Jean-Sébastien Fecteau (born May 7, 1975) 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 a two-time World Junior silver medallist with

Caroline Haddad Caroline Haddad is a Canadian figure skating coach and former competitive pair skater. With Jean-Sébastien Fecteau, she is the 1992 and 1994 World Junior silver medallist and the 1993 Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international s ...

, the 2001

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competiti ...

silver medallist with Valerie Saurette, and the 2006

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silver medallist with Utako Wakamatsu.

Career

From 1990 to 1994, Fecteau competed internationally with

. They won silver medals at the 1992 and 1994 World Junior Championships. In 1995, Fecteau began competing with Valerie Saurette. They competed on the

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series for three seasons, twice at the

(best result was fourth), and once at the

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, placing 13th. They won the silver medal at the

2001 Nebelhorn Trophy The 2001 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between September 4 and 7, 2001 at the Bundesleistungszentrum Oberstdorf. It is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, ...

and three bronze medals at the Canadian Championships. Their partnership ended in early 2002. In April 2002, Fecteau teamed up with Japanese skater Utako Wakamatsu to compete for Canada. In 2003, they won gold medals at the

Finlandia Trophy The Finlandia Trophy is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Since 1995, it is held annually in Finland in Greater Helsinki region, including Helsinki, Vantaa, and Espoo. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014� ...

and

and made their Grand Prix debut. In the 2004–05 season, Wakamatsu/Fecteau won silver at the 2005 Canadian Championships and were sent to the 2005 World Championships where they placed eighth. In the 2005–06 season, the pair won bronze at a Grand Prix event, the

2005 NHK Trophy The 2005 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2005–06 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Kadoma Sports Center in Osaka on December 1–4. Medals were awarde ...

. They also took bronze at the 2006 Canadian Championships and were sent to the

2006 Four Continents Championships The 2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2005–06 season. It was held at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, USA on January 25–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of ...

where they won the silver medal. Fecteau announced his competitive retirement on April 24, 2007.

Personal life

In 2007, Fecteau said he planned to study civil engineering at the

École Polytechnique de Montréal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

. He completed his studies and is now working as a Transportation Engineer.

Programs

With Wakamatsu

With Saurette

Competitive highlights

With Wakamatsu

With Saurette

With Haddad

References

External links

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Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fecteau, Jean-Sebastien 1975 births Canadian male pair skaters Living people Sportspeople from Thetford Mines Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Quebec World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people