Isabelle Duchesnay

Isabelle Duchesnay ( born December 18, 1963 in Aylmer, Quebec, Canada ) is a former French figure skater who started in ice dancing.

Biography

Isabelle Duchesnay 1991 world champion in ice dancing with her brother Paul Duchesnay. The siblings grew up in Canada, but had problems in the Canadian Figure Skating Association and therefore represented France. The pair started for the club Patinage Artistique Paris. Their coach was Martin Skotnicky, so they often trained in Oberstdorf. At the choreography often worked with Christopher Dean.

The real breakthrough was achieved by the siblings Duchesnay through the jungle dance, the freestyle of 1988. Even judges were carried away by the unusual choreography. The audience celebrated this performance frenetic. The residue from the mandatory program was indeed too great to win, but that reduction led to the first international medal for the Duchesnays at the European Championships in 1988.

At the Olympic Winter Games in 1992 they were favorites. However, the Duchesnays could not against the 1991 world champions Marina Klimova dethroned and Sergei Ponomarenko with their innovative Bach freestyle win in 1992.

Still 1992, Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay professionals. They had to figure skating because of a serious back injury Paul Duchesnays end 1996. From 1991 to 1993 Isabelle Duchesnay was married to Christopher Dean. Today you commented on French television.

Results

Ice Dancing

( with Paul Duchesnay )

Winter Olympic Games 1989 World Figure Skating Championships 1990 World Figure Skating Championships 1991 World Figure Skating Championships 1988 European Figure Skating Championships 1990 European Figure Skating Championships 1991 European Figure Skating Championships Martin Skotnický List of Olympic medalists in figure skating 1986 World Figure Skating Championships 1987 World Figure Skating Championships 1988 World Figure Skating Championships 1992 World Figure Skating Championships 1986 European Figure Skating Championships 1987 European Figure Skating Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships Jean Westwood (figure skater) Pamela Weight June Markham Courtney Jones Doreen Denny Pavel Roman Diane Towler Bernard Ford Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater) Jayne Torvill Andrei Bukin Alexander Zhulin Gwendal Peizerat Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin Tessa Virtue Scott Moir Meryl Davis Charlie White (figure skater) Anna Cappellini Luca Lanotte
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