Marie-France Dubreuil

Marie-France Dubreuil (born August 11, 1974) is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With partner and husband Patrice Lauzon, she is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medallist.

Marie-France Dubreuil
Dubreuil with Patrice Lauzon
Personal information
Country representedCanada
Born (1974-08-11) August 11, 1974
Montreal, Quebec
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Former partnerTomas Morbacher
Bruno Yvars
Former coachMuriel Zazoui
Steffany Hanlen
Sylvie Fullum
Francois Vallee
Romain Haguenauer
Former choreographerDavid Wilson
Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating clubCPA St-Leonard
Began skating1980
RetiredMay 20, 2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total203.69
2004 Skate Canada
Comp. dance40.51
2005 World Championships
Original dance60.99
2004 Cup of China
Free dance107.88
2003 Trophée Lalique

Personal life

Marie-France Dubreuil was born on August 11, 1974, in Montreal, Quebec.[1] She married Patrice Lauzon in August 2008.[2] On December 24, 2010, she gave birth to their daughter, Billie-Rose.[3]

Competitive career

When Dubreuil was five, she asked for skating lessons for her birthday and her grandmother gave her skates as a present.[4][5] She took up ice dancing at the age of ten.[5] The pair of Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov was one of her influences.[6] Competing with Bruno Yvars, she won the bronze medal at 1990 World Junior Championships.[5]

Dubreuil teamed up with Patrice Lauzon in 1995 and they placed 6th at their first Canadian Championships. They took the silver medal in their first appearance at Four Continents in 2000. Their coaches were Sylvie Fullum and François Vallee, who retired after the 2001–02 season. Dubreuil/Lauzon then decided to move permanently to Lyon, France, to train under Muriel Boucher-Zazoui.[7]

Dubreuil/Lauzon captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships five times and competed at the Winter Olympics twice. However, they had to withdraw from the 2006 Winter Olympics after she suffered an injury from a fall during a lift attempt at the end of a program that required Lauzon to carry her off the ice afterward. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Alberta.

Dubreuil/Lauzon began the 2006–07 season with gold medals at 2006 Skate Canada International and 2006 NHK Trophy, which qualified them for the Grand Prix Final. At the World Championships in Tokyo, they took their second consecutive World silver medal.

Dubreuil/Lauzon skated in ice shows in the 2007–08 season. They confirmed their retirement from competitive skating on May 20, 2008.[8]

Dubreuil appeared on the CBC Television series Battle of the Blades, in which figure skaters are paired with ice hockey players in a figure skating competition. She and her season 1 partner Stéphane Richer finished in third place. She took season 2 off because she was pregnant. During the show's third season, she was paired with Bryan Berard.[9]

Coaching career

Dubreuil and Lauzon coach ice dancing at the Gadbois Centre in Montreal with Romain Haguenauer.[10] Their current students include:

*Komatsubara and Koleto will split their time between Canada and Japan to enable Koleto to gain Japanese Citizenship.

Their former students include:

Programs

(with Lauzon)

Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition
2006–07
[1]
  • Paya d'Ora
    by Orquesta del Tango de la
    Ciudad de Buenos Aires
  • Whole Lotta Love
    by Tina Turner
2005–06
[32]		 Salsa and rhumba:
  • Ne Me Quitte Pas
    by Jacques Brel
  • Singing in the Rain
    by Arthur Freed
2004–05
[33]
  • Singing in the Rain
    by Arthur Freed
2003–04
[34]
  • Des Tours De Vies (Nu Tango)
    by Antony Rouchier
  • Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)
    by Christoph Mullee, Edouardo Markoff
  • Vuelvo Al Sur
    by Ástor Piazzolla
  • Tango Inna Babylone (Nu Tango)
    by Cesar Valente, Sebastien Isaia, Antony Rouchier
2002–03
[7]
  • At the Ball
  • Furioso Polka
    by Johann Strauss
  • Dance with my Heart
    by Majoly
  • Tango medley
2001–02
[35][36]
  • Yo Soy Maria
  • Balada Renga Para Un Organito Loco
  • Yo Soy Maria
    by Ástor Piazzolla
2000–01
[36][37]
  • Victorious Titus
    (from Titus)
    by E. Goldenthal
1999–2000
[4][36]
  • The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
    by Georges Michael
  • The Feeling Begins
    by Peter Gabriel
1998–99
[36]
  • La Grimas Y Sonisas
  • Argentine Waltz

Results

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

With Lauzon
International[38]
Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07
Olympics12thWD
Worlds10th11th10th10th8th7th2nd2nd
Four Continents2nd3rd4th2nd1st
GP Final6th6th6th6th5th3rd2nd
GP Cup of China3rd
GP Cup of Russia6th5th6th
GP Lalique6th2nd
GP NHK Trophy4th1st1st
GP Skate Canada4th3rd2nd3rd2nd1st1st
GP Spark./Bofrost8th2nd4th
Bofrost Cup1st
Czech Skate1st
Golden Spin2nd
Lysiane Lauret11th
Schäfer Memorial6th
National[38]
Canadian Champ.6th4th4th4th1st2nd2nd2nd1st1st1st1st
WD = Withdrew

With Morbacher
Event 1994
Skate America8th
Trophée de France8th

With Yvars
Event 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
World Junior Championships3rd5th
International St. Gervais1st

References
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