In 2019, Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha were named world junior ice dance champions. Learn about the details about them here.
They were only the second Canadian pair to win a world junior title in ice dance, following Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir in 2006. They competed in their first senior ISU World Championships two years later, in 2021.
Lajoie began skating lessons in 2004. In 2011, she collaborated with Zachary Lagha.
The duo won the novice title at the 2015 Canadian Championships in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, under Mylène Girard, Julien Lalonde, and Valérie Allard.
Canadian Ice Dancer: Marjorie Lajoie & Partner Zachary Lagha
In October 2015, Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha made their international debuts in a Junior Grand Prix event.
They won silver in the junior ice dance event at the 2016 Canadian Championships a few months later.
They competed for Canada at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, finishing fourth in the ice dance event but taking bronze in the mixed team event.
They finished the season with their first of four consecutive world junior championships.
They won three junior national titles (2017, 2018, and 2019) and qualified for back-to-back Junior Grand Prix Finals in 2017-18 and 2018-19.
In 2019-20, they made their senior debut on the ISU Grand Prix circuit and won a silver medal at the national championships. Following that, they finished fifth at their first Four Continents Championships.
The pair were named to the Canadian team for the 2020 World Championships before the COVID-19 pandemic forced their cancellation. They finished fifth in their first Grand Prix event, the NHK Trophy in Japan, in the fall of 2021.
Marjorie Lajoie & Partner Zachary Lagha Age Gap
Marjorie Lajoie is 21 years old as of now, having been born on November 6, 2000.
Similarly, her partner Zachary Lagha was born on April 15, 1999. Thus he is 22 years old as of now.
They share only an age gap of a year.
Lajoie/Lagha finished third in the rhythm dance at their second senior Canadian championships in Ottawa, without an audience due to restrictions imposed by the Omicron variant.
Despite Lajoie’s twizzle set failing, they finished third in the free dance and took the bronze medal home. Nonetheless, they were pleased with the outcome. They were named to Canada’s Olympic team the next day.
Explore Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha Parents Details
Zachary Lagha was born in Greenfield Park, Quebec, on April 15, 1999. His ancestors are Algerian Canadians.
His mother, Fella Hammouten, is a talented pianist who encouraged her son to study the instrument as well. In the off-season, Lagha competes in musical competitions.
Marjorie Lajoie’s parents’ details are not available right now.
In addition to skating, she has worked as an actress, appearing in commercials and on the Canadian television series Just Kidding.
She limits her auditions to minor roles in order to avoid interfering with her skating.
Her older brother is a judoka. Charles-Étienne Lajoie, Lajoie’s younger brother, is autistic, and she organized an “Atypical Skating” charity event to benefit the Autism Foundation.