Isabelle Brasseur
Isabelle Brasseur (born July 28, 1970, Kingsbury, Quebec) is a figure skater from Canada.
She started skating with Lloyd Eisler in 1987. They won five Canadian pairs championships, the 1993 World Figure Skating Championships, and they won bronze medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. They retired in 2004.
She co-wrote a book, Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream in 1996 and the follow-up book Brasseur & Eisler: The Professional Years.
Brasseur & Eisler teamed up with Lou-Anne Brosseau (Hunt) in 1992 and formed a company known as B.B.E. Productions Inc. and together the group planned and organized professional figure skating events across Canada. Their main goal was to raise awareness and funds for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada who named this dynamic duo National Spokespersons in September 1992. B.B.E. Productions Inc. has won several awards, producing more than 25 shows and raising more than $250,000.00 in awareness and sponsorship for the charity. In the years of operation (1992 - 2006), B.B.E. also granted several wishes to children suffering from life-threatening illnesses.
In 1994, she and Lloyd Eisler were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (civil division). In 1996, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
She is married to former pairs figure skater Rocky Marval on October 8, 1996. Their daughter Gabriella was born on November 1, 2000.
Competitive highlights
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1992 Albertville | Pairs |
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1994 Lillehammer | Pairs |
(all with Eisler)
1988
- Olympics - 9th
- World Championships - 7th
1989
- World Championships - 7th
1990
- World Championships - 2nd
1991
- World Championships - 2nd
1992
- Olympics - 3rd
- World Championships - 3rd
1993
- World Championships - 1st
1994
- Olympics - 3rd
References
- Brasseur & Eisler. (1996). Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-7393-6.
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