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Deanna Stellato-Dudek: 2000 Junior World Silver Medalist → 2024 World Champion

At the age of 40, Deanna Stellato-Dudek is the oldest woman to win a World Championships title in figure skating, with her pairs partner Maxime Deschamps for Canada. Deanna Stellato was the 1999 Junior Grand Prix Final Champion and 2000 Junior World Silver Medalist in the women's singles discipline. She retired from competitive skating in 2001, and returned as a pairs skater in 2016.

40 years is the new 20. That's what I'd like to say. [This record is] not something that I ever set out to do when I came back to skating, but I knew that if I were to accomplish my dreams, it would inevitably occur, because I'm the oldest everywhere. But it's something I carry with pride, and I'm very proud of it. I hope a lot of athletes stay around a lot longer. I hope it encourages people to not stop before they reach their potential. And I hope it transcends into other areas, not just in sports, but also in other areas of life [...] [My 15-year-old self] would say, why did we stop? We're still skating, you know, 25 years later? I think my younger self would think I'm crazy, so she wouldn't think much of it at all. And she wanted to win the 2006 Olympics [...]

-- 2024 World Championships Free Skate Press Conference

#deanna stellato dudek#maxime deschamps#fskateedit#figure skating#worlds 2024#jwc 2000#program#kiss and cry#medal ceremony#mix#request#she's an absolute legend#great request anon!
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Anonymous asked:

i love anyone who even posts about him but you made donovan look white in your last gifset 😭i really don't mean to offend you and i hope this doesn't discourage you from giffing him in the future, just something to keep in mind maybe?

ah sorry, i didn’t notice while making it (tired eyes at 11pm 😔) but it does look too washed out! i will try to fix it later but i think i will still leave the post up. i will definitely be mindful of this in the future, thanks for pointing it out!

eta: i remade the gifs with closeups where i think the issue was more noticeable. the colors may still look slightly different depending on the screen of the device you use to look at tumblr (nothing ever looks the same on my phone vs. my computer monitor, for example), but i hope this is a better representation of his skin tone.

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i’m going to worlds in a few days! i won't have time to make gifs while i'm there, but feel free to leave me requests and i’ll make some when i get home!

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