# Simon Proulx-Sénécal

Simon Proulx-Sénécal (born December 6, 1991) is a Canadian-born ice dancer who competes with Tina Garabedian for Armenia. They are the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalists and reached the free dance at two European Championships (2016, 2017).

## Personal life

Simon Proulx-Sénécal was born on December 6, 1991, in LaSalle, Quebec, Canada, of French Canadian heritage. Proulx-Sénécal came out as gay.

## Career
### Early years

Proulx-Sénécal switched from ice hockey to figure skating when he was seven years old and teamed up with his first partner at age twelve. Competing with Josyane Cholette, he placed 11th in junior ice dancing at both the 2011 and 2012 Canadian Championships. He and Christina Penkov were 15th on the junior level at the 2013 Canadian Championships. During the next two seasons, he competed with Mélissande Dumas on the senior level. They finished 11th at the 2014 Canadian Championships and 12th in 2015.

### Partnership with Garabedian

In May 2015, Proulx-Sénécal teamed up with Tina Garabedian to compete for Armenia. 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 Garabedian)
| 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 |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

### With Garabedian for Armenia

International :
| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 19–20 | 21–22 |
| Olympics | | | | | 18th |
| Worlds | 27th | 25th | 22nd | C | 14th |
| Europeans | 18th | 19th | 19th | 17th | 13th |
| 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 ||||||

### Earlier partnerships

National :
| Event | 2010–11 (with Cholette) | 2011–12 (with Cholette) | 2012–13 (with Penkov) | 2013–14 (with Dumas) | 2014–15 (with Dumas) |
| Canadian Champ. | 11th J | 11th J | 15th J | 11th | 12th |
| J = Junior level ||||||