Aleksa Rakic

Aleksa Rakic (born September 14, 2004) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2019 Canadian Junior national champion and the 2024 Canadian national silver medalist.^[1]

Aleksa Rakic
Born	(2004-09-14) September 14, 2004 (age 20) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Hometown	Burnaby, British Columbia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Joanne McLeod
Skating club	Champs International Skating Center of British Columbia
Began skating	2013
Medal record
Canadian Championships 2024 Calgary Singles

Personal life

Rakic was born on September 14, 2004, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys reading, biking, drawing, and listening to music.^[2]

Career

Early career

Rakic began figure skating in 2013 after deciding to take lessons with CanSkate, a Canadian learn-to-skate program.^[3] His first figure skating coach was Josie Leeworthy before he would eventually begin training under Joanne McLeod at the Champs International Skating Center of BC in Burnaby.^[4][1]

As an advanced novice skater, Rakic won bronze at the 2017 International Challenge Cup and gold at the 2018 Egna Spring Trophy.^[5]

2018–19 season

Making his junior international debut on the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Rakic finished eighth at 2018 JGP Slovakia and sixth at 2018 JGP Czech Republic. In January, he would win the 2019 Canadian Junior Championship title.^[6][5]

2019–20 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for a second time, Rakic won the silver medal at 2019 JGP France and twelfth at 2019 JGP Croatia. Selected to represent Canada at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. He would finish fourth in the boys' singles event.^[6]

2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2021 Canadian Championships were cancelled. This meant that Rakic was unable to compete for the whole season.^[7][8]

2021–22 season

Rakic's only major competition of the season was the 2022 Canadian Championships, where he would finish eighth at the event.^[6]

2022–23 season

Making his return to the Junior Grand Prix series, Rakic finished seventh at 2022 JGP Czech Republic and fifth at 2022 JGP Italy. Going on to compete at the 2023 Canadian Championships in January, Rakic would finish twelfth. Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Rakic finished thirteenth at the event.^[6]

2023–24 season

Rakic started the season with a silver medal win at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International. He then went on to compete on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Selected to compete at 2023 Skate Canada International following the withdrawal of Roman Sadovsky, Rakic made his senior Grand Prix at the event, finishing in twelfth place.^[6][9][10]

In January, Rakic competed at the 2024 Canadian Championships, where he won the silver medal behind Wesley Chiu.^[11] With this result, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, where he finished eighth.^[5]

2024–25 season

Rakic began his season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Philadelphia Summer Championships and eighth at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.^[6] Selected to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International, Rakic finished seventh, scoring new personal best free skate and combined total scores in the process.^[5]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2018–2019 [4]	The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice choreo. by Mark Pillay, Joanne McLeod, Megan Wing	5 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18: 3. Allegro Scherzando by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Mark Pillay, Joanne McLeod, Megan Wing
2019–2020 [12]	Stargazing by Kygo & Justin Jesso choreo. by Mark Pillay, Joanne McLeod, Megan Wing
2020–2021 [13]
2021–2022 [14]	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla performed by Cello Project choreo. by Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson, Mark Pillay	Alone Together by HAUSER & Damir Urban Benedictus by Karl Jenkins performed by HAUSER choreo. by Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson, Mark Pillay
2022–2023 [15]	Halo by Beyoncé performed by Peter Katz choreo. by Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson	No One Like You by Red Electric choreo. by Mark Pillay	Only the Winds by Ólafur Arnalds choreo. by Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson
2023–2024 [16]	Biblical by Calum Scott Epiphany by Karl Hugo choreo. by Mark Pillay		Rescue Me by OneRepublic
2024–2025 [2]		Va, vis et deviens (from Va, vis et deviens) by Armand Amar Steppe by René Aubry Uncovered by Joseph William Morgan choreo. by Benoît Richaud

Competitive highlights

• GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
• JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

Competition placements at senior level ^[5]

Season	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25
Four Continents Championships				16th
Canadian Championships	8th	12th	2nd	WD
GP Skate Canada			12th	7th
CS Denis Ten Memorial				8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy			5th
Cranberry Cup			4th
Philadelphia Summer				5th
Skate Canada Challenge	2nd	6th	2nd	1st

Competition placements at junior level ^[5]

Season	2018–19	2019–20	2022–23	2023–24
Winter Youth Olympics		4th
World Junior Championships			13th	8th
Canadian Championships	1st
JGP Croatia		12th
JGP Czech Republic	6th		7th
JGP France		2nd
JGP Italy			5th
JGP Slovakia	8th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[5]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	222.49	2024 Skate Canada International
Short program	TSS	77.74	2024 World Junior Championships
	TES	42.79	2024 World Junior Championships
	PCS	35.80	2024 Skate Canada International
Free skating	TSS	145.75	2024 Skate Canada International
	TES	78.75	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
	PCS	72.20	2024 Skate Canada International

Senior level

Results in the 2021–22 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 1–5, 2021	2021 Skate Canada Challenge	3	72.03	3	133.03	2	205.06
Jan 7–13, 2022	2022 Canadian Championships	13	61.47	7	131.68	8	193.15

Results in the 2022–23 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 30 – Dec 3, 2022	2022 Skate Canada Challenge	11	50.01	2	141.96	6	191.97
Jan 9–15, 2023	2023 Canadian Championships	10	68.51	14	117.26	12	185.77

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 10–14, 2023	2023 Cranberry Cup International	7	69.13	4	133.69	4	202.82
Sep 20–23, 2023	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	7	65.03	5	144.85	5	209.88
Oct 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	9	72.56	12	116.82	12	189.38
Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2023	2023 Skate Canada Challenge	2	77.11	2	139.81	2	216.92
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 Canadian Championships	2	75.49	1	149.90	2	225.39

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 3–5, 2024	2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	13	56.06	7	142.41	8	198.47
Oct 25–27, 2024	2024 Skate Canada International	9	76.74	6	145.75	7	222.49
Jan 14–19, 2025	2025 Canadian Championships	7	62.39	—	—	–	WD
Feb 19–23, 2025	2025 Four Continents Championships	12	69.35	16	128.56	16	197.91

Junior level

Results in the 2018–19 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 22–25, 2018	2018 JGP Slovakia	8	60.79	8	119.34	8	180.13
Sep 26–29, 2018	2018 JGP Czech Republic	6	66.01	7	119.07	6	185.08
Jan 13–20, 2019	2019 Canadian Championships (Junior)	2	68.44	1	130.66	1	199.10

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 21–24, 2019	2019 JGP France	3	69.54	3	131.17	2	200.71
Sep 25–28, 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	14	52.57	10	111.96	12	164.53
Jan 10–15, 2020	2020 Winter Youth Olympics	4	70.96	4	134.27	4	205.23

Results in the 2022–23 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2022	2022 JGP Czech Republic	7	65.33	7	117.49	7	182.82
Oct 11–15, 2022	2022 JGP Italy	5	71.50	8	126.06	5	197.56
Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023	2023 World Junior Championships	11	71.34	11	129.60	13	200.94

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[5]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024	2024 World Junior Championships	4	77.74	9	134.00	8	211.74