Paul Duchesnay

Paul Duchesnay ( born July 31, 1961 in Metz ) is a former French figure skater who started ice dancing.

Biography

Paul Duchesnay was with his sister Isabelle Duchesnay 1991 world champion in ice dancing. The siblings grew up in Canada, but had problems in the Canadian Figure Skating Association and therefore came to France to. The pair started for the club Club Patinage Artistique Paris. Their coach was Martin Skotnicky, so they often trained in Oberstdorf. At the choreography often also 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 Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay 1992 professionals. They had to figure skating because of a serious back injury Paul Duchesnays end 1996. Paul Duchesnay now works as a figure skating coach, primarily in the United States.

Results

Ice Dancing

( with Isabelle 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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