Tòn Cónsul Explained

Tòn Cónsul Vivar (born 1 April 1998) is a Spanish pair skater. With his former skating partner, Laura Barquero, he is the 2020 Spanish national champion and competed in the final segment at the 2020 European Championships.

Cónsul is the 2017 Spanish junior national champion in men's singles and in pairs with Alexanne Bouillon, as well as the 2018 Spanish junior national champion in pairs with Isabella Gamez.

Personal life

Cónsul was born on 1 April 1998 in Vielha e Mijaran, Lleida, Spain. His favorite skaters are Javier Fernández and Stéphane Lambiel. Cónsul is a business administration student at Pompeu Fabra University.

Career

Early career

Cónsul began skating in 2006 in Val d'Aran under his first coach Nathalie Pardos. He competed in men's singles up through the 2016–17 season, winning several international medals and the 2017 Spanish junior national title. As a singles skater, he trained in Barcelona under Patrick Capmartín and Marta Andrade.

Cónsul competed pairs with Mónica Carratalá for two seasons, beginning in the 2012–13 season. Together, they were the 2012 Open d'Andorra champions and the 2014 Spanish novice national champions. He later moved to Montreal, Canada to team up with Canadian skater Alexanne Bouillon and train with pairs coaches Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, and Nicholas Young. Bouillon/Cónsul won the 2017 Spanish junior national title and competed in the final segment at the 2017 World Junior Championships, finishing 16th. Cónsul began competing solely in pairs from the 2017–18 season. Competing for Spain with American skater Isabella Gamez, he is the 2018 Spanish junior national champion and the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup champion. Gamez/Cónsul finished 13th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Cónsul left skating in mid-2018 and thus did not compete during the 2018–19 season.

2019–2020 season

In July 2019, Cónsul teamed up with Laura Barquero. They trained under her coaches Barbara Luoni, Franca Bianconi, and Rosana Murante in Bergamo, Italy.

The team made their international debut in October 2019 at the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, where they won the silver medal and earned the technical minimums for both Europeans and Worlds. They then won bronze at the IceLab International Cup. Competing on the ISU Challenger Series, Barquero/Cónsul finished fourth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup and eighth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In their first season together, they won the national title at the 2020 Spanish Championships, ahead of Dorota Broda / Pedro Betegón.

At the 2020 European Championships, Barquero/Cónsul were 15th in the short program and 14th in the free skating to finish 14th overall. Although they expressed disappointment with their mistakes, they were happy with their progress over the course of their short partnership. Together with teammates Broda/Betegón, Barquero/Cónsul made history for the Spanish Ice Sports Federation by marking the first time two Spanish pairs had competed at the European Championships.

In February 2020, Barquero/Cónsul finished ninth at the Challenge Cup. They were named to the 2020 World Championships team, but the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.On 26 June 2020, it was announced that the pair had split after only one season together.

Programs

Men's singles

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–2017	Fly Me to the Moon	A Ciegas Orobroy
2015–2016	Fly Me to the Moon	Sherlock Holmes
2014–2015	Chasing Tail	Scheherazade

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Barquero

International
Event	2019–20
align=left		C
align=left		14th
align=left		8th
align=left		4th
align=left		9th
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left	IceLab International Cup	bgcolor=cc966	3rd
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st
C = Cancelled

With Gamez

International: Junior
Event	2017–18
align=left		13th
align=left		11th
align=left		13th
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st J
Levels: J = Junior

With Bouillon

International: Junior
Event	2016–17
align=left		16th
align=left		4th
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st J
Levels: J = Junior

With Carratalá

International: Advanced novice
Event	2012–13	2013–14
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st N
Levels: N = Novice

Men's singles

International: Junior
Event	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
align=left				13th
align=left							19th
align=left					15th
align=left						15th
align=left				7th	5th
align=left	Hellmut Seibt					6th
align=left				8th		10th
align=left				bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=cc966	3rd	bgcolor=cc966	3rd
align=left						4th
align=left					8th
International: Advanced novice
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
National
align=left		5th N	bgcolor=gold	1st N	bgcolor=cc966	3rd J	bgcolor=silver	2nd J	bgcolor=silver	2nd J	bgcolor=gold	1st J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

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

With Barquero

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2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
20–23 February 2020	2020 Challenge Cup	align=center	10 48.15	align=center	9 91.92	align=center	9 139.37
20–26 January 2020	2020 European Championships	align=center	15 46.79	align=center	14 88.89	align=center	14 135.68
13–15 December 2019	2020 Spanish Championships	align=center		align=center		align=center bgcolor=gold	1 151.35
4–7 December 2019	2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	align=center	9 52.22	align=center	8 101.61	align=center	8 153.83
14–17 November 2019	2019 CS Warsaw Cup	align=center	6 54.30	align=center	4 105.66	align=center	4 159.96
1–3 November 2019	2019 IceLab International Cup	align=center	3 52.18	align=center	5 86.34	align=center bgcolor=cc966	3 138.52
10–12 October 2019	2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	align=center	2 50.83	align=center	1 98.41	align=center bgcolor=silver	2 149.24