Craig Buntin (born May 27, 1980) is a Canadian former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. He is the co-founder and CEO of Sportlogiq, an AI-powered sports analytics company based in Montreal, Quebec. With former partner

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 ...

, he is the 2009 Canadian silver medallist, the 2008 & 2010 Canadian bronze medallist, and the 2010 Four Continents bronze medallist. With

Valérie Marcoux Valérie Marcoux (born April 1, 1980 in Ottawa, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's ...

, he represented

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, where they placed 11th.

Personal life

Buntin was born on May 27, 1980, in North Vancouver,

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

. He studied for his

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degree at

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. He married in August 2011.

Career

Early partnerships

Buntin won the 2000 Canadian junior national title with Chantal Poirier. He teamed up with

in 2002. The pair won gold at three consecutive

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, from 2004 to 2006. Their partnership ended in early 2007 when

decided to retire from competition.

Partnership with Duhamel

In June 2007, Buntin teamed up with

. At their first competition together, the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy, they won the silver medal. In January 2008, the pair won the bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals but during the exhibition Buntin injured his shoulder, with which he had previous problems, as a result of a timing issue. They missed the Four Continents but competed at the 2008 World Championships in Sweden on March 19, 2008, despite the shoulder still being a problem, and finished 6th. However, their participation aggravated Buntin's injury, tearing the rotator cuff, the labrum and three tendons; he had surgery in April and the recovery took seven to eight months. They could not practice lifts until two weeks before

2008 Skate America The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23– ...

so they worked on adding variations to their elements, such as a spread eagle entrance into a lift and a death spiral with the opposite hand. In November 2008, during the long program at the

Trophée Eric Bompard The Grand Prix de France is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports () (FFIS). The first iteration of the Grand Prix de France was held ...

, Duhamel accidentally sliced Buntin's hand a minute into the program on a move right after their side-by-side toe loop jumps and blood dripped on the ice; the pair stopped to get his hand bandaged and resumed the program to win the bronze medal. Duhamel and Buntin were the first pair to successfully land a throw triple lutz in competition. In July 2010, Buntin announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.

Programs

With Duhamel

With Marcoux

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

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With Duhamel

With Marcoux

Early career

References

External links

Skate Canada Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buntin, Craig 1980 births Skating people from British Columbia Canadian male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Canada Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Living people Sportspeople from North Vancouver Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Canadian sportsmen