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Cynthia Phaneuf 
Phaneuf at the 2008 Skate Canada.Personal information Full name Cynthia Phaneuf Country represented 
CanadaBorn January 16, 1988
Sorel-Tracy, QuebecResidence Contrecoeur, Quebec Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Coach Brian Orser Former coach Annie Barabé
Sophie Richard
Y. DesjardinsChoreographer David Wilson Skating club CPA Sorel Current training locations Toronto Former training locations Contrecœur, Quebec Began skating 1992 World standing 13 (As of 16 June 2011[update])[1] Season's bests 18 (2010–2011)[2]
9 (2009–2010)[3]
10 (2008–2009)[4]ISU personal best scores Combined total 177.54
2010 World Figure Skating ChampionshipsShort program 60.98
2009 Four ContinentsFree skate 118.04
2010 World Figure Skating ChampionshipsMedal recordLadies' Figure Skating Competitor for CanadaFour Continents Championships Silver 2004 Gangneung Ladies' singles Cynthia Phaneuf (born January 16, 1988 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2004 and 2011 Canadian national champion and a three-time (2005, 2009, 2010) Canadian silver medalist. She finished in fifth place at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships and represented Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Personal life
Phaneuf is the fourth cousin of Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman and captain Dion Phaneuf.
Career
Phaneuf at 2011 Four Continents
Cynthia Phaneuf began skating at age four after watching her cousin skating.[5] She landed her first triple, a salchow, at the age of eleven.[5]
Phaneuf was coached by Annie Barabé and Sophie Richard in Contrecœur, Quebec until November 2011.[6] Her programs are choreographed by David Wilson. In domestic Canadian competitions, she represents CPA Sorel.
Considered a threat to qualify for the 2006 Canadian Olympic team due to her two previous National medals, Phaneuf was forced to withdraw from the 2006 Canadian Championships (the Olympic qualifying competition) due to an injury to her right knee. This was following a stress fracture to her right ankle that prevented her from competing in fall competitions. In 2007, she earned a spot on the Canadian ladies' world team by finishing fourth in that year's national championships.
In 2008, she continued her comeback with a third place showing in the national championships, and a seventh place at the Four Continents Championships.
In 2010, at the World Championships, she placed fifth. She was fourth in the free program and eight in the short program. Had she scored 1.09 more points, she would have won a bronze medal.
During the 2010-11 season, she placed fourth in her two Grand Prix events. At the 2011 Canadian Championships, she won her second national title.
In November 2011, Phaneuf left Quebec and longtime coaches Annie Barabé and Sophie Richard to move to Toronto to train with Brian Orser.[7]
Programs
Season Short program Long program Exhibition 2011–2012[6] - Unbreak My Heart/Spanish Guitar
- Bordao en oro
- Afternoon at Satie's by Jesse Cook
by Jesse Cook
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
by Sergei Rachmaninov2010–2011 - Unbreak My Heart/Spanish Guitar
- Bordao en oro
- Afternoon at Satie's by Jesse Cook
by Jesse Cook
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
by Sergei Rachmaninov2009–2010[8] Nocturne
by Claude DebussyMission Cleopatra
by Phillipe ChanySweet Dreams 2008–2009 Nocturne
by Claude DebussyMission Cleopatra
by Phillipe Chany2006–2007 You Are So Beautiful Clair De Lune
Claude Debussy2004–2005 Songs My Mother Taught Me
by Antonín Dvořák2003–2004 The Promise
by Rolf Løvland
performed by Secret GardenQuelques Jeux Interdits I'm With You
by Avril LavigneCompetitive highlights
Event 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Winter Olympic Games 12th World Championships 20th 15th 5th 13th Four Continents Championships 2nd 15th 7th 5th 6th World Junior Championships 10th Canadian Championships 6th N. 2nd J. 7th 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st Grand Prix Final 6th Skate Canada International 1st 10th 8th 7th 4th 7th Trophée Eric Bompard 4th NHK Trophy 7th 6th 9th Skate America 2nd World Team Trophy 2nd* Nebelhorn Trophy 4th Japan Open 3rd Junior Grand Prix Final 7th Junior Grand Prix, Japan 5th 5th Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 3rd Junior Grand Prix, Canada 3rd Junior Grand Prix, Germany 6th Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands 1st Mladost Trophy 1st J. Triglav Trophy 2nd N. * Phaneuf placed 7th in the ladies event.
- Phaneuf missed the 2005-2006 season due to injury; N = Novice level; J = Junior level
References
- ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. June 16, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsladies.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ladies". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 27, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Ladies". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtslto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Mittan, Barry (June 25, 2004). "Golden Blades Lucky for Canada's Phaneuf". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2003/062504.shtml. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ a b "Cynthia Phaneuf". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63GuklQIc.
- ^ Smith, Beverley (November 17, 2011). "Cynthia Phaneuf switches coaches". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/cynthia-phaneuf-switches-coaches/article2239356/.
- ^ "Cynthia Phaneuf". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100504125714/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00005665.htm.
External links
Canadian champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles 1905: Anne Ewan • 1906: Aimee Haycock • 1908: Aimee Haycock • 1910: Iris Mudge • 1911: Lady Evelyn Grey • 1912–13: Eleanor Kingsford • 1914: Muriel Maunsell • 1920–21: Jeanne Chevalier • 1922–23: Dorothy Jenkins • 1924: Constance Wilson-Samuel • 1925–26: Cecil Smith • 1927: Constance Wilson-Samuel • 1928: Margot Barclay • 1929–35: Constance Wilson-Samuel • 1936: Eleanor O'Meara • 1937: Dorothy Caley • 1938: Eleanor O'Meara • 1939: Mary Rose Thacker • 1940: Norah McCarthy • 1941–42: Mary Rose Thacker • 1944–46: Barbara Ann Scott • 1947: Marilyn Ruth Take • 1948: Barbara Ann Scott • 1949–51: Suzanne Morrow • 1952: Marlene Smith • 1953–54: Barbara Gratton • 1955–57: Carole Jane Pachl • 1958–59: Margaret Crosland • 1960–63: Wendy Griner • 1964–66: Petra Burka • 1967: Valerie Jones • 1968: Karen Magnussen • 1969: Linda Carbonetto • 1970–73: Karen Magnussen • 1974–77: Lynn Nightingale • 1978: Heather Kemkaran • 1979: Janet Morrissey • 1980: Heather Kemkaran • 1981: Tracey Wainman • 1982–84: Kay Thomson • 1985: Elizabeth Manley • 1986: Tracey Wainman • 1987–88: Elizabeth Manley • 1989: Karen Preston • 1990: Lisa Sargeant • 1991: Josée Chouinard • 1992: Karen Preston • 1993–94: Josée Chouinard • 1995: Netty Kim • 1996: Jennifer Robinson • 1997: Susan Humphreys • 1998: Angela Derochie • 1999–2003: Jennifer Robinson • 2004: Cynthia Phaneuf • 2005–10: Joannie Rochette • 2011: Cynthia Phaneuf
Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- Canadian female single skaters
- Canadian sportswomen
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- French Quebecers
- Olympic figure skaters of Canada
- People from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
- Sportspeople from Quebec
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