Véronik Mallet (born June 11, 1994) is a retired Canadian

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. She is the 2022 Canadian national silver medalist, a two-time Canadian national bronze medalist (2015, 2019) and has finished in the top 10 at

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2019.

Personal life

Véronik Mallet was born on June 11, 1994, in

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. After attending a

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, she enrolled at

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Career

Early years

Mallet started skating in 1997. As a child, she trained in

. Around 2008, she began traveling to

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, to train under Annie Barabé. She won the junior silver medal at the 2012 Canadian Championships and placed fifth on the senior level in

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2013–2014 season

Mallet debuted internationally at the start of the 2013–2014 season, placing fourth at the

2013 Nebelhorn Trophy The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 26–28, 2013 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. It is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. Medals were awarded in men's and ladies' singles, pa ...

and eighth at her first

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(GP) event, the 2013 Skate Canada International. She finished fourth at the 2014 Canadian Championships and 13th at the 2014 Four Continents Championships.

2014–2015 season

Mallet began her season on the Challenger Series (CS), placing seventh at the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, and then finished tenth at two

events, the

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and

2014 Trophée Éric Bompard The 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard was the fifth event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Meriadeck Ice Rink in Bordeaux on November 21–23. Meda ...

. After winning the bronze medal at the 2015 Canadian Championships, Mallet was selected to compete at the 2015 Four Continents Championships. She placed thirteenth in the short program, fourteenth in the free skate, and fourteenth overall.

2015–2016 season

In 2015–2016, Mallet placed ninth at the 2015 U.S. International Classic (CS), tenth at the

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(GP), and fourth at the 2016 Canadian Championships. She was invited to replace Gabrielle Daleman at the 2016 Four Continents Championships in

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2016–2017 season

Mallet injured her foot in October 2016. She withdrew from the

2016 Skate Canada International The 2016 Skate Canada International was the second of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre, Hershey Centre in Mississau ...

and missed two seasons.

2018–2019 season

Mallet returned to competition at the

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, where she placed sixth, following a seventh-place finish in the short program and a fifth-place free skate. She remarked: "It feels good to get back into international competition. I felt good about both programs, I was confident and that really helped." Following the withdrawal of Gabrielle Daleman and Larkyn Austman for health reasons, Mallet was assigned to the

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. She in turn had to withdraw due to an aggravation of her right foot fracture. Mallet returned to competition at the 2019 Canadian Championships. She placed third in the short program, skating cleanly. Despite errors in the free skate, she finished third there as well, winning her second national bronze medal. She stated that she hoped to reintroduce the flip and Lutz jumps into competition in future seasons. She was assigned to compete at the 2019 Four Continents Championships, where she finished ninth, a personal best and the highest finish among the three Canadian ladies competing there.

2019–2020 season

Beginning the season at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, Mallet placed twelfth after struggles in both programs. Mallet began attempting the triple flip in competition again for the first time post-injury, and at her

event, the

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, she first landed it in the short program successfully. She finished tenth overall, underrotating one jump in the free skate. Immediately afterward, Mallet was invited to compete at the

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the following week, after Aurora Cotop withdrew. Mallet placed twelfth. Following the Grand Prix, Mallet moved to train in Oakville under

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. She went on to place seventh at the 2020 Canadian Championships.

2020–2021 season

Due to the

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, the only competitions available were virtually-judged domestic ones. Mallet placed sixth at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge.

2021–2022 season

After taking the bronze medal at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge, Mallet won the silver medal at the 2022 Canadian Championships, held without an audience in

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due to the pandemic. Mallet said that it "was not perfect but I did what I could and I was really ready and looking forward to it and I am really glad with my performance." She finished thirteenth at the 2022 Four Continents Championships in

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. On July 7,

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announced her retirement from competitive figure skating.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series''

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mallet, Veronik 1994 births Living people Canadian female single skaters People from Sept-Îles, Quebec Sportspeople from Côte-Nord 21st-century Canadian sportswomen