Lia Pereira

Lia Pereira (born March 5, 2004) is a Canadian pair skater. With her skating partner, Trennt Michaud, she is the 2026 World bronze medalist, the 2025 Four Continents bronze medalist, a three-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (including gold at the 2023 Grand Prix de France), and the 2026 Canadian national champion. With Michaud, she represented Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Pereira was born on March 5, 2004, in Milton, Ontario, Canada and is of Portuguese descent.

In her second season as a novice, Pereira was the silver medalist at the 2020 Skate Canada Challenge. She was then assigned by Skate Canada to make her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2021 JGP Russia in Krasnoyarsk. After finishing tenth overall, she called it "an amazing experience," adding, "I learned a lot more about myself [and] about how to handle the pressure of an event like this." Pereira was first sent to the International Challenge Cup, where she finished sixth, including a third-place finish in the free skate. Michaud commented afterwards that "to know that what we've been putting into is paying off is a super rewarding feeling," Pereira/Michaud finished sixth in the short program, after Pereira fell on the throw triple loop, which she called an untypical error. They were sixth in the free skate as well after a lift error, which Michaud said he was annoyed by, but added that "overall, we are pretty pleased." Pereira viewed it as a new experience for the team to be coming back after a disappointing short program. During the short program, the team completed a triple twist, a throw triple Salchow, and a side-by-side triple Salchow, setting a personal best of 66.90 points. During the free skate, the team performed a side-by-side triple Salchow, a triple twist, a throw triple Salchow and level four twists. However, Pereira missed the throw triple loop, while Michaud stumbled on a double Axel. Pereira called it a "steppingstone" week. They placed third in the free skate as well, being overtaken by their Canadian teammates, but themselves surpassing the Americans. With an overall personal best of 198.40 points, Pereira/Michaud won the bronze medal. This was Pereira's first international championship medal.

2025–26 season: First national title, Milano Cortina Olympics, and World bronze Pereira/Michaud opened their season by placing sixth at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They went on to compete in the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, placing fourth at the 2025 Skate Canada International and fifth at the 2025 Finlandia Trophy. They were subsequently named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team.

On February 2, days before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced that Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps would be unable to participate, due to Stellato-Dudek sustaining an injury during training. As a result, Pereira/Michaud were selected to compete for Canada in both segments of the pairs portion in the team event. On February 6, Pereira/Michaud placed fourth in the short program with a score of 68.24, earning 7 points for Team Canada. They put out a clean program which featured good side-by-side triple toe loops and a throw triple loop. The triple twist, lift, footwork and death spiral were all graded a level four, but there were negative GOEs noted on the twist and flying camel spins. “We really put in a lot of work,” said Pereira. “I think today showed the work that we put in the usual elements that gave us some problems. Overall, I’m proud of both of us for handling our first team event together. We really felt the support from the box and the crowd.” The duo placed fifth in the free skate, earning 6 points for Team Canada and setting a new personal best of 134.42. During the short program of the individual event on February 15, Pereira/Michaud placed third, setting another personal best of 74.60. However the next day, the team struggled during the free skate, with Michaud taking a fall and Pereira slipping during the death spiral, placing tenth in that segment and dropping to eighth place overall.

The following month, Pereira/Michaud captured the bronze medal at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague. This was the first World Championships medal for both Pereira and Michaud. They finished third in the short program and second in the free skate, winning small medals for both segments. During the short program, the team landed a clean triple toe loop and a throw triple loop, posting a new personal best of 75.52 points. During the free skate, Pereira/Michaud put out a performance that was highlighted by a triple twist, a triple toe loop-double Axel sequence and a throw triple Lutz, picking up another personal best of 140.57 points. “Those two programs are some of our favorite programs we’ve ever had,” said Michaud. “To finish both on such a high note was exactly what we came here to do. We knew if we did that, we could put ourselves into medal contention. I’m so proud of the two of us and also our team back home."

Programs Pair skating with Trennt Michaud

Senior level

Senior level

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