Yvan Desjardins (born October 6, 1975) is a Canadian

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coach and former competitor. He reached the free skate at two ISU Championships.

Career

Desjardins competed at the

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and 1994 World Junior Championships, qualifying to the free skate at both events. His best final result, 11th, came in 1993 in

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, South Korea. After retiring from competition, Desjardins became a coach, based in Rosemère, Quebec. In August 2015, he became only the 13th person to achieve Level 5 in

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's National Coaching Certification Program. In 2016, he received the Skate Canada Competitive Coach Award of Excellence. His past and present students include,

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and Joseph Phan.

Personal life

Desjardins was born on October 6, 1975, in

Boisbriand Boisbriand () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, at the entrance of the Lower-Laurentides in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. Alth ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. He studied at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. He is married to figure skating coach Claudine Morency and has two children.

Competitive highlights

References

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