Michel Brunet (figure skater)
{{Short description|Canadian ice dancer}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Michel Brunet
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|country= Canada
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1970|12|31}}
|birth_place= Hull, Quebec
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|formerpartner= Chantal Lefebvre
Jennifer Boyce
Brigitte Richer
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|retired= 1999
|show-medals= yes
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{{MedalSport| Figure skating: Ice dancing}}
{{MedalCountry| {{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Four Continents Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1999 Halifax|Ice dancing}}
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Michel Brunet (born December 31, 1970) is a Canadian former ice dancer. With Jennifer Boyce, he is the 1994 Nations Cup bronze medallist and two-time Canadian national silver medallist. With Chantal Lefebvre, he is the 1999 Four Continents silver medallist and four-time Canadian silver medallist. They also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Brunet retired from competition in 1999. He married Brigitte Gauthier, with whom he has two sons, Frédéric and Cédric, born in the early 2000s.
Results
=With Richer=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1986–87 ! 1987–88 ! 1988–89 | |||
| align=left | World Junior Championships | 11th | 7th | |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | National | |||
| align=left | Canadian Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st N. | ||
| colspan=4 align=center | N. = Novice level |
=With Boyce=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1990-91 ! 1991–92 ! 1992–93 ! 1993–94 ! 1994–95 | |||||
| align=left | World Champ. | 17th | ||||
| align=left | International de Paris | 5th | ||||
| align=left | International St. Gervais | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||
| align=left | Nations Cup | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||
| align=left | NHK Trophy | 8th | ||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | National | |||||
| align=left | Canadian Champ. | 7th | 5th | 5th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
=With Lefebvre=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1995–96 ! 1996–97 ! 1997–98 ! 1998–99 | ||||
| align=left | Winter Olympics | 19th | |||
| align=left | World Champ. | 15th | 20th | 19th | 15th |
| align=left | Four Continents Champ. | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| align=left | GP Nations Cup | 7th | 8th | ||
| align=left | GP NHK Trophy | 9th | |||
| align=left | GP Cup of Russia | 6th | |||
| align=left | GP Skate America | 6th | |||
| align=left | GP Skate Canada | 8th | 5th | ||
| align=left | GP Trophée Lalique | 8th | |||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National | ||||
| align=left | Canadian Champ. | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
| colspan=5 align=center | GP = Champions Series (Grand Prix) |
References
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{{cite web | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/michel-brunet-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225131/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/michel-brunet-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2020-04-17 | title = Michel Brunet | publisher = Sports Reference }}
{{cite news | url = http://www.journallarevue.com/Sports/2014-01-20/article-3583964/Deux-fois-plutot-quune-aux-Jeux-olympiques/1 | title = Deux fois plutôt qu'une aux Jeux olympiques | language = French | work = Journal Larevue | first = Antony | last = Da Silva-Casimiro | series = La Revue | publisher = TC Media | date = January 20, 2014 | access-date = June 22, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030849/http://www.journallarevue.com/Sports/2014-01-20/article-3583964/Deux-fois-plutot-quune-aux-Jeux-olympiques/1 | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | url-status = usurped }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunet, Michel}}
Category:Canadian male ice dancers
Category:Olympic figure skaters for Canada
Category:Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists
Category:Sportspeople from Gatineau
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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