Adam Siao Him Fa’s journey to skating greatness begins with the unwavering support and rich heritage provided by his parents.
He stands as one of the most exciting figures in modern figure skating.
Born on January 31, 2001, in Bordeaux, France, the young skater has carved an extraordinary path to the pinnacle of the sport.
He holds two consecutive European Championship titles (2023 and 2024), a 2024 World bronze medal, and two French national championships.
He has collected seven Grand Prix medals — four gold, two silver, and one bronze — along with six ISU Challenger Series medals.
Siao Him Fa first laced up his skates in 2005 or 2006 in Bordeaux and rapidly developed into a world-class competitor.
He has represented France at both the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics, placing fourteenth and seventh, respectively.
His 2024 World Championships performance in Montreal became the stuff of legend: after a disastrous short program that left him in 19th place, he delivered a breathtaking free skate with four quads, two triple Axels, and a bold illegal backflip, vaulting all the way to the bronze medal podium — the biggest placement jump in ISU Championship history at the time.
Siao Him Fa keeps pushing the creative and athletic limits of skating with the help of choreographer Benoît Richaud and technical coaches Cedric Tour and Rodolphe Maréchal at Peak Ice in Nice.
He openly says he wants to skate “in a way that no one else has,” and he imagines introducing a new revolution to figure skating by combining explosive quad jumps with theatrical art.
Adam Siao Him Fa’s Parents Helped Him Become A Great Skater
Every great champion has a family that helps them get there. Adam Siao Him Fa’s narrative starts with his parents, Daniel and Patricia.
Daniel and Patricia were both born in Mauritius, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean that used to be a French colony.
In the early 1980s, they took the big choice to leave their home country and start a new life in France. This choice would eventually lead to one of the most famous figure skating careers in the country.
The family carries a rich multicultural heritage. On his father Daniel’s side, Adam’s paternal grandparents are of Chinese origin.
On his mother Patricia’s side, Adam’s maternal grandparents are from Mauritius as well.
This blend of Chinese, Mauritian, and French culture defines the Siao Him Fa family’s identity — and it shows in Adam’s skating, which combines European technique with a flair and individuality that feels entirely his own.
Adam is the youngest of four children. He has one older sister and two older brothers.
Daniel and Patricia did not come from a figure skating background — neither parent had any prior connection to the sport before the family’s journey into it began.
As Adam himself has said:
“My parents didn’t try it.”
Their involvement in skating came organically, through their children’s curiosity and enthusiasm.
The skating story started with Adam’s older sister, who began doing both gymnastics and figure skating because the local ice rink in Bordeaux was close to home.
When she eventually had to choose between the two sports, she chose figure skating.
Her brothers then followed her onto the ice — first one, then the other — and by the time little Adam arrived at the rink, tagging along with his mother Patricia during afternoon pickups, the sport had already become a beloved family tradition.
Patricia played a particularly hands-on role in the early years of Adam’s career.
When Adam competed in his very first program — a playful routine set to the Lion King’s Hakuna Matata — it was Patricia who sewed his costume, complete with lion paw prints on the back.
Adam still laughs warmly when he recalls this memory and confirms that he keeps the costume to this day.
That personal touch reflects the kind of devoted, creative support his parents offered from day one.
Patricia also shaped Adam’s relationship to skating in a deeper, almost philosophical way.
As a toddler of about three, Adam would ride along with his mother each afternoon as she drove his older brothers to the ice rink for their lessons.
Sitting in the stands and watching his siblings glide across the ice, Adam came to believe that going skating after school was simply what children did — a natural, everyday part of life.
When he finally started school himself, and Patricia brought him to the rink but did not put him on the ice, he was genuinely bewildered and upset.
He asked his parents to let him skate, and they agreed without hesitation.
Daniel and Patricia’s quiet, steady encouragement created a home environment where skating felt normal, accessible, and joyful — never a burden.
All four of their children pursued the sport, though Adam’s three siblings eventually stopped around ages fifteen or sixteen to focus on school and other pursuits.
Adam alone continued, driven by a love for jumping and a growing passion for the artistry of the sport.
Today, one of his brothers lives in Montreal, another in Australia, and his sister remains in Bordeaux — a family scattered across the globe but tightly bound by affection.
That bond came into full view at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal.
Adam’s entire family — siblings included — traveled to Canada to watch him compete.
They witnessed firsthand the astonishing bronze medal performance that electrified the skating world.
After two hours of nerve-wracking waiting in the green room, with skater after skater unable to top his free skate score, Adam finally stood on the podium with a medal around his neck. His family was there to cheer every moment of it.
Daniel and Patricia moved to France with little more than ambition and each other, leaving behind the warm shores of Mauritius to start anew in a foreign country.
They raised four children, supported each one through years of early mornings, ice rink drives, and competition travel, and in doing so, they gave the youngest among them the foundation to become a two-time European champion and World medalist.
Adam Siao Him Fa’s story is, at its heart, a family story — one that began when two people from a small island in the Indian Ocean chose to build something new, and it continues every time their son steps onto the ice and skates in a way that no one has skated before.
