Kate Charbonneau

Kate Charbonneau (born April 2, 1993) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2009 Canadian national junior champion and placed sixth at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Kate Charbonneau
Personal information
Country representedCanada
Born (1993-04-02) April 2, 1993
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Home townPrior Lake, Minnesota
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
CoachLorie Charbonneau
Robert Tebby
ChoreographerShae-Lynn Bourne
Svetlana Kulikova
Kelly Benzinger
Skating clubSkate Winnipeg; Figure Skating Club of Bloomington
Began skating1997
Retired2013
ISU personal best scores
Combined total147.46
2010 Junior Worlds
Short program53.80
2010 Junior Worlds
Free skate93.66
2010 Junior Worlds

Personal life

Charbonneau was born on April 2, 1993 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] She has lived in Prior Lake, Minnesota with her family since she was four. Her mother, Lorie, is a figure skating coach. [2]

Career

Charbonneau began skating at age three because her dying grandmother wanted to see her skate before she died.[3] She started skating competitively in the United States but never appeared internationally for the U.S. She placed fourth on the intermediate level at the 2006 U.S. Junior Championships but the next two seasons she did not advance from Regionals and Sectionals. In the 2008–09 season, she began representing Canada as she had wanted to skate for Canada since she was about seven years old.[4]

Charbonneau won the junior ladies' title at the 2009 Canadian Championships and received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments later that year. She placed seventh on the senior level at the 2010 Canadian Championships. In March 2010, she represented Canada at the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; she placed fourth in the short program, seventh in the free skate, and sixth overall.

Charbonneau was coached by her mother, Lorie, and Robert Tebby in Bloomington, Minnesota.[1] After retiring from competition, she began a coaching career. She is an instructor in learn-to-skate programs.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2011–12
[1]
2010–11
[5]
2009–10
[2][6]
  • Malagueña
    by Ernesto Lecuona

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Results for Canada
International[7]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
World Junior Champ.6th
JGP Austria15th
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Germany13th
JGP Italy7th
JGP Poland8th5th
National[7]
Canadian Champ.1st J.7th9th6th9th
J. = Junior level

Results for the United States
Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
U.S. Junior Championships4th I.
Midwestern Sectionals9th J.
Upper Great Lakes Regionals7th N.3rd J.
Levels: I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References
  1. "Kate CHARBONNEAU: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 28, 2012.
  2. Mittan, Barry (August 24, 2009). "Charbonneau Springs Cross Border Surprise". Skate Today.
  3. Walker, Elvin (May 16, 2010). "Charbonneau coming into her own". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  4. Nealin, Laurie (April 28, 2009). "Canadian junior champ Charbonneau living her dream". IceNetwork.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  5. "Kate CHARBONNEAU: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011.
  6. "Kate CHARBONNEAU: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2010.
  7. "Competition Results: Kate CHARBONNEAU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
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