Zachary Lagha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada | April 15, 1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Marjorie Lajoie (since 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Romain Haguenauer Marie-France Dubreuil Pascal Denis Patrice Lauzon Josée Piche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | CPA St.-Lambert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 17th (2021–22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zachary Lagha (born April 15, 1999) is a Canadian ice dancer. With his skating partner Marjorie Lajoie, he is the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalist, a five-time Grand Prix medalist, 2022 CS Nepela Memorial champion, 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion, and a three-time Canadian national medalist. Lajoie and Lagha represented Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Lajoie and Lagha began their careers with a string of domestic titles in the youth ranks, including gold medals at the 2015 Canadian Novice Championships and 2015 Canada Winter Games, before making their international junior debut. They won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, three national junior titles, and became the second Canadian dance team to win the World Junior Championships in 2019. They represented Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, finishing fourth in the dance event and winning a bronze medal in the team event.