Justine Brasseur (born July 10, 2001) is a retired Canadian

pair skater 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 a ...

. With former partner, Mark Bardei, she is the

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bronze medalist. With former partner Mathieu Ostiguy, she placed seventh at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Justine Brasseur was born on July 10, 2001, in

LaSalle, Quebec LaSalle () is the most southerly borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the south-west portion of the Island of Montreal, along the Saint Lawrence River. Prior to 2002, it was a separate municipalit ...

. She is the niece of 1993 World pair skating champion

Isabelle Brasseur Isabelle Brasseur, (born July 28, 1970) is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her partner, Lloyd Eisler, she won two Olympic medals and the 1993 World Championships. Personal life Brasseur was born on July 28, 1970, in Kingsbury, Q ...

Career

Early years

Brasseur began learning to skate in 2003. She teamed up with Mathieu Ostiguy in May 2014. The pair placed fourth at the 2016 Youth Olympics in

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, Norway, and seventh at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. They were coached by

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, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, and Julie Marcotte. In September 2017, Brasseur appeared with Mark Bardei on the entry list for a Quebec competition. They later withdrew from the event.

2018–2019 season

Brasseur/Bardei were scheduled to make their international debut at the

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, but withdrew from the event. They competed at the 2019 Canadian Championships, placing fifth overall, and coming third in the free skate. Brasseur deemed it "not our best performance", but both enjoyed competing again after some years away.

2019–2020 season

Making their international debut together, Brasseur/Bardei competed on the Challenger series at the

. Fourth in the short program and third in the free skate, they won the bronze medal. They placed fourth at the 2020 Canadian Championships. In April, it was announced that they had split.

2020–2021 season

In October of 2020, Brasseur announced that she had formed a new partnership with Zachary Daleman, and they were added to

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's NextGen program. Training in Oakville under

and

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, they competed for the first time at the Ontario sectionals in November. They subsequently competed at the virtual 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, placing sixth, which would have qualified them to the 2021 Canadian Championships had they not been cancelled due to the

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Programs

With Daleman

With Bardei

With Ostiguy

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; ''JGP:

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Pairs with Daleman

Pairs with Bardei

Pairs with Ostiguy

Single skating

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brasseur, Justine 2001 births Canadian female pair skaters Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Living people People from LaSalle, Quebec Figure skaters from Montreal