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Amélie Lacoste - Wikipedia

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Amélie Lacoste

Lacoste in 2009

Born

December 17, 1988 (age 35)
Montreal, Quebec

Height

1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)

Figure skating career

Country

Canada

Skating club

CPA du Roussillon

Began skating

1993

Retired

May 2014

Medal record

Representing Canada

Figure skating: Women's singles
World Team Trophy
	2012 Tokyo	Team

Amélie Lacoste (born December 17, 1988) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Skate Canada International bronze medallist and the 2012 Canadian national champion. Her highest placement at an ISU Championship was 7th at the 2010 and 2012 Four Continents Championships.

Career

Lacoste won the novice national title in 2003 and the junior national title in 2005.^[1] She also competed on the Junior Grand Prix series. She finished 5th in her senior national debut at the 2006 Canadian Championships. She briefly tried pair skating in 2007.^[2]

Lacoste won the bronze medal at the 2009 Canadian Championships. She was assigned to her first Four Continents Championships where she finished 10th. The following season, she made her Grand Prix debut, appearing at 2009 Skate Canada International and 2009 Cup of Russia. She finished 7th at the 2010 Four Continents.

Lacoste won the bronze at 2010 Skate Canada International and placed 5th at 2010 Skate America. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 Canadian Championships. She was named an alternate to the World Championships and was given her first berth to the event when Myriane Samson dropped out due to injury.^[3]

In 2012, Lacoste won the Canadian national title, defeating Cynthia Phaneuf by 1.57 points. Lacoste then earned a berth to her second World Championships when she placed 7th at the 2012 Four Continents, 0.18 ahead of Phaneuf.^[4]^[5] She finished 16th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice. Lacoste injured her right hip in autumn 2012.^[6]

In early October 2013, Lacoste moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to be coached by Christy Krall and Damon Allen.^[7]^[8] She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Canadian Championships. In May 2014, she announced her retirement from competition.^[9]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–14 ^[8]^[10]	The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel	Amélie by Yann Tiersen La Valse d'Amélie Les jours tristes Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi La Noyée
2012–13 ^[11]^[12]	The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel	Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin Concerto in F by Newell Oler
2011–12 ^[13]	Satin Doll by Duke Ellington	Don't Cry For Me Argentina (from Evita) by Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Pierre Porte
2010–11 ^[14]	Ojos Negros	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Sea and Sinbad's Ship The Story of the Kalender Prince The Young Prince and the Princess Festival at Baghdad
2009–10 ^[15]	Otonal by Raúl di Blasio	O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) by Puccini
2008–09 ^[2]^[16]	Otonal by Raúl di Blasio	Montoya Frontera del Ensuenno Gypsy (from "Viva Flamenco") Luna Mora (from "Flamenco 7 – Pasion Flamenca Tango") Jarcamora (from "Compania Talent Danza Flamenco") Camindo Del Darro (from "Passion & Soul") Title Theme (from "Girlfight")
2005–06 ^[1]^[17]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez	Romanza (Andante Nalinconico) by Nino Rota
2004–05 ^[1]^[18]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez	Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[19]
Event	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Worlds								16th	16th
Four Continents		11th				10th	7th	9th	7th	9th	12th
GP Bompard											6th
GP Cup of China										6th
GP Rostel. Cup							7th		8th
GP Skate America								5th
GP Skate Canada							6th	3rd	6th	8th	5th
U.S. Classic										3rd	5th
International: Junior, Novice^[19]
Junior Worlds		15th
JGP Germany		7th
JGP Japan			9th
JGP Netherlands				12th
JGP Poland	15th
JGP Slovakia			5th
JGP USA		4th
National^[20]
Canadians	9th J.	1st J.	5th	WD	8th	3rd	5th	3rd	1st	4th	3rd
Team events
World Team Trophy									3rd T 10th P
WD: Withdrew J. = Junior T: Team result; P: Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mittan, Barry (September 18, 2005). "Lacoste Aims High". Skate Today.
^ ^a ^b Mittan, Barry (February 22, 2009). "Canada's Lacoste Makes Huge Comeback". Golden Skate.
^ Luchianov, Vladislav (April 4, 2011). "Lacoste plans to soak up experience at worlds". icenetwork.com. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
^ "Amelie Lacoste clinches spot at ISU figure skating championships". Postmedia News. National Post. February 12, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^ Elfman, Lois (March 16, 2012). "Happy to make worlds, Lacoste trains relentlessly". Ice Network.
^ Elfman, Lois (January 10, 2013). "Lacoste focuses on self despite Osmond surge". IceNetwork.
^ Robertson, Grant (October 26, 2013). "Osmond pulls out of Skate Canada competition with hamstring injury". The Globe and Mail.
^ ^a ^b "Amelie LACOSTE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014.
^ "Amélie Lacoste announces retirement from competitive skating". Skate Canada. May 22, 2014.
^ "Amelie Lacoste: 2013/2014". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013.
^ "Amelie Lacoste: 2012/2013". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 25, 2009.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 19, 2006.
^ "Amelie LACOSTE: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005.
^ ^a ^b "Competition Results: Amelie LACOSTE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014.
^ "Amelie Lacoste". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

External links

Media related to Amélie Lacoste at Wikimedia Commons

Amélie Lacoste at the International Skating Union
Amelie Lacoste at Skate Canada
Amelie Lacoste at Tracings.net

Canadian figure skating champions (women's singles)

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