Douglas James Ladret (born November 13, 1961) is a Canadian

figure skating 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, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

coach and former competitive

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. With

Christine Hough Christine "Tuffy" Hough (born October 9, 1969) is a Canadian former pair skater. With Doug Ladret, she is the 1988 Canadian national champion and finished in the top ten at two Winter Olympics, in 1988 and 1992. Career Hough received her nickn ...

, he is the 1987 Skate Canada International champion,

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bronze medallist, and 1988

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champion. They competed twice at the

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, in

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and

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Personal life

Ladret was born on November 13, 1961, in

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, Canada. He is the fifth child of Alfred Arnold Ladret, a fisherman and logger, and Ellen Hannah Ladret, a baker and housemaker. He grew up between the fishing town of Powell River and the logging camp at Boswell in Smith Inlet, British Columbia. He developed a deep interest in music spurred on by his oldest brother's band (Alfred Spencer a.k.a. Snuffy) rehearsing in the basement of their house. Ladret married Canadian figure skater Lara Carscadden. Their son, Nigel Hayden, was born on November 30, 2005.

Career

Ladret took to the ice after one of his brothers, Greg, started figure skating in 1965. He began his partnership with

by 1984. The pair took silver at the St. Ivel International in 1985 and gold the following year. In the 1987–88 season, they won gold at the 1987 Skate Canada International and the 1988

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. They were selected to compete at the

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and placed 8th in

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. Hough/Ladret received the bronze medal at the

, silver at the

1990 Nations Cup The 1990 Bofrost Cup on Ice, Nations Cup was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 15–17. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice d ...

, and gold at the 1990 Skate Electric. Following their third consecutive national silver medal, they were sent to the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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, France, where they finished 9th. Concluding their ISU-eligible career, the two placed 9th at the 1992 World Championships. Hough/Ladret performed with Stars on Ice from 1992 to 1997. They also appeared as skaters in the movie ''

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''. Ladret coaches in

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with his wife, Lara. They have produced numerous international skaters including

Douglas Razzano Douglas Razzano (born October 22, 1988) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 CS Ice Challenge champion and a silver medalist at three senior internationals — the 2014 Challenge Cup, 2011 Finlandia Trophy, and 2010 I ...

. Ladret has served as the Director of Figure Skating at the Ice Den in

. He has also worked as a power skating specialist for ice hockey teams in the Phoenix area. He is also a coach at the Monument Skating Academy in

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Results

(with Christine Hough)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ladret, Doug 1961 births Canadian male pair skaters Canadian figure skating coaches Olympic figure skaters of Canada Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Living people Figure skaters from Vancouver Canadian emigrants to the United States