Bruno Marcotte (born September 10, 1974) is a Canadian

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coach and former competitor in

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. He is the 1993 World Junior bronze medallist with Isabelle Coulombe and the

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champion with

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Personal life

Marcotte was born October 10, 1974, in

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. His sister, Julie, is a figure skating choreographer, who choreographs for his students. In July 2014, it was publicly announced that he was engaged to his student

Meagan Duhamel Meagan Duhamel (born December 8, 1985) is a retired Canadian pair skater. With partner Eric Radford, she is a two-time world champion (2015, 2016), a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team ev ...

. The couple married on June 5, 2015, in

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. The couple have two daughters, Zoey and Miya.

Competitive figure skating career

Marcotte competed with Isabelle Coulombe early in his pairs career. They won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Junior Championships. Marcotte teamed up with Nadia Micallef in around 1995. The pair won the 1998

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and placed fourth at the 1999 Canadian Championships. Marcotte formed a partnership with

in around 2000. They placed fourth twice at the

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, fourth at the

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and 12th at the 2002 World Championships. The team broke up after the 2001–01 season and Marcotte retired from competition.

Coaching career

Following his competitive figure skating career, Marcotte became a pair skating coach. In addition, he became an ISU technical specialist for Canada and was formerly the pair skating director at the

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. He initially coached at the C.P.A. Saint-Léonard Inc. in

alongside Richard Gauthier until 2019, when it was announced that he had moved to

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, to coach at the Skate Oakville Skating Club with wife,

. His current students include: *

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/ Kieran Thrasher *

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/ Danny O'Shea *

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/ Balázs Nagy His former students include: *

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* Tilda Alteryd / Gabriel Farand *

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/ Gabriel Farand *

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* Marissa Castelli /

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* Isabella Gamez / Tòn Cónsul *

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/ Alex Kang-chan Kam * Ami Koga /

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* Ami Koga / Spencer Akira Howe *

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/ Shoya Ichihashi *

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* Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher * Haruna Murakami /

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/ Andrew Wolfe *

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* Niki Wories * Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman *

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Programs

(with Marcoux)

Competitive highlights

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With Marcoux

With Micallef

With Coulombe

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcotte, Bruno Canadian male pair skaters 1974 births Living people Figure skaters from Montreal International Skating Union technical specialists World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists