Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford at the2015 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1985-12-08)December 8, 1985 (age 39) Lively, Ontario, Canada
Home town	Boucherville, Quebec
Height	1.49 m (4 ft10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada
Discipline	Pair skating (2004–18) Women's singles (2001–07)
Partner	Eric Radford (2010–18) Craig Buntin (2007–10) Ryan Arnold (2004–06)
Began skating	1988
Retired	April 25, 2018[1]
HighestWS	1st (2016–17,2015–16 &2014–15)
Medal record
Event Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 2 0 2 Four Continents Championships 2 2 1 Grand Prix Final 1 1 2 Canadian Championships 7 2 2 World Team Trophy 0 1 1 Medal list Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team 2014 Sochi Team 2018 Pyeongchang Pairs World Championships 2015 Shanghai Pairs 2016 Boston Pairs 2013 London Pairs 2014 Saitama Pairs Four Continents Championships 2013 Osaka Pairs 2015 Seoul Pairs 2011 Taipei Pairs 2017 Gangneung Pairs 2010 Jeonju Pairs Grand Prix Final 2014–15 Barcelona Pairs 2015–16 Barcelona Pairs 2016–17 Marseille Pairs 2017–18 Nagoya Pairs Canadian Championships 2012 Moncton Pairs 2013 Mississauga Pairs 2014 Ottawa Pairs 2015 Kingston Pairs 2016 Halifax Pairs 2017 Ottawa Pairs 2018 Vancouver Pairs 2009 Saskatoon Pairs 2011 Victoria Pairs 2008 Vancouver Pairs 2010 London Pairs World Team Trophy 2013 Tokyo Team 2012 Tokyo Team

Meagan Duhamel (born December 8, 1985) is a retired Canadianpair skater. With partnerEric Radford, she is a two-time world champion (2015,2016), a2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team event, a2018 Olympic bronze medallist in the pairs event, a two-time Four Continents champion (2013,2015), the2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, and a seven-timeCanadian national champion (2012–18).

During the 2014 Olympics, Duhamel and Radford became the first pair to land aside-by-side tripleLutz jump at any Winter Olympic competition.^[2][3]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, 32-year-old Duhamel won a gold medal as part of the figure skating team event, becoming one of the oldest Olympic champions in figure skating. Three days later, during the individual pairs free skate, Duhamel and Radford became the first team to complete aquadruple throw jump at any Winter Olympic competition when she landed their throw quadrupleSalchow.^[4][5][6]

With previous partnerCraig Buntin, Duhamel became the2010 Four Continents bronze medallist and a three-timeCanadian national medallist (one silver, two bronze).

Duhamel and her previous partner,Ryan Arnold, were the first pair to land a side-by-side triple Lutz jump in competition, which they did at the2005 Canadian Championships.^[7][8] At the2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, they became the first team to land athrow triple Lutz jump in international competition.^[9]

Meagan Duhamel was born on December 8, 1985, inSudbury,Ontario, and raised in theLively neighbourhood.^[10][11] She is ofFinnish descent on her mother's side andFrench on her father's, Duhamel is an old French surname meaning "Of the Hamlet", implying her French ancestors were from a small farming village.^[12][13] She is studying holistic health.^[14] She became avegan in December 2008.^[15][16] In July 2014, it was publicly announced that she was engaged to her coachBruno Marcotte.^[17] The couple married on June 5, 2015, inBermuda.^[18] Their daughter Zoey was born October 25, 2019.^[19] Duhamel and Marcotte welcomed another daughter, Miya, on July 14, 2022.

In August 2018,Greater Sudbury City Council renamed the street in Lively that Duhamel grew up on in her honour.^[20]

Duhamel began skating when she was three years old, in 1988.^[11] At age 14, she moved toBarrie, Ontario to train at the Mariposa School of Skating.^[21]

Duhamel competed in both singles and pairs for several years. She teamed up withRyan Arnold in the spring of 2004.^[22] They were the first skaters to land a side-by-side tripleLutz jump in competition, which they did at the2005 Canadian Championships.^[7][8] At the2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, they became the first team to land athrow triple Lutz jump in international competition.^[9] They ended their partnership in March 2006. Duhamel had a stress fracture and was off the ice for four months.^[8] She withdrew from both herGrand Prix events due to injury. She competed at the2007 Canadian Championships and placed sixth; it was the last time she competed as a single skater. She was coached byLee Barkell.

In June 2007, Duhamel moved toMontreal and teamed up withCraig Buntin.^[21][23] In January 2008, the pair won the bronze medal at theCanadian Nationals but during the exhibition Buntin injured his shoulder, with which he had previous problems, as a result of a timing issue.^[23] They missed the Four Continents but competed at the2008 World Championships in Sweden on March 19, 2008, despite the shoulder still being a problem, and finished 6th. However, their participation aggravated Buntin's injury, tearing the rotator cuff, the labrum and three tendons; he had surgery in April and the recovery took seven to eight months.^[23] They could not practice lifts until two weeks before2008 Skate America so they worked on adding variations to their elements, such as a spread eagle entrance into a lift and a death spiral with the opposite hand.^[23]

In November 2008, during the long program at theTrophée Eric Bompard, Duhamel accidentally sliced Buntin's hand a minute into the program, on their side-by-side salchow jumps, and blood dripped onto the ice; the pair stopped to get his hand bandaged and then resumed the program to win the bronze medal.^[24]In July 2010, Buntin announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.^[25] Having experienced two stress fractures, a bulging disc in her back, and a nerve dysfunction in her leg, Duhamel also considered retiring but soon decided to continue competing.^[26]

At a coach's suggestion, Duhamel had a tryout withEric Radford and they decided to compete together.^[27] They won a silver medal at the2011 Canadian Championships and were assigned to the2011 Four Continents Championships and the2011 World Championships. At Four Continents, the pair won a silver medal.

During the short program at the2011 World Championships, Radford's nose was broken when Duhamel's elbow hit him on the descent from a tripletwist, their first element – she opened up too early.^[28][29] Seeing the blood, Duhamel suggested they stop but he decided to continue and they finished the program without a pause.^[28] Duhamel had not done a triple twist since 2005, and the new pair only began performing it before the Canadian Championships.^[30]

Duhamel/Radford won bronze medals at their Grand Prix events, the2011 Skate Canada and2011 Trophée Eric Bompard. They won their first national title^[31] and finished 5th at the2012 World Championships.

The next season, Duhamel/Radford won silver at their Grand Prix events, the2012 Skate Canada International and2012 Trophée Eric Bompard. They then won theirsecond national title^[32] and their firstFour Continents title.^[33][34] Duhamel/Radford stepped onto the World podium for the first time at the2013 World Championships inLondon, Ontario, where they won the bronze medal.

Duhamel/Radford skated their short program to music composed by Radford.^[35] During the2014 Olympics, Duhamel and Radford became the first pair team to land aside-by-side tripleLutz at any Winter Olympic competition.^[2][3] After finishing seventh at the 2014 Winter Olympics inSochi,^[36] they returned to the podium at the2014 World Championships, where they scored personal bests in both the short program and the free skate on their way to a second bronze medal.^[37]

Duhamel/Radford practiced aquad throwSalchow during the summer of 2014.^[38] At the inaugural2014 Autumn Classic International held inBarrie,Ontario, they successfully executed the quad throw Salchow and won the event.^[39] They were chosen to compete at the2014 Skate Canada International and2014 NHK Trophy in the 2014–15 Grand Prix season.^[40] They won both events and eventually won their firstGrand Prix Final title.^[41] At the Grand Prix Final, they improved their personal best scores in the free skating and combined total.^[42]They continued their first place streak by winning their fourthCanadian title and their secondFour Continents title.^[43] In March 2015, they won gold in pairs at the2015 World Championships, capping a perfect season in which they won gold at every international event where they competed.^[44]

Duhamel/Radford began their season by winning the2015 Skate Canada Autumn Classic.^[45] Turning to theGrand Prix series, they won gold medals at the2015 Skate Canada International and2015 NHK Trophy. In December, they took silver behind Stolbova/Klimov at theGrand Prix Final inBarcelona.

In January 2016, Duhamel/Radford won their fifth consecutive national title, at theCanadian Championships.^[46] They withdrew from the2016 Four Continents Championships inTaipei due to Duhamel's illness. In April, they competed at the2016 World Championships inBoston, placing second in the short and first in the free. They were awarded the gold medal ahead of Sui/Han and Savchenko/Massot, who took silver and bronze respectively.^[47]

Duhamel/Radford received the bronze medal at the Grand Prix Final in December 2016 before winning their sixth consecutive national title.^[48] In January 2017. In February, they took the silver medal behind Sui/Han at the2017 Four Continents Championships. At the2017 World Championships, held in March inHelsinki, Finland, Radford had trouble training due to a muscle spasm in his hip.^[49] The pair finished 7th at the competition.

Duhamel/Radford began their final competitive season with silver at the2017 CS Autumn Classic.^[50] Switching to the Grand Prix series, the pair took gold at the2017 Skate Canada International after ranking second in the short program and first in the free skate.^[51] At the2017 Skate America, they received the bronze medal after ranking first in the short and third in the free.^[52] Their scores at their two Grand Prix events qualified the pair to compete at the2017–18 Grand Prix Final, held in December inNagoya, Japan. They climbed from fifth after the short to obtain the bronze medal at the final.

In January, Duhamel/Radford won their seventh consecutive Canadian pairs' title, an all-time record, at the2018 Canadian National Championships. In February, they represented Canada at their second Winter Olympics, which took place inPyeongChang, South Korea.^[53] Competing in the team event, they placed second in the short program, and first in the free skate, contributing to Canada's team gold medal. At 32 and 33 years old respectively, they were among the oldest Olympic champions in figure skating. They were the only top pair to skate both segments of the team competition, as individual pairs was to take place first of the individual figure skating events. In the individual event, Duhamel/Radford ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, finishing in third place and earning the bronze medal. They became the first pair to complete a throw quad at any Winter Olympic competition.^[4][5][6]

On April 25, the two announced their retirement from competition.^[1][54][55] Duhamel expressed interest in becoming a technical specialist.^[56]

In spring of 2019, it was announced that Duhamel would move toOakville, Ontario to coach at the Skate Oakville Skating Club with husband,Bruno Marcotte.^[57] She is currently part of the coaching team of the Japanese pair teamRiku Miura /Ryuichi Kihara.^[58]

Duhamel competed on the sixth season of theCBC seriesBattle of the Blades, partnered with retiredNHL playerWojtek Wolski. Inspired by her own daughter Zoey's need forneonatal intensive care following birth, Duhamel competed on behalf of the Sandra Schmirler Foundation.^[59] Duhamel and Wolski won the contest.^[60]

In the spring of 2021, it was announced that Radford would be returning to competition with a new partner,Vanessa James.^[61] Duhamel stated that she and Radford had had a verbal agreement to continue doing show skating, which had included shows being arranged while he was trying out with James, and that she felt "blindsided" by the news.^[62] In May, Duhamel announced a return to the fall tour ofStars on Ice, in which she would perform with former domestic rivalDylan Moscovitch.^[63]

Results in the2010–11 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 23–26, 2010	2010 Nebelhorn Trophy	3	51.81	3	95.63	3	147.44
Oct 28–31, 2010	2010 Skate Canada International	4	54.80	4	103.73	5	158.53
Jan 17–23, 2011	2011 Canadian Championships	4	57.71	2	113.63	2	171.34
Jan 24–30, 2011	2011 Four Continents Championships	3	59.92	2	121.87	2	181.79
Apr 27 – May 1, 2011	2011 World Championships	7	58.83	7	114.20	7	173.03

Results in the2011–12 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 27–30, 2011	2011 Skate Canada International	2	62.37	3	112.47	3	174.84
Nov 17–20, 2011	2011 Trophée Éric Bompard	2	61.06	3	115.56	3	176.62
Dec 8–11, 2011	2011–12 Grand Prix Final	5	61.04	5	109.39	5	170.43
Jan 16–22, 2012	2012 Canadian Championships	1	60.92	1	129.19	1	190.11
Feb 7–12, 2012	2012 Four Continents Championships	8	57.53	4	114.23	4	171.76
Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2012	2012 World Championships	5	63.69	5	121.72	5	185.41
Apr 19–22, 2012	2012 World Team Trophy	4	59.27	2	112.64	3	–

Results in the2012–13 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 26–28, 2012	2012 Skate Canada International	2	64.49	2	126.00	2	190.49
Nov 15–18, 2012	2012 Trophée Éric Bompard	2	62.28	1	124.43	2	186.71
Dec 6–9, 2012	2012–13 Grand Prix Final	4	64.20	4	122.89	4	187.09
Jan 13–20, 2013	2013 Canadian Championships	1	69.08	1	137.55	1	206.63
Feb 6–11, 2013	2013 Four Continents Championships	1	70.44	2	128.74	1	199.18
Mar 13–15, 2013	2013 World Championships	2	73.61	3	130.95	3	204.56
Apr 11–14, 2013	2013 World Team Trophy	2	69.94	2	121.21	2	–

Results in the2013–14 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 24–27, 2013	2013 Skate Canada International	1	69.57	3	121.05	3	190.62
Nov 15–17, 2013	2013 Trophée Éric Bompard	2	66.07	2	124.82	2	190.89
Dec 5–8, 2013	2013–14 Grand Prix Final	4	73.07	6	120.31	5	193.38
Jan 9–15, 2014	2014 Canadian Championships	1	75.80	1	137.82	1	213.62
Feb 6–22, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics (Team event)	2	73.10	–	–	2	–
Feb 6–22, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	5	72.21	7	127.32	7	199.53
Mar 24–30, 2014	2014 World Championships	2	77.01	4	133.83	3	210.84

Results in the2014–15 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 15–16, 2014	2014 CS Autumn Classic International	1	68.92	1	134.24	1	203.16
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2014	2014 Skate Canada International	1	72.70	1	138.04	1	210.74
Nov 28–30, 2014	2014 NHK Trophy	1	72.70	1	127.08	1	199.78
Dec 11–14, 2014	2014–15 Grand Prix Final	1	74.50	1	146.22	1	220.72
Jan 19–25, 2015	2015 Canadian Championships	1	79.50	1	150.69	1	230.19
Feb 9–15, 2015	2015 Four Continents Championships	1	75.67	1	143.81	1	219.48
Mar 23–29, 2015	2015 World Championships	1	76.98	1	144.55	1	221.53
Apr 16–19, 2015	2015 World Team Trophy	2	68.68	1	140.70	4	–

Results in the2015–16 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 12–15, 2015	2015 Autumn Classic International	1	68.97	1	133.64	1	202.61
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2015	2015 Skate Canada International	1	72.46	1	143.70	1	216.16
Nov 27–29, 2015	2015 NHK Trophy	1	71.04	1	131.68	1	202.72
Dec 10–13, 2015	2015–16 Grand Prix Final	3	72.74	2	143.93	2	216.67
Jan 18–24, 2016	2016 Canadian Championships	1	73.03	1	148.72	1	221.75
Feb 16–21, 2016	2016 Four Continents Championships	2	71.90	–	–	–	WD
Mar 28 – Apr 3, 2016	2016 World Championships	2	78.18	1	153.81	1	231.99
Apr 22–24, 2016	2016 Team Challenge Cup	–	–	1	147.48	1	–

Results in the2016–17 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 6–10, 2016	2016 CS Finlandia Trophy	1	66.49	1	131.29	1	197.78
Oct 28–30, 2016	2016 Skate Canada International	1	78.39	1	139.91	1	218.30
Nov 25–27, 2016	2016 NHK Trophy	2	72.95	1	131.61	1	204.56
Dec 8–11, 2016	2016–17 Grand Prix Final	3	71.44	2	134.55	3	205.99
Jan 16–22, 2017	2017 Canadian Championships	1	80.72	1	146.51	1	227.23
Feb 15–19, 2017	2017 Four Continents Championships	3	74.31	2	137.92	2	212.23
Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2017	2017 World Championships	7	72.67	7	133.39	7	206.06

Results in the2017–18 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–23, 2017	2017 CS Autumn Classic International	1	77.14	3	125.84	2	202.98
Oct 27–29, 2017	2017 Skate Canada International	2	73.53	1	148.69	1	222.22
Nov 24–26, 2017	2017 Skate America	1	75.37	3	140.31	3	215.68
Dec 7–10, 2017	2017–18 Grand Prix Final	5	72.18	3	138.65	3	210.83
Jan 8–14, 2018	2018 Canadian Championships	1	81.78	1	152.77	1	234.55
Feb 9–12, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics (Team event)	2	76.57	1	148.51	1	–
Feb 14–15, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	3	76.82	2	153.33	3	230.15

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