Jean-Michel Bombardier (born August 22, 1970) is a Canadian former
pair skater
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. With
Michelle Menzies, he won two
national titles and finished in the top ten at three World Championships.
Personal life
Bombardier was born in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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. He married fellow Canadian figure skater
Josée Chouinard
Josée Chouinard (born August 21, 1969) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1996 Champions Series Final bronze medallist and a three-time Canadian national champion (1991, 1993–1994). She finished in the top ten at two Wi ...
, and the couple had two children, twins Noah and Fiona, before separating in 2006.
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Career
Early in his career, Bombardier competed with Marie-Josée Fortin. With Stacey Ball, he won gold at the 1990 Nebelhorn Trophy
The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season.
The competitio ...
, gold at the 1991 Skate America, and bronze at the 1991 Canadian Championships Canadian Championships refers to a number of national-level competition in Canada. It may refer to:
* Canadian Championship, a soccer tournament
* Canadian Figure Skating Championships
* Canadian Professional Figure Skating Championships
* Canadi ...
. They finished 8th at the 1991 World Championships.
In 1992, he teamed up with Michelle Menzies. The pair won two national titles, in 1995 and 1996.[ They won silver at the 1992 Skate Canada International and bronze the following year. They finished in the top ten at three World Championships.
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Results
With Fortin
With Ball
With Menzies
References
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1970 births
Canadian male pair skaters
French Quebecers
Living people
Figure skaters from Montreal