Aleksa Rakic

Rakic was born on September 14, 2004, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys reading, biking, drawing, and listening to music.^[2]

Rakic began figure skating in 2013 after deciding to take lessons with CanSkate, a Canadian learn-to-skate program.^[3] His first figure skating coach was Josie Leeworthy before he would eventually begin training under Joanne McLeod at the Champs International Skating Center of BC in Burnaby.^[4][1]

As an advanced novice skater, Rakic won bronze at the 2017 International Challenge Cup and gold at the 2018 Egna Spring Trophy.^[5]

Making his junior international debut on the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Rakic finished eighth at 2018 JGP Slovakia and sixth at 2018 JGP Czech Republic. In January, he would win the 2019 Canadian Junior Championship title.^[6][5]

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for a second time, Rakic won the silver medal at 2019 JGP France and twelfth at 2019 JGP Croatia. Selected to represent Canada at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. He would finish fourth in the boys' singles event.^[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2021 Canadian Championships were cancelled. This meant that Rakic was unable to compete for the whole season.^[7][8]

Rakic's only major competition of the season was the 2022 Canadian Championships, where he would finish eighth at the event.^[6]

Making his return to the Junior Grand Prix series, Rakic finished seventh at 2022 JGP Czech Republic and fifth at 2022 JGP Italy. Going on to compete at the 2023 Canadian Championships in January, Rakic would finish twelfth. Selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Rakic finished thirteenth at the event.^[6]

Rakic started the season with a silver medal win at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International. He then went on to compete on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Selected to compete at 2023 Skate Canada International following the withdrawal of Roman Sadovsky, Rakic made his senior Grand Prix at the event, finishing in twelfth place.^[6][9][10]

In January, Rakic competed at the 2024 Canadian Championships, where he won the silver medal behind Wesley Chiu.^[11] With this result, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, where he finished eighth.^[5] “I am looking back on this season with a lot of things to be proud of,” Rakic summed up.^[12]

Rakic began his season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Philadelphia Summer Championships and eighth at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.^[6] Selected to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International, Rakic finished seventh, scoring new personal best free skate and combined total scores in the process.^[5] 2026 Canadian Figure Skating Championships In February, Rakic completed the short program at the 2025 Canadian Championships, finishing seventh in that segment. He withdrew prior to the free skate, however, due to illness.^[5][13] Despite this, Rakic was selected to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships, where he finished in sixteenth place. Two months later, Rakic was selected to compete for Team Canada at the 2025 World Team Trophy, finishing eleventh in the men's singles event and Team Canada placing fifth overall.^[5][14][15]

Rakic opened his season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, placing seventh at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup and tenth at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial. He then went on to finish twelfth at 2025 Skate Canada International and win the bronze medal at the 2025 Skate Canada Challenge.^[5]

In January, Rakic won the bronze medal at the 2026 Canadian Championships.^[5][16]