Maxime Deschamps

Maxime Deschamps (born December 20, 1991) is a Canadian retired pair skater. With his skating partner, Deanna Stellato-Dudek, he is the 2024 World champion, the 2024 Four Continents champion, 2023–24 Grand Prix Final bronze medallist, an eight-time ISU Grand Prix medallist, a three-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist, and three-time Canadian national champion (2023–2025).

He and Stellato-Dudek are also the first pair team to perform an assisted backflip in an ISU competition. The pair finished 7th at the 2015 Skate Canada International and 8th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships. They were coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Quebec.

Selected to compete for Team Canada at the 2025 World Team Trophy, Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps placed fourth in all segments of the pairs event and Team Canada finished fifth overall.

They then went on to win the silver medal at the 2025 Grand Prix de France. "For me, winning the medal means that we fought through, and despite the mistakes, we didn't give up," said Stellato-Dudek after the free skate. Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps were subsequently named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team.

On 2 February, 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. They further stated that Stellato-Dudek's condition would be closely monitored to determine whether she and Deschamps will be able to partake in the Individual Pairs Event set to take place the following week. On 10 February, it was announced that Stellato-Dudek had been cleared to compete in the individual pair skating event despite having hit her head during a training accident.

The team went on to compete in the pairs' individual event at the 2026 Winter Olympics where they placed 11th overall. “We lost two weeks of training leading up to this,” said Stellato-Dudek after the free skate. “We had to make some strategic decisions going into the free program. But the way that we held that together after not doing a run-through for two weeks is pretty amazing. I joke with Maxim that he literally and figuratively always carries me through when I’m having a hard time, and he did not disappoint tonight.”

In July, Deschamps announced he was retiring from competitive skating.

Programs Pair skating with Deanna Stellato-Dudek Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026 221.56|2024 World Championships 77.48|2024 World Championships 42.05|2024 World Championships 35.43|2024 World Championships 144.08|2024 World Championships 74.70| 71.13|2024 World Championships