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Alexandra Paul (figure skater)

Canadian ice dancer (1991–2023)

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Source revisionJul 12, 2026

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Alexandra Jane Paul was a Canadian competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner and eventual husband, Mitchell Islam, she won the silver medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships. In their senior career, Paul and Islam were the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists, three-time Canadian national bronze medalists, and represented their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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