Pierre Brunet

Pierre and Andrée Brunet on their marriage day in 1929
Personal information
Born	(1902-06-28)28 June 1902
Died	27 July 1991(1991-07-27) (aged 89)
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Partner	Andrée Joly
Retired	1936
Medal record Representing France Pairsfigure skating Olympic Games 1932 Lake Placid Pairs 1928 St. Moritz Pairs 1924 Chamonix Pairs World Championships 1932 Montreal Pairs 1930 New York Pairs 1928 London Pairs 1926 Berlin Pairs 1925 Vienna Pairs European Championships 1932 Paris Pairs

Pierre Émile Ernest Brunet (28 June 1902 – 27 July 1991) was afigure skater. Together with his wifeAndrée Brunet he won Olympic medals in 1924, 1928 and 1932, as well as four world titles between 1926 and 1932 inpair skating. He also competed in singles, winning the national title in 1924–1931 and finishing seventh-eighth at the1924 and1928 Winter Olympics.^[1][2]

Brunet was born in Paris, France. He and his partnerAndrée Joly were theFrench national champions from 1924 until 1935, and won three Olympic medals. They refused to defend their title at the1936 Winter Olympics, however, in protest overNazi Germany.^{[citation needed]} The pair won four World Championships, competing in alternate years.

Joly and Brunet were the first French skaters to win gold medals in World, European, and Olympic competitions. They won bronze medals at the1924 Olympic Winter Games.^[3] At the1925 World Championships, they came in second place behindHerma Szabo andLudwig Wrede from Austria, in what figure skating historian James M. Hines calls "one of the closest contests in pair skating history".^[3] They won every competition they entered after that: the1932 European Championships; the World Championships in1926,1928,1930, and1932; and two Olympic titles in1928 and1932.^[3]

As a single skater, Brunet won ten national titles. He placed 8th (last) as a single skater at the1924 Winter Olympics and 7th at the1928 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Brunet and Joly were married in 1929. They had a son,Jean-Pierre, who went on to compete for the United States.^[1] He died at age 19 in an auto accident.

In 1936 they turned professional and toured Europe and Canada. In 1940 they emigrated to New York.^[3] They then became coaches, and trained future Olympic championsCarol Heiss andScott Hamilton. They coached in New York, Illinois, and Michigan until retiring in 1979.^[4][5] Andrée Joly Brunet and Pierre Brunet were inducted into theWorld Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976, as part of the first class of inductees.^[6]

Pierre Brunet died inBoyne City, Michigan.

Men's singles

Pairs (withAndrée Joly)

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