Janet Morrissey is a former Canadian National figure skating champion. She is the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, 1978

Grand Prix International St. Gervais The Grand Prix International St. Gervais was an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. For many years, beginning in 1969, it was paired with a similar competition in Germany, the Nebelho ...

bronze medalist, and 1979 Canadian national champion.

Life and career

Morrissey won the Canadian national novice bronze medal in 1974 and the junior bronze medal in 1977. She began the 1978–79 season with bronze medals at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany and

in France. She went on to win the senior national title ahead of

Heather Kemkaran Heather Kemkaran-Antymniuk (born August 2, 1958) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is the 1977 Vienna Trophy champion, the 1977 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, and a two-time Canadian ...

and was sent to

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to compete at the 1979 World Championships, where she finished 19th. Her skating club was Nepean FSC. After failing to gain a place on the 1980 Olympic team (due to losing her Canadian title to Heather Kemkaren, and only 1 spot being available to the Olympics for Canadian women) and being bypassed for worlds in favor of rising star Tracy Wainmann, Janet first took a break from skating, which turned into an eventual retirement. Morrissey was known mostly as an overall consistent competitor and strong jumper. She had a rock solid triple salchow, which she rarely missed, and regularly delivering a triple salchow, several double axels, and a full arsenal of double jumps and double combinations in her program, had strong technical content for her time. Morrissey studied computer science at

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. She graduated in spring 1983.

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