Patrice Lauzon (born November 26, 1975) is a Canadian

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

coach and former competitor. With his wife

Marie-France Dubreuil Marie-France Dubreuil (born August 11, 1974) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With her husband Patrice Lauzon, she is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medallist. Personal life Marie-France Dubreuil was born on Augu ...

, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medalist.

Personal life

Patrice Lauzon was born in

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, the son of Cecile and Norman Lauzon. He married Marie-France Dubreuil in August 2008. On December 24, 2010, Dubreuil gave birth to their daughter, Billie-Rose.

Competitive career

Lauzon initially took figure skating classes to improve his hockey skating. He took up

at the age of twelve. Early in his career, he competed with Marisa Gravino and Chantal Lefebvre. In 1995, Lauzon teamed up with

and they placed 6th at their first

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. They took the silver medal in their first appearance at Four Continents in 2000. Their coaches were Sylvie Fullum and François Vallee, who retired after the 2001–02 season. Dubreuil/Lauzon then decided to move permanently to

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, France, to train under Muriel Boucher-Zazoui. Dubreuil/Lauzon captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships five times and competed at the

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twice. They were forced to withdraw from the

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after Dubreuil suffered an injury. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in

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. Dubreuil/Lauzon began the 2006–07 season with gold medals at 2006 Skate Canada International and 2006 NHK Trophy, which qualified them for the

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. At the

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, they took their second consecutive World silver medal.

Coaching career

Dubreuil and Lauzon coach ice dancing at the Gadbois Centre in Montreal with Romain Haguenauer. Their current students include: *

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/ Jean-Luc Baker (Four Continents Champions) *

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(Spanish National Champions) * Carolane Soucisse /

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/ Oliver Zhang *

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* Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero *Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette *

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Programs

(with Dubreuil)

Competitive highlights

''GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix''

With Dubreuil

With Lefebvre

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lauzon, Patrice 1975 births Canadian male ice dancers Olympic figure skaters of Canada Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people Figure skaters from Montreal World Figure Skating Championships medalists Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists Season-end world number one figure skaters