debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, they won the bronze medal. Mimar noted the event as a "new experience" and assessed that "our free wasn't the best we could do, after a good short, but we are still happy with third place."[13]

McIntosh and Mimar were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International.[14] They finished fourth in their first Grand Prix appearance, setting new personal bests in the free skate and total score.[15] At their second assignment, the 2022 NHK Trophy in Sapporo, they placed third in the short program despite a minor throw error and set a new personal best in that segment. McIntosh said it was a "lot of fun skating in front of the Japanese crowd."[16] They were third in the free skate as well, despite McIntosh falling on a throw triple loop and seeming to hurt her shoulder. The team won the bronze medal, their first on the Grand Prix, with Mimar saying he was "very proud of my partner that she fought until then end despite a fall." McIntosh subsequently said her arm had been checked by a doctor and was fine.[17][18]

Shortly after the end of the Grand Prix, McIntosh/Mimar were the silver medallists at the 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge after a rough free skate dropped them behind the new team Pereira/Michaud.[19] They went on to win the silver medal at the 2023 Canadian Championships. Mimar said that it was the first time he had felt "really confident on the ice" with their free skate.[20] Despite their silver medal, they were not one of the three teams selected to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, though they were named to make their World Championship debut.[21] McIntosh/Mimar finished eleventh in Saitama.[22]

2023–24 season

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The team was hampered by injury in the leadup to the season, being able to train heavily only in the final three weeks before their first competition: the 2023 Finlandia Trophy. They finished sixth at the event, having encountered difficulties in the free skate. Reflecting on their lack of preparation, Mimar said that "in general, we just have to keep working."[23] On the Grand Prix, they finished sixth at the 2023 Skate Canada International.[23] McIntosh and Mimar placed fifth in the short program at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, but a difficult free skate dropped them to seventh place.[24]

On February 22, Mimar announced that his partnership with McIntosh had ended and that he had teamed up with Fiona Bombardier.[25]

Programs

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Pair skating with Fiona Bombardier

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–25
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Pair skating with Brooke McIntosh

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–24
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2022–23
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2021–22
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2020–21

With Panetta

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Season Short program Free skating
2019–20
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Competitive highlights

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Pair skating with Fiona Bombardier

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Competition placements at senior level [30]
Season 2024–25
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd

Pair skating with Brooke McIntosh

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Competition placements at senior level [31]
Season 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
World Championships 11th
Canadian Championships 2nd
GP Finland 7th
GP NHK Trophy 3rd
GP Skate Canada 4th 6th
CS Finlandia Trophy 3rd 6th
Skate Canada Challenge 4th 2nd
Competition placements at junior level [31]
Season 2021–22
World Junior Championships 3rd
Canadian Championships 1st
Bavarian Open 1st
Skate Canada Challenge 1st

Pair skating with Chloé Panetta

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Competition placements at junior level [32]
Season 2018–19 2019–20
Canadian Championships 4th 5th
JGP Canada 9th
JGP Croatia 8th
Skate Canada Challenge 2nd 4th

Detailed results

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Pair skating with Fiona Bombardier

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Results in the 2024–25 season [30]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 20–24, 2024 Poland 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 4 56.84 3 113.67 3 170.51

Pair skating with Brooke McIntosh

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Senior level

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2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 5
56.61 		8
90.66 		7
147.27
October 27–29, 2023 2023 Skate Canada International 5
59.83 		7
106.17 		6
166.00
October 4–8, 2023 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 4
58.73 		6
98.77 		6
157.50
2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 10
63.33 		11
118.62 		11
181.95
January 9–15, 2023 2023 Canadian Championships 2
66.67 		2
120.59 		2
187.26
Nov. 30 – Dec. 3, 2022 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge 1
63.64 		2
109.02 		2
172.66
November 18–20, 2022 2022 NHK Trophy 3
62.31 		3
113.34 		3
175.65
October 28–30, 2022 2022 Skate Canada International 4
60.82 		4
114.67 		4
175.49
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 3
61.23 		4
105.38 		3
166.61

Junior level

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2021–2022 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships Junior 4
58.00 		3
98.80 		3
156.80
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Bavarian Open Junior 1
51.81 		1
103.26 		1
155.07
January 6–12, 2022 2022 Canadian Junior Championships Junior 1
56.91 		1
99.04 		1
155.95
December 1–5, 2022 2022 Skate Canada Challenge Junior 1
54.75 		1
97.93 		1
152.68
2020–2021 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 8–17, 2021 2022 Skate Canada Challenge Senior 4
55.18 		3
111.51 		4
166.69

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Brooke MCINTOSH / Benjamin MIMAR: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chloe PANETTA / Benjamin MIMAR: 2019/2020". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "Chloe PANETTA / Benjamin MIMAR: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ Evans, Andrew (February 18, 2020). "New team! Super excited for this new start. Time to get down to work" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  5. ^ "McIntosh and Mimar break Canadian junior pairs record at 2022 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships". Skate Canada. January 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Canadians win gold and silver in junior pairs at Bavarian Open". Skate Canada. January 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "2022 World Junior Championships". International Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  10. ^ Slater, Paula (April 15, 2022). "Safina and Berulava take first Junior World gold for Georgian Pairs". Golden Skate.
  11. ^ "McIntosh and Mimar win comeback bronze at ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships". Skate Canada. April 15, 2022.
  12. ^ McCarvel, Nick (October 19, 2022). "Figure skating 2022/23 season preview: New Olympic quad begins with intrigue and plenty of familiar faces". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Fournier Beaudry and Soerensen win gold at ISU Challenger Series Finlandia Trophy". Skate Canada. October 9, 2022.
  14. ^ Doorey, Jacqueline (October 26, 2022). "Canadian pairs duo Brooke McIntosh, Benjamin Mimar excited for senior Grand Prix debut on home ice". CBC Sports.
  15. ^ Slater, Paula (October 29, 2022). "Miura and Kihara win historic pairs Gold for Japan". Golden Skate.
  16. ^ "'Confident' Miura/Kihara (JPN) delight home crowd to lead Pairs after Short Program at NHK Trophy". International Skating Union. November 18, 2022.
  17. ^ "Miura/Kihara (JPN) take home Pairs gold in NHK Trophy to qualify for Grand Prix Final in style". International Skating Union. November 19, 2022.
  18. ^ Slater, Paula (November 19, 2022). "Miura and Kihara take second Grand Prix title at NHK Trophy". Golden Skate.
  19. ^ "Men, pairs and ice dance titles awarded at 2022–23 Skate Canada Challenge". Skate Canada. December 2, 2022.
  20. ^ Flett, Ted (January 15, 2023). "Long awaited victory for Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps". Golden Skate.
  21. ^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2023 ISU championships". Skate Canada. January 15, 2023.
  22. ^ "Japan's Miura and Kihara win pairs title at figure skating worlds". CBC Sports. March 23, 2023.
  23. ^ a b "Reigning Canadian ice dance champions capture bronze medal at Finlandia Trophy". Skate Canada. October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  24. ^ "Silver medal streak continues for ice dancers Fournier Beaudry & Soerensen". Skate Canada. November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  25. ^ @benjamin_mimar (February 22, 2024). "Happy to announce our new partnership!!!" – via Instagram.
  26. ^ "Fiona BOMBARDIER / Benjamin MIMAR: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024.
  27. ^ "Brooke MCINTOSH / Benjamin MIMAR: 2023/2024 (1st FS)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023.
  28. ^ "Brooke MCINTOSH / Benjamin MIMAR: 2023/2024 (2nd FS)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023.
  29. ^ "Brooke MCINTOSH / Benjamin MIMAR: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022.
  30. ^ a b "CAN–Fiona Bombardier/Benjamin Mimar". SkatingScores.
  31. ^ a b "CAN–Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar". SkatingScores.
  32. ^ "CAN–Chloé Panetta/Benjamin Mimar". SkatingScores.
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