Emily Bausback Explained

Emily Bausback
Birth Date:	24 July 2002
Birth Place:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Hometown:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Coach:	Joanne McLeod
Choreographer:	Joanne McLeod Neil Wilson Megumi Seki
Skating Club:	Champs International Skating Centre Burnaby
Currenttraininglocations:	Burnaby, British Columbia
Beganskating:	2005
Retired:	January 14, 2022
Combined Total:	172.48
Combined Date:	2019 CS Warsaw Cup
Sp Score:	59.53
Sp Date:	2021 Skate Canada
Fs Score:	117.19
Fs Date:	2019 CS Warsaw Cup

Emily Bausback (born July 24, 2002) is a Canadian retired figure skater. She is the 2020 Canadian national champion.

Career

Bausback began learning to skate in 2005. She trains at the Champs International Skating Centre of BC at Scotia Barn in Burnaby, British Columbia, coached by Joanne McLeod. Bausback debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in September 2016.

2019–20 season

Commencing her fourth season on the Junior Grand Prix, Bausback placed sixth at JGP United States in Lake Placid. Selected afterward to make her senior international debut on the Challenger series, she was sixth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup. Bausback's result in Poland initially earned her the season's required technical minimum scores necessary to attend ISU championship events; however, a subsequent midseason amendment by the ISU meant that she lacked the short program minimum.

Competing as a senior domestically, Bausback ranked fourth in the short program at the 2020 Canadian Championships. She then won the free skate to take the gold medal, scoring ahead of silver medalist Alison Schumacher by 6.60 points. Speaking afterward, she called it "the best feeling I have ever had." Bausback was the first national ladies' champion from British Columbia since Karen Magnussen's fifth victory in 1973.

Due to Bausback lacking the senior international technical minimum in the short program, she could not be immediately assigned to one of Canada's two ladies' berths at the 2020 World Championships. She was instead assigned, along with Schumacher and fourth-place Alicia Pineault, to compete at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul. Bausback placed fifteenth at Four Continents, and came up short of the short program minimum. Skate Canada gave Bausback a second chance at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, where she succeeded in gaining the minimum score. Correspondingly, she was named to the World Championship team on February 22. However, the World Championships were subsequently cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–21 season

After returning to training after the pandemic lockdowns, Bausback was off the ice for four weeks in the summer after breaking the second metatarsal bone in her right foot in training. Bausback was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was also cancelled as a result of the pandemic.

With the pandemic making hosting in-person events difficult, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, the main qualifying competition for the national championships, was held virtually with athletes submitting a pre-recorded Short & Free program from various locations throughout Canada over a 6-week period. Though winning the BC/YK Sectional Championships for the first time in her career a month earlier, Bausback, while being treated for a back injury sustained in a COVID-shortened training regimen, placed fifth in the short program, but dropped to tenth place in the free skate, finishing eighth overall. The 2021 Canadian Championships were subsequently cancelled.

Despite her Challenge placement, and after both a strong recovery from injury and showing through Skate Canada monitoring, on February 25, Basusback was announced as one of two Ladies entries to the 2021 Worlds, along with Madeline Schizas. At the World Championships, Bausback struggled with her jumps in the short program and did not qualify for the free skating, finishing twenty-seventh overall.

2021–22 season

Bausback was assigned to begin the season at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where she placed seventh, the highest ordinal among the three Canadian women at the event. She made her Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Skate Canada International, placing eleventh. She was second among the three Canadian women at the end, 26.68 behinds Madeline Schizas but 8.69 points ahead of Alison Schumacher. Bausback deemed the overall experience "amazing", despite it not being her best performance. She was later given a second Challenger assignment, finishing seventh at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.

Bausback finished ninth at the 2022 Canadian Championships.

She later announced her retirement from competitive figure skating.^[1]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2020–2022	The One I Love	Alla Notte (Adagio)
2019–2020	Everywhere	My Heart Will Go On
2018–2019	I'm A-Doun For Lack O'Johnny (Scottish Fantasy)	Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends
2017–2018	Retour à la maison	Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends
2016–2017	Retour à la maison	Hip Hip Chin Chin U Plavu Zoru

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
align=left						C	27th
align=left						15th
align=left							C	11th
align=left								7th
align=left								7th
align=left						6th
align=left						11th
International: Junior
align=left						WD
align=left				11th
align=left			13th
align=left			10th
align=left					12th
align=left						6th
National
align=left		7th N	bgcolor=silver	2nd J	WD	10th	bgcolor=gold	1st	C	9th
align=left	SC Challenge	12th N	bgcolor=silver	2nd J	5th	13th	5th	8th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results

2021–2022 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 6–12, 2022	2022 Canadian Championships	align=center	5 56.82	align=center	11 92.09	align=center	9 148.91
November 11–14, 2021	2021 CS Cup of Austria	align=center	4 55.06	align=center	11 99.24	align=center	7 154.30
October 29–31, 2021	2021 Skate Canada International	align=center	10 59.53	align=center	11 100.35	align=center	11 159.88
September 16–18, 2021	2021 CS Autumn Classic International	align=center	9 51.61	align=center	6 97.71	align=center	7 149.32
2020–2021 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	align=center	27 55.74	align=center	–	align=center	27 55.74
January 8–17, 2021	2021 Skate Canada Challenge	align=center	5 55.73	align=center	10 93.65	align=center	8 149.38
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 20–23, 2020	2020 Challenge Cup	align=center	7 58.26	align=center	14 93.63	align=center	11 151.89
February 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	align=center	14 49.10	align=center	15 98.13	align=center	15 147.23
January 13–19, 2020	2020 Canadian Championships	align=center	4 58.90	align=center	1 116.64	align=center bgcolor=gold	1 175.54
November 14–17, 2019	2019 CS Warsaw Cup	align=center	9 55.29	align=center	6 117.19	align=center	6 172.48
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 13–20, 2019	2019 Canadian Championships	align=center	10 54.61	align=center	10 91.82	align=center	10 146.43

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
August 28–31, 2019	2019 JGP United States	align=center	5 55.71	align=center	6 102.51	align=center	6 158.22
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
September 5–8, 2018	2018 JGP Lithuania	align=center	17 39.52	align=center	10 90.08	align=center	12 129.60
2017–2018 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
September 27–30, 2017	2017 JGP Croatia	align=center	9 46.96	align=center	10 86.42	align=center	11 133.38
2016–2017 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 16–22, 2017	2017 Canadian Junior Championships	align=center	2 53.62	align=center	3 97.90	align=center bgcolor=silver	2 151.52
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	align=center	19 36.15	align=center	10 80.80	align=center	13 116.95
September 8–11, 2016	2016 JGP Japan	align=center	13 40.64	align=center	8 81.52	align=center	10 122.16

Notes and References

1. CYt4xn0FGz9. embausback. 10 countries, 2x Jr silver medallist, 4CC competitor, 2x National & World Team, One Senior Canadian Title.. Emily. Bausback. Emily Bausback. January 14, 2022.