# Tina Garabedian

Tina Garabedian (Armenian: Թինա Կարապետյան; born June 13, 1997) is a retired Armenian-Canadian ice dancer. She and her partner Simon Proulx-Sénécal represented Armenia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

## Personal life

Tina Garabedian was born on June 13, 1997, in Laval, Quebec, Canada. She is one of three daughters of Maral Dermeguerditchian and John Garabedian, both born in Lebanon. She attended L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop up to grade 7 and then switched to Collège Gérald-Godin with a sports-study program to accommodate her skating schedule. In 2021 she graduated from McGill University with distinction, winning the Laddie Millen Award for top marks. She holds dual Canadian and Armenian citizenship.

## Career
### Early years

Garabedian began skating in 2002. She competed in singles until age 14 and then spent a year as a member of a synchronized skating team. She formed an ice dancing partnership with Alexandre Laliberté in 2012. Appearing on the junior level, the two placed 9th at the 2014 Canadian Championships and debuted internationally the following season, representing Armenia. After placing 7th at both of their 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments – in Ostrava, Czech Republic and Dresden, Germany – Garabedian/Laliberté were sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. In Estonia, they were 18th in the short dance and qualified to the free dance, where they placed 15th, lifting them to 16th overall.

### Partnership with Proulx-Sénécal

In May 2015, Garabedian teamed up with Simon Proulx-Sénécal, with whom she began competing on the senior level. She stated, "My coaches wanted us to skate together when I first started dance, but he was already 21 and had to move up to senior, and I was not ready for that then." Making their international debut, they placed sixth at the 2015 Ice Challenge, a 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series (CS) event held in October in Graz, Austria. In December, they won their first CS medal – bronze at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In January 2016, Garabedian/Proulx-Sénécal were one of twenty teams to qualify for the final segment at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, having ranked 20th in the short dance. They finished 18th overall after placing 18th in the free dance.

## Programs
### With Proulx-Sénécal

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2021–2022 | Soul: Respect Blues: Bridge Over Troubled Water R&B: Think by Aretha Franklin | Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma & Johnny Mercer Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser |
| 2019–2021 | Mamma Mia Honey, Honey Take A Chance On Me Dancing Queen (from Mamma Mia) by ABBA | Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma & Johnny Mercer Luck Be A Lady (from Guys and Dolls) by Frank Loesser |
| 2017–2018 | Salsa: Vente Pa' Ca Samba: La Bomba by Ricky Martin | A Time for Us (from Romeo and Juliet) by Nino Rota Old Money by Lana Del Rey |
| 2016–2017 | Blues Swing | Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer |
| 2015–2016 | Waltz: Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky March: Go Do by Jónsi | Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears Cosmic Love by Florence Welch, Isabella Summers |

### With Laliberté

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2014–2015 | Samba: Rhumba: Samba: | Once in the Musical |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### With Proulx-Sénécal

International :
| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Olympics | | | | | | 18th |
| Worlds | 27th | 25th | 22nd | C | WD | 14th |
| Europeans | 18th | 19th | 19th | 17th | | 13th |
| CS Asian Open | | | | | | WD |
| CS Autumn Classic | | | | | | WD |
| CS Golden Spin | 3rd | 11th | 15th | | | 4th |
| CS Ice Challenge | 6th | | | | | |
| CS Nebelhorn | | | 8th | | | 4th |
| CS U.S. Classic | | 9th | 6th | | | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | 5th | | 8th | | |
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | | | | | |
| Budapest Trophy | | | | | | 1st |
| Lake Placid IDI | | | | | | 2nd |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | | 2nd | | |
| Toruń Cup | | | | 3rd | | |
| National ||||||||
| Armenian | 1st | | | | | |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled ||||||||

### With Laliberté

International :
| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| World Junior Champ. | | 16th |
| JGP Czech Republic | | 7th |
| JGP Germany | | 7th |
| Santa Claus Cup | | 7th J |
| National |||
| Canadian Champ. | 9th J | |
| J = Junior level |||