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Kate Charbonneau

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Kate Charbonneau
Born (1993-04-02) April 2, 1993 (age 31)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
HometownPrior Lake, Minnesota
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada
CoachLorie Charbonneau
Robert Tebby
Skating clubSkate Winnipeg; Figure Skating Club of Bloomington
Began skating1997
Retired2013

Kate Charbonneau (born April 2, 1993) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2009 Canadian national junior champion and placed sixth at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

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Charbonneau was born on April 2, 1993, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] She has lived in Prior Lake, Minnesota, with her family since she was four. Her mother, Lorie, is a figure skating coach.[2]

Career

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Charbonneau began skating at age three because her dying grandmother wanted to see her skate before she died.[3] She started skating competitively in the United States but never appeared internationally for the U.S. She placed fourth on the intermediate level at the 2006 U.S. Junior Championships but the next two seasons she did not advance from Regionals and Sectionals. In the 2008–09 season, she began representing Canada as she had wanted to skate for Canada since she was about seven years old.[4]

Charbonneau won the junior ladies' title at the 2009 Canadian Championships and received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments later that year. She placed seventh on the senior level at the 2010 Canadian Championships. In March 2010, she represented Canada at the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; she placed fourth in the short program, seventh in the free skate, and sixth overall.

Charbonneau was coached by her mother, Lorie, and Robert Tebby in Bloomington, Minnesota.[1] After retiring from competition, she began a coaching career. She is an instructor in learn-to-skate programs.

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2012–13
2011–12
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2010–11
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2009–10
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  • Malagueña
    by Ernesto Lecuona

Competitive highlights

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JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Results for Canada

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International[7]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
World Junior Champ. 6th
JGP Austria 15th
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Germany 13th
JGP Italy 7th
JGP Poland 8th 5th
National[7]
Canadian Champ. 1st J. 7th 9th 6th 9th
J. = Junior level

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kate CHARBONNEAU: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Mittan, Barry (August 24, 2009). "Charbonneau Springs Cross Border Surprise". Skate Today.
  3. ^ Walker, Elvin (May 16, 2010). "Charbonneau coming into her own". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  4. ^ Nealin, Laurie (April 28, 2009). "Canadian junior champ Charbonneau living her dream". IceNetwork.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "Kate CHARBONNEAU: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "Kate CHARBONNEAU: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Competition Results: Kate CHARBONNEAU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
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