Marie-France Dubreuil

Marie-France Dubreuil

Dubreuil with Patrice Lauzon
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	August 11, 1974 (1974-08-11) (age 37)
Residence	Lyon, France
Height	163 cm (5.35 ft)
Partner	Patrice Lauzon
Former partner	Bruno Yvars, Tomas Morbacher
Former coach	Muriel Zazoui, Steffany Hanlen, Sylvie Fullum, Francois Vallee
Former choreographer	David Wilson, Julie Marcotte
Skating club	CPA St-Leonard
Retired	May 20, 2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	203.69 2004 Skate Canada
Comp. dance	40.51 2005 World Championships
Original dance	60.99 2004 Cup of China
Free dance	107.88 2003 Trophée Lalique
Medal record Ice dancing Competitor for  Canada World Championships Silver 2007 Tokyo Ice dancing Silver 2006 Calgary Ice dancing Four Continents Championships Gold 2007 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Silver 2004 Hamilton Ice dancing Bronze 2001 Salt Lake City Ice dancing Silver 2000 Osaka Ice dancing Grand Prix Final Silver 2006–2007 St. Petersburg Ice dancing Bronze 2005–2006 Tokyo Ice dancing World Junior Championships Bronze 1990 Colorado Springs Ice dancing

Marie-France Dubreuil (born August 11, 1974) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and husband Patrice Lauzon, she is the 2006 & 2007 World silver medalist.

Biography

Dubreuil was born in Montreal, Quebec. When she was five, she asked for skating lessons for her birthday and her grandmother gave her skates as a present.^[1] She took up ice dancing at the age of ten.^[1]

Competing with Bruno Yvars, she won the bronze medal at 1990 Junior Worlds.^[1] She teamed up with Patrice Lauzon in 1995 and they placed 6th at their first Canadian Championships.

They captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships five times and competed at the Winter Olympics twice. However, they had to withdraw from the 2006 Winter Olympics after she suffered an injury from a fall during a lift attempt at the end of a program that required Lauzon to carry her off the ice afterward. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary. They started out the next season strongly by winning the Skate Canada and NHK Trophy events, qualifying them for the Grand Prix Final. They ended up with a silver medal in the Grand Prix Final and ended their season on a strong note, capturing their second consecutive silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.

Dubreuil & Lauzon took the 2007-2008 season off and skated in ice shows. They announced their retirement from competitive skating on May 20, 2008.,^[2] and they married in August 2008. [1] On December 24th, 2010, Dubreuil gave birth to a little girl, Billie-Rose.^[3]

Dubreuil appears on the CBC Television series Battle of the Blades, where female figure skaters are paired with retired ice hockey players in a figure skating competition. She and her season 1 partner, Stéphane Richer finished in third place. She took season 2 off because she was pregnant, and later gave birth to her first child, daughter Billie-Rose. Dubreuil returned for the third season of the show, and is currently paired with Bryan Berard.^[4]

Results

(with Lauzon)

Event	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Winter Olympics							12th				WD
World Championships					10th	11th	10th	10th	8th	7th	2nd	2nd
Four Continents Championships					2nd	3rd		4th	2nd			1st
Canadian Championships	6th	4th	4th	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Grand Prix Final						6th	6th	6th	6th	5th	3rd	2nd
Skate Canada International					4th	3rd		2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st
Bofrost Cup				8th			2nd	4th	1st
Cup of China										3rd
Trophée Lalique				6th					2nd
Cup of Russia			6th		5th	6th
NHK Trophy							4th				1st	1st
Trophee Lysiane Lauret			11th
Karl Schafer Memorial Award		6th
Golden Spin of Zagreb		2nd
Czech Skate			1st

(with Bruno Yvars)

Event	1989–90	1990–91
World Junior Championships	3rd	5th

Programs

Season	Original Dance	Free Dance	Exhibition
2006-2007	Paya d'Ora by Del Tango de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires	At Last by Etta James	Ne Me Quitte Pas Jacques Brel Whole Lotta Love by Tina Turner
2005-2006	Salsa and Rhumba remix of Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel	Somewhere in Time score by John Barry	Ne Me Quitte Pas by Jacques Brel; Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed
2004-2005	Singin' in the Rain by Arthur Freed	Winter Vision by Scott Fitzgerald Taboo by Peter Gabriel	Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed
2003-2004	Americano by Renato Carosone Why Don't You Do Right	Des Tours De Vies (Nu Tango) by Antony Rouchier Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) by Christoph Mullee and Edouardo Markoff Vuelvo Al Sur by Ástor Piazzolla Tango Inna Babylone (Nu Tango) by Cesar Valente, Sebastien Isaia and Antony Rouchier	L'Oiseau; Glory Box by Portishead
2002-2003	At the Ball, Furioso Polka by Johann Strauss	Dance with my Heart by Majoly	Tango Medley
2001-2002	Yo Soy Maria Balada Renga Para Un Organito Loco Yo Soy Maria by Ástor Piazzolla	Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
2000-2001	L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole My Melancholy Baby by E. Burnette and G. A. Norton from Forget Paris soundtrack	Victorious Titus from Titus soundtrack by E. Goldenthal)	The Ninth Gate soundtrack
1999-2000	Relax and Mambo (Machito) Magalenha Dance with Me soundtrack	Life Is Beautiful soundtrack	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Georges Michael The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel
1998-1999	La Grimas Y Sonisas; Argentine Waltz	The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Mittan, Barry (January 25, 2002). "Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon: Dancing With Emotion". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2001/012502.shtml. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 
2. ^ Skate Canada: News & Views: News
3. ^ http://www.skatersnews.com/ThreadDetails.aspx?TopicID=183&url=http%3a%2f%2fskatebuzz.com%2fViewNewsArticle.aspx%3fid%3df364318a-647d-40db-a6eb-23263fd40943
4. ^ Marie-France Dubreuil - Battle of the Blades bio

External links

• Marie-France Dubreuil at IMDb
• Marie-France Dubreuil at the International Skating Union

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Name	Dubreuil, Marie-France
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