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Gilles is the 2008 U.S. junior champion, the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and a three-time medalist (one gold, two silvers) in the Junior Grand Prix Series ... Announced in March 2011 that she was leaving coach Tom Zakrajsek at the Broadmoor SC in Colorado Springs, Colo., and was moving to the Detroit SC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., to be coached by Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen ... Started competing in Canada in 2012-13.

Started skating at the age of 2 1/2 because her brother, Todd, was already at the rink ... Todd competed internationally for the United States in ice dancing ... Twin sister, Piper, competes as an ice dancer for Canada with Paul Poirier ... Formerly coached by David Kinser (1994-98) and Robin Poe (1998-99) ... Graduated Cheyenne Mountain High School in 2010 and is deferring college admission for a year ... Volunteers at the World Figure Skating Museum, World Arena Ice Hall and Broadmoor Skating Club ... Supports research for breast cancer ("I have several friends who have had breast cancer, so it is a cause that is very near and dear to me."), Alzheimer's (her grandmother has Alzheimer's) and juvenile diabetes (her coach's daughter is a juvenile diabetic) ... Biggest influence in her life is Jill Trenary ... If she weren't a figure skater, she'd want to be another kind of athlete or an actress ... Hobbies include swimming, reading, water and snow skiing, and watching movies ... Not many people know she is a twin and she owns five poodles ... Biggest life-defining moment was winning the U.S. junior title and graduating high school ... Would like to own her own bakery shop or be an actress after her skating career ... Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/alexegilles.

• 2013 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Palm Court Encores"
  FS Music: "Pas de deux" from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky, performed by Bonn Classic Philharmonic
• 2011 Season Notes
  SP Music: Excerpts from "AschenBrodel" by Johann Strauss II performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra
  FS Music: "Adagio" from the Queen Symphony by Tolga Kashif and "Nocturne/Bohemian Rhapsody" by Paul Schwartz/Freddy Mercury
  
  Costumes designed by Bonnie Gilles (SP) and Lori Nichol (FS) ... Goal is to medal at the U.S. Championships
• 2010 Season Notes
  SP Music: Cinderella (excerpts from "Aschenbrodel") by Johann Strauss II performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra
  FS Music: "On the Town" by Leonard Bernstein
• 2009 Season Notes
  SP music: "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair" by Claude Debussy
  FS music: Bongo music
  
  
• 2008 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Windsprints" by Rene Dupere and Elise Velle, and "Zum Astra" by Simon Carpentier
  FS Music: "Oceanic" by Vangelis
  
  
• 2007 Season Notes
  SP Music" "Somewhere" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
  FS Music: Music from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini
  
  
• 2006 Season Notes
  SP Music: "Techno Tango"
  FS Music: "Rhapsody of Rock 'n' Roll"

2013 - Canadian Championships - 13th
2013 - Skate Canada Challenge - 9th
2012 - Midwestern Sectional - 7th
2012 - Eastern Great Lakes Regional - 1st
2011 - U.S. Championships - 14th
2010 - Skate America - 12th
2010 - Skate Canada - 11th
2011 - Southwestern Regional - 2nd
2010 - Four Continents Championships - 9th
2010 - U.S. Championships - 8th
2009 - Skate America - 10th
2009 - Trophee Eric Bompard - 5th
2009 - U.S. Championships - 9th
2008 - Junior Grand Prix Final - 3rd
2008 - Junior Grand Prix (South Africa) - 1st
2008 - Junior Grand Prix (Mexico) - 2nd
2008 - U.S. Championships, Junior - 1st
2008 - Junior Grand Prix Final - 6th
2007 - Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) - 4th
2007 - Junior Grand Prix (United States) - 2nd
2007 - International Challenge Cup, Junior - 2nd
2007 - U.S. Championships, Junior - 5th
2007 - Midwestern Sectional, Junior - 1st
2007 - Southwestern Regional, Junior - 1st
2006 - North American Challenge Skate, Junior - 2nd
2006 - U.S. Championships, Novice - 6th
2006 - Midwestern Sectional, Novice - 3rd
2006 - Southwestern Regional, Novice - 1st
2005 - U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate - 16th
2005 - Southwestern Regional, Intermediate - 1st
2004 - Southwestern Regional, Juvenile - 5th
2003 - Southwestern Regional, Juvenile - 16th