Edrian Paul Celestino

Edrian Paul Celestino
Edrian Paul Celestino
	Celestino at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic
Other names	Célestino
Born	April 7, 1998; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Philippines (2018–); Canada (till 2017)
Coach	Yvan Desjardins
Skating club	Philippine Skating Association
Began skating	2002

Edrian Paul Celestino (born April 7, 1998) is a Filipino-Canadian figure skater. He is the 2019 Philippine national champion, and qualified to the free skating at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. For Canada, he is the 2016 Autumn Classic International junior champion and a two-time Canadian junior national medalist (2015–16).

Personal life

Celestino was born in Montreal, Quebec, on April 7, 1998. He is a model for Canadian streetwear brand Hypewearnation. Celestino's skating idols are Daisuke Takahashi, Patrick Chan, and Yuzuru Hanyu.

Career

Celestino began skating in 2002. He competed for his native Canada until the 2017–18 season before switching to representing the Philippines in the following season. Celestino was also an ice dancer.

For Canada, Celestino competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix three times, with his highest finish being ninth at 2016 JGP Russia. He is the 2016 Autumn Classic International junior champion after previously finishing fourth in 2015. Celestino is the 2014 Canadian novice national silver medalist, the 2015 Canadian junior national bronze medalist, and the 2016 Canadian junior national silver medalist. At the senior level, he finished 12th in 2017 and 18th in 2018.

2018–2019 season

Celestino won the national title at the 2019 Philippine Championships by over 30 points ahead of Christopher Caluza and Yamato Rowe. He did not compete internationally during the season.

2019–2020 season

Celestino debuted for the Philippines and competed internationally for the first time since the 2016–17 season by competing at three Challenger Series events. He finished eighth at the 2019 CS Ice Star and ninth at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy and the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International. In November 2019, Celestino finished fourth at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, after placing third in the short program and fourth in the free skating. Despite being nervous for the competition, he told media that he found inspiration "from within [himself] and sheer love and passion for skating."

Celestino qualified to the free skating segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, finishing 20th overall. He failed to attain the minimum technical element scores required to compete at the 2020 World Championships in his hometown of Montreal. Celestino would have ended his season at the 2020 Philippine Championships in April; however, the competition was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

2021–2022 season

Celestino was chosen by the Philippine Skating Union over Christopher Caluza and Michael Christian Martinez, based on the results of the federation's Olympic Qualifier Evaluation, to represent the country at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a spot for the Philippines at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He placed eighteenth, insufficient to earn a spot. He was later twenty-second at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.

2022–2023 season

Celestino competed at two Challenger events, finishing sixteenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge and tenth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2023 Four Continents Championships, he came seventeenth.

2023–2024 season

Appearing first on the Challenger circuit, Celestino came tenth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2023–2024	What Is Jazz by Club des Belugas choreo. by Vanessa Sauriol, Benjamin Brisebois	The Golden Age by Woodkid Embers by Max Richter choreo. by Vanessa Sauriol, Benjamin Brisebois
2022–2023	In This Shirt by The Irrepressibles choreo. by Milena Todaro	Golden Age by Woodkid Embers by Max Richter choreo. by Benjamin Brisebois	Little Wooden Head (Dance Version) (from Pinocchio) by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington
2021–2022	In This Shirt by The Irrepressibles choreo. by Milena Todaro	You & Me by Aron Wright You (Piano & Strings) by Future of Forestry choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2019–2020	Black Magic Woman by Peter Green performed by Carlos Santana choreo. by Julie Marcotte	You & Me by Aron Wright You (Piano & Strings) by Future of Forestry choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2018–2019
2017–2018
2016–2017	That's Life by Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon performed by Frank Sinatra choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Las Cuatros Estaciones Portenas III. Winter by Astor Piazzolla choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2015–2016	Hip Hip Chin Chin by Club des Belugas choreo. by David Wilson	Nessun dorma (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by David Wilson
2014–2015	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Milena Todaro	Nessun dorma (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by David Wilson

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

For the Philippines

International
Event	18–19	19–20	21–22	22–23	23–24
Four Continents		20th		17th	TBD
CS Autumn Classic		9th			10th
CS Budapest Trophy					11th
CS Finlandia Trophy		9th
CS Golden Spin				10th
CS Ice Challenge				16th
CS Ice Star		8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy			18th
CS Warsaw Cup			22nd		WD
SEA Games		4th
National
Philippine Champ.	1st			1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

For Canada

International: Junior
Event	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18
JGP Austria			13th
JGP Estonia		11th
JGP Russia				9th
Autumn Classic			4th	1st
National
Canadian Champ.	2nd N	3rd J	2nd J	12th	18th
SC Challenge	2nd N	1st J	7th J	4th	9th
Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice

Detailed results

For the Philippines

Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
2023–24 season
October 13-15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	9 65.21	15 118.86	11 184.07
September 14–17, 2023	2023 CS Autumn Classic International	10 59.02	10 118.55	10 177.57
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 7–12, 2023	2023 Four Continents Championships	16 66.83	19 100.09	17 166.92
December 7–10, 2022	2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	5 69.46	12 107.15	10 178.35
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 17–20, 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	17 66.58	22 110.50	22 177.08
September 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	16 64.32	18 111.78	18 176.10
2019–20 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 4–9, 2020	2020 Four Continents Championships	18 65.11	21 102.54	20 167.65
Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2019	2019 Southeast Asian Games	3 61.52	4 108.07	4 169.59
October 18–20, 2019	2019 CS Ice Star	6 64.61	9 117.66	8 182.27
October 11–13, 2019	2019 CS Finlandia Trophy	10 61.72	7 129.73	9 191.45
September 12–14, 2019	2019 CS Autumn Classic International	9 64.01	9 115.20	9 179.21
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 25–26, 2018	2019 Philippine Championships	1 66.27	1 130.42	1 196.69

For Canada

2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 8–14, 2018	2018 Canadian Championships	Senior	18 56.14	18 97.57	18 153.71
2016–17 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 16–22, 2017	2017 Canadian Championships	Senior	10 69.41	12 125.49	12 194.90
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2016	2016 Autumn Classic International	Junior	1 59.99	2 105.00	1 164.99
September 14–18, 2016	2016 JGP Russia	Junior	12 50.39	9 111.30	9 161.69
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 18–24, 2016	2016 Canadian Championships	Junior	2 56.27	2 123.17	2 179.92
October 12–15, 2015	2015 Autumn Classic International	Junior	2 53.37	4 84.02	4 137.39
September 9–12, 2015	2015 JGP Austria	Junior	17 46.55	13 97.89	13 144.44
2014–15 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 19–25, 2015	2015 Canadian Championships	Junior	3 58.24	4 114.44	3 172.68
September 24–27, 2014	2014 JGP Estonia	Junior	15 45.17	10 96.63	11 141.80
2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 9–15, 2014	2014 Canadian Championships	Novice	7 34.27	1 81.33	2 115.60