Patrice Lauzon (born November 26, 1975) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With his wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medalist.
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| Born | November 26, 1975 Montreal, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Marie-France Dubreuil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | CPA Boisbriand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | May 20, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life edit
Patrice Lauzon was born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] the son of Cecile and Norman Lauzon.[citation needed] He married Marie-France Dubreuil in August 2008.[2] On December 24, 2010, Dubreuil gave birth to their daughter, Billie-Rose.[3]
Competitive career edit
Lauzon initially took figure skating classes to improve his hockey skating.[4] He took up ice dancing at the age of twelve.[4][5] Early in his career, he competed with Marisa Gravino and Chantal Lefebvre.[6][7]
In 1995, Lauzon teamed up with Marie-France Dubreuil and they placed 6th at their first Canadian Championships. 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 Lyon, France, to train under Muriel Boucher-Zazoui.[8]
Dubreuil/Lauzon captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships five times and competed at the Winter Olympics twice. They were forced to withdraw from the 2006 Winter Olympics after Dubreuil suffered an injury. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Alberta.
Dubreuil/Lauzon began the 2006–07 season with gold medals at 2006 Skate Canada International and 2006 NHK Trophy, which qualified them for the Grand Prix Final. At the World Championships in Tokyo, they took their second consecutive World silver medal.
Coaching career edit
Dubreuil and Lauzon coach and choreograph ice dancing at the Gadbois Centre in Montreal with Romain Haguenauer.[9] Their current students include:
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron[10] (Olympic gold medalists,olympic silver medalists, European champions, Five-time World Champions, Three-time French National Champions)
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen[11] (Two-time Danish National Champions and 2019 Canadian bronze-medallists.)
Madison Chock / Evan Bates[12] (Olympic silver medalists (team event), World Champions, Three-time Four Continents Champions, Four-time U.S. National Champions)- Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker[13] (Four Continents Champions)
- Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac[14]
- Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha[15] (World Junior Champions)
Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang[16]
Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson[17] (European silver medalists, Five-time British National Champions)
Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming[18]- Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu[19]
- Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto[20]
- Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud[21]
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius[22]- Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer[23]
Holly Harris / Jason Chan[24]
Hannah Lim / Ye Quan[25]
Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov[26]
Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck[27]
Their former students include:
- Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir[28] (Three-time Olympic gold medalists, Two-time Olympic silver medalists, Three-time World Champions, Grand Prix Final Champions, Three-time Four Continents Champions, World Junior Champions, Junior Grand Prix Final Champions, Eight-time Canadian National Champions, Only ice dancers to achieve career grand slam)
Justyna Plutowska / Jérémie Flemin[29]
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus[30]- Olivia Smart / Adrián Díaz[31]
- Sara Hurtado / Adrián Díaz[32]
- Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette [33]
Teodora Markova / Simon Daze [34]- Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam[35]
- Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette[36]
- Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam[37]
- Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero[38]
- Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette [39][40]
- Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno[41]
- Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue[42] (2022 Olympic bronze medalists, Four Continents Champions, Grand Prix Final Champions, U.S. National Champions)
- Melinda Meng / Andrew Meng[43]
Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal[44]
Other skaters Lauzon has choreographed for include:
Programs edit
(with Dubreuil)
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| 2006–07 [1] |
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| 2005–06 [48] | Salsa and rhumba:
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| 2002–03 [8] |
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| 2001–02 [51][52] |
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| 2000–01 [52][53] |
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| 1999–2000 [5][52] |
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Competitive highlights edit
GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix
With Dubreuil edit
| International[54] | ||||||||||||
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| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 |
| Olympics | 12th | WD | ||||||||||
| Worlds | 10th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
| Four Continents | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| GP Final | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | |||||
| GP Cup of China | 3rd | |||||||||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 6th | 5th | 6th | |||||||||
| GP Lalique | 6th | 2nd | ||||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||||
| GP Spark./Bofrost | 8th | 2nd | 4th | |||||||||
| Bofrost Cup | 1st | |||||||||||
| Czech Skate | 1st | |||||||||||
| Golden Spin | 2nd | |||||||||||
| Lysiane Lauret | 11th | |||||||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 6th | |||||||||||
| National[54] | ||||||||||||
| Canadian Champ. | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||||
With Lefebvre edit
| International | ||
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| Event | 1993–94 | 1994–95 |
| World Junior Championships | 4th | |
| International St. Gervais | 3rd | |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | |
| National | ||
| Canadian Championships | 5th | |
References edit
External links edit
Media related to Patrice Lauzon at Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon at the International Skating Union
- "Official site". Archived from the original on February 23, 2004. Retrieved December 5, 2016.