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Edrian Paul Celestino

Edrian Paul Celestino (born April 7, 1998) is a Filipino-Canadian figure skater. He is the 2019 Philippine national champion, and qualified to the free skating at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. For Canada, he is the 2016 Autumn Classic International junior champion and a two-time Canadian junior national medalist (2015–16).

Edrian Paul Celestino
Celestino at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic
Other namesCélestino
Born (1998-04-07) April 7, 1998 (age 26)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country Philippines (2018-2024)
 Canada (until 2017, 2024-)
CoachYvan Desjardins
Skating clubPhilippine Skating Association
Began skating2002

Personal life

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Celestino was born in Montreal, Quebec, on April 7, 1998. He is a model for Canadian streetwear brand Hypewearnation.[1] Celestino's skating idols are Daisuke Takahashi, Patrick Chan, and Yuzuru Hanyu.[2]

Career

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Celestino began skating in 2002. He competed for his native Canada until the 2017–18 season before switching to representing the Philippines in the following season.[3] Celestino was also an ice dancer.[4]

For Canada, Celestino competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix three times, with his highest finish being ninth at 2016 JGP Russia. He is the 2016 Autumn Classic International junior champion after previously finishing fourth in 2015. Celestino is the 2014 Canadian novice national silver medalist, the 2015 Canadian junior national bronze medalist, and the 2016 Canadian junior national silver medalist.[5] At the senior level, he finished 12th in 2017 and 18th in 2018.[5]

2018–2019 season

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Celestino won the national title at the 2019 Philippine Championships by over 30 points ahead of Christopher Caluza and Yamato Rowe.[6][7] He did not compete internationally during the season.[3]

2019–2020 season

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Celestino debuted for the Philippines and competed internationally for the first time since the 2016–17 season by competing at three Challenger Series events. He finished eighth at the 2019 CS Ice Star and ninth at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy and the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International.[3] In November 2019, Celestino finished fourth at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, after placing third in the short program and fourth in the free skating.[8] Despite being nervous for the competition, he told media that he found inspiration "from within [himself] and sheer love and passion for skating."[9]

Celestino qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, finishing 20th overall. He failed to attain the minimum technical element scores required to compete at the 2020 World Championships in his hometown of Montreal.[10] Celestino would have ended his season at the 2020 Philippine Championships in April; however, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.[11]

2021–2022 season

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Celestino was chosen by the Philippine Skating Union over Christopher Caluza and Michael Christian Martinez, based on the results of the federation's Olympic Qualifier Evaluation, to represent the country at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a spot for the Philippines at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[12][13] He placed eighteenth, insufficient to earn a spot. He was later twenty-second at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[3]

2022–2023 season

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Celestino competed at two Challenger events, finishing sixteenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge and tenth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2023 Four Continents Championships, he came seventeenth.[3]

2023–2024 season

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Appearing first on the Challenger circuit, Celestino came tenth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.[3] In the next month, Celestino competed in the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy and ranked eleventh overall.

In January, Celestino competed at the 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships where he placed eighteenth.

2024-2025 season

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In June, it was announced that Celestino was switching back to compete for Canada.[14]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[15]
  • What Is Jazz
    by Club des Belugas
    choreo. by Vanessa Sauriol, Benjamin Brisebois
2022–2023
[16]
2021–2022
[17]
  • You & Me
    by Aron Wright
  • You (Piano & Strings)
    by Future of Forestry
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2019–2020
[4]
  • You & Me
    by Aron Wright
  • You (Piano & Strings)
    by Future of Forestry
    choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2018–2019
2017–2018
2016–2017
[18]
2015–2016
[19]
2014–2015
[20]

Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

For the Philippines

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International[3]
Event 18–19 19–20 21–22 22–23 23–24
Four Continents 20th 17th 18th
CS Autumn Classic 9th 10th
CS Budapest Trophy 11th
CS Finlandia Trophy 9th
CS Golden Spin 10th
CS Ice Challenge 16th
CS Ice Star 8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 18th
CS Warsaw Cup 22nd WD
SEA Games 4th
National[3]
Philippine Champ. 1st 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

For Canada

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International: Junior[3]
Event 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
JGP Austria 13th
JGP Estonia 11th
JGP Russia 9th
Autumn Classic 4th 1st
National[3][5]
Canadian Champ. 2nd N 3rd J 2nd J 12th 18th
SC Challenge 2nd N 1st J 7th J 4th 9th
Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice

Detailed results

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For the Philippines

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2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Jan. 30–Feb. 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 20
62.86 		18
117.45 		18
180.31
October 13–15, 2023 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 9
65.21 		15
118.86 		11
184.07
September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 10
59.02 		10
118.55 		10
177.57
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 7–12, 2023 2023 Four Continents Championships 16
66.83 		19
100.09 		17
166.92
December 7–10, 2022 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5
69.46 		12
107.15 		10
178.35
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 17
66.58 		22
110.50 		22
177.08
September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 16
64.32 		18
111.78 		18
176.10
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 18
65.11 		21
102.54 		20
167.65
Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2019 2019 Southeast Asian Games 3
61.52 		4
108.07 		4
169.59
October 18–20, 2019 2019 CS Ice Star 6
64.61 		9
117.66 		8
182.27
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 10
61.72 		7
129.73 		9
191.45
September 12–14, 2019 2019 CS Autumn Classic International 9
64.01 		9
115.20 		9
179.21
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 25–26, 2018 2019 Philippine Championships 1
66.27 		1
130.42 		1
196.69

For Canada

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2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 8–14, 2018 2018 Canadian Championships Senior 18
56.14 		18
97.57 		18
153.71
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 16–22, 2017 2017 Canadian Championships Senior 10
69.41 		12
125.49 		12
194.90
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2016 2016 Autumn Classic International Junior 1
59.99 		2
105.00 		1
164.99
September 14–18, 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 12
50.39 		9
111.30 		9
161.69
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 18–24, 2016 2016 Canadian Championships Junior 2
56.27 		2
123.17 		2
179.92
October 12–15, 2015 2015 Autumn Classic International Junior 2
53.37 		4
84.02 		4
137.39
September 9–12, 2015 2015 JGP Austria Junior 17
46.55 		13
97.89 		13
144.44
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 19–25, 2015 2015 Canadian Championships Junior 3
58.24 		4
114.44 		3
172.68
September 24–27, 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 15
45.17 		10
96.63 		11
141.80
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 9–15, 2014 2014 Canadian Championships Novice 7
34.27 		1
81.33 		2
115.60

References

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  1. ^ "Hypewearnation: About". Hypewearnation.
  2. ^ 2016 ACI: Edrian Paul Celestino (Junior Men Gold) (YouTube). Skate Canada. September 30, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Edrian Paul CELESTINO: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ a b "Edrian Paul CELESTINO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Edrian Paul Celestino". Stats on Ice.
  6. ^ "Senior Men" (Facebook). Philippine Skating Union. November 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 Phil. National Figure Skating Championships: Results – Senior Men Final Results" (PDF). Philippine Skating Union. November 26, 2018.
  8. ^ Lising, Charmie (December 1, 2019). "Perticheto, Caluza settle for silver medals in figure skating competition". ESPN.
  9. ^ Malig, Kaela (December 1, 2019). "Pinoy skaters say love and passion for sport keep them going". GMA News Online.
  10. ^ "ISU World Championships 2020: Men". International Skating Union. February 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "2020 Philippine National Figure Skating Championships". Philippine Skating Union.
  12. ^ Morales, Luisa (20 August 2021). "Celestino, Frank named Philippine bets in Winter Olympics qualifier". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Olympic figure skater Michael Martinez will miss 2022 Winter Games". ABS-CBN News. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  14. ^ In The Loop [@InTheLoPodcast] (June 17, 2024). "#EdrianPaulCelestino will now represent Canada. He previously represented the Philippines" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Edrian Paul CELESTINO: 2023/24". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 19, 2023.
  16. ^ "Edrian Paul CELESTINO: 2022/23". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023.
  17. ^ "Edrian Paul CELESTINO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Edrian Paul CELESTINO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019.
  19. ^ "Edrian Paul CELESTINO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
  20. ^ "Edrian Paul CELESTINO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015.
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