Amélie Lacoste (born December 17, 1988) is a Canadian former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She is the

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bronze medallist and the 2012

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champion. Her highest placement at an ISU Championship was 7th at the 2010 and 2012

Four Continents Championships The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU est ...

Career

Lacoste won the novice national title in

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and the junior national title in

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. She also competed on the Junior Grand Prix series. She finished 5th in her senior national debut at the 2006 Canadian Championships. She briefly tried

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

in 2007. Lacoste won the bronze medal at the 2009 Canadian Championships. She was assigned to her first

where she finished 10th. The following season, she made her Grand Prix debut, appearing at

2009 Skate Canada International The 2009 Skate Canada International was the final event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex in Kitchener, ...

and

2009 Cup of Russia The 2009 Rostelecom Cup was the second event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on October 22–25. Medals were awar ...

. She finished 7th at the 2010 Four Continents. Lacoste won the bronze at

and placed 5th at

2010 Skate America The 2010 Skate America was the fourth event of six in the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on November 11–14. Med ...

. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 Canadian Championships. She was named an alternate to the

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and was given her first berth to the event when Myriane Samson dropped out due to injury. In 2012, Lacoste won the Canadian national title, defeating

Cynthia Phaneuf Cynthia Phaneuf (born January 16, 1988) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 Four Continents silver medallist, 2004 Skate Canada International champion, 2004 Skate America silver medallist, a two-time (2004, 2011) Ca ...

by 1.57 points. Lacoste then earned a berth to her second

when she placed 7th at the 2012 Four Continents, 0.18 ahead of Phaneuf. She finished 16th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice. Lacoste injured her right hip in autumn 2012. In early October 2013, Lacoste moved to

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to be coached by

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and Damon Allen. She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Canadian Championships. In May 2014, she announced her retirement from competition.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

References

External links

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