Annie Bellemare (born January 2, 1980) is a Canadian former competitive

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. She is the 2000

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bronze medallist, 2004

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bronze medallist, and a five-time

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medallist.

Personal life

Bellemare on January 2, 1980, in

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. Following high school, she studied at

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, Quebec. She later obtained a marketing management certificate from the

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(BCIT), a business communications certificate from the

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and a bachelor of commerce from Royal Roads University. She is now working on Ottawa as a successful business executive. She married professional hockey executive Brian Morris on August 6, 2011, in Ottawa. The couple have two children, both boys.

Career

Bellemare was twelve when she completed her first triple, a Salchow. Early in her career, she was coached by Josee Normand. By 2000, her coach was Stephane Yvars, who changed her technique on triple jumps. Bellemare won her first national medal, silver, in 1999. She was assigned to her first senior ISU Championship, the 1999 Four Continents, where she placed 12th. Before the 1999–00 season, Bellemare skated well at a CSFA monitoring event and received her first senior

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assignments. She finished 10th at the 1999 Sparkassen Cup and 6th at the

1999 NHK Trophy The 1999 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 1999–2000 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Rainbow Ice Arena in Nagoya on December 2–5. Medals were award ...

. After taking bronze at the 2000 Canadian nationals, Bellemare was sent to the 2000 Four Continents where she also won bronze. In 2001, she finished 9th at Four Continents and 21st at the World Championships. She was training in

Boucherville Boucherville is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal on the South Shore (Montreal), South shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Boucherville is part of both the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and Greate ...

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. In 2002, Bellemare won her second national silver medal and placed 6th at the

. Before the 2003–04 season, Bellemare changed coaches to Joanne McLeod in

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard I ...

and Vancouver,

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. She competed in her fifth Grand Prix season, placing 7th at 2003 Skate America and 6th at

2003 Skate Canada International The 2003 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2003–04 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario on Octobe ...

. Bellemare withdrew from the

2004 Skate Canada International The 2004 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2004–05 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October ...

due to an injury. She last competed at the

2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice The 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice was held in Gelsenkirchen from November 26 and 28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series fr ...

, winning bronze. She retired from competition in 2005. During her career, she represented CPA St Eustache. After working as an administrator at Canlan Ice Sports, Burnaby 8 Rinks in British Columbia, Bellemare became a communications and marketing coordinator for

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in May 2007.

Programs

Results

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellemare, Annie 1980 births Living people French Quebecers Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec

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Canadian female single skaters Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists