Brandon Toste
| Brandon Toste | |
|---|---|
 McIntosh/Toste at the 2019 JGP United States | |
| Born | October 5, 2002 Mississauga, Ontario |
| Hometown | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Canada |
| Began skating | 2013 |
| Retired | January 21, 2020 |
Brandon Toste (born October 5, 2002) is a retired Canadian figure skater, competing in singles and pairs. With his former skating partner, Brooke McIntosh, he competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships, finishing in the top ten.
Earlier in the 2018/2019 season, they placed fifth at the JGP Slovakia, tenth at the JGP Czech Republic[1] and won silver in the junior division at the Canadian Championships.
Career
[edit]2017–2018 season
[edit]In January 2018, McIntosh / Toste won gold in the novice division at the Canadian Championships, setting a new Canadian record (120.24).[2]
2018–2019 season
[edit]In the 2018–2019 season McIntosh / Toste debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. They opened the season in August at the JGP Slovakia, where they finished fifth. In September, they competed at the JGP Czech Republic, finishing tenth.
In January 2019, they won silver in the junior division at the Canadian Championships. Both also competed in the singles events (in the novice division) – McIntosh finished eighth and Toste ninth.
In March 2019, they represented Canada at the World Junior Championships, finishing tenth.
2019–2020 season
[edit]Competing on the Junior Grand Prix for their second season, McIntosh/Toste placed fifth at the 2019 JGP United States in Lake Placid and sixth at the 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk.
These results qualified a place for a Canadian junior pair team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, and they were subsequently selected to take that spot; as a result of which, they did not attend the 2020 Canadian Junior Championships, which overlapped with the Youth Olympics. They placed fourth at the Youth Olympics in the pairs event, and also placed fourth in the team competition.[3]
Following the Youth Olympics, coach Andrew Evans announced that Toste would be retiring to focus on attending university, while McIntosh would search for a new partner.[4]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2020 [5][6] |
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| 2018–2019 [7] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pair skating with McIntosh
[edit]| International[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| Junior Worlds | 10th | ||
| Youth Olympics | 4th | ||
| JGP Czech Republic | 10th | ||
| JGP Russia | 6th | ||
| JGP Slovakia | 5th | ||
| JGP United States | 5th | ||
| National | |||
| Canadian Champ. | 1st N | 2nd J | |
| Ontario Sectionals | 1st N | 2nd J | |
| Team events | |||
| Youth Olympics | 4th T 4th P | ||
| T = Team result; P = Personal result. | |||
Single skating
[edit]| Event | 18–19 | |
|---|---|---|
| National | ||
| Canadian Champ. | 9th N | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Brooke MCINTOSH / Brandon TOSTE - Biography". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Skate Canada - Skating Records (Historical Tab)". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ Heroux, Devin (January 12, 2020). "Canadian pair skate to season-best performance at Youth Olympics". CBC Sports.
- ^ Evans, Andrew (January 21, 2020). "And just like that the end of a chapter. My very first pair's story is coming to an end" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
- ^ "Brooke MCINTOSH / BRANDON TOSTE: 2019/2020 (first)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Brooke MCINTOSH / BRANDON TOSTE: 2019/2020 (second)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Brooke MCINTOSH / BRANDON TOSTE: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
External links
[edit]- Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste at the International Skating Union
- Brooke McIntosh & Brandon Toste on the Skate Ontario website