Pierre Brunet
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| Bronze | 1924 Chamonix | Pairs | |
| Gold | 1928 St. Moritz | Pairs | |
| Gold | 1932 Lake Placid | Pairs | |
Pierre Brunet (June 28, 1902 – July 27, 1991) was a figure skater who competed for France.
He was born in Paris, France. Pierre and his partner Andrée Joly are considered among the first notable pairs figure skating teams. They were the French national champions from 1924 until 1935, and won three Olympic medals. They refused to defend their title at the 1936 Winter Olympics, however, in protest over Nazi Germany. The pair won four World Championships, competing in alternate years. Pierre also competed in individual events, and he won ten national titles.
In 1936 the pair turned professional, and in 1940 emigrated to the United States. They became coaches, and would train Olympic gold-medal winning skaters Carol Heiss and Scott Hamilton.
Pierre and Andrée were married in 1929. The couple had a son Jean-Pierre, who became the U.S. pairs champion with Donna Jeanne Pospisil in 1945 and 1946. Jean-Pierre was killed in an automobile accident in 1948.
Pierre died in Boyne City, Michigan. Pierre and Andrée were entered into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976.
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1908: Anna Hübler & Heinrich Burger | 1920: Ludowika Jakobsson & Walter Jakobsson | 1924: Helene Engelmann & Alfred Berger | 1928: Andrée Joly & Pierre Brunet | 1932: Andrée Brunet & Pierre Brunet | 1936: Maxi Herber & Ernst Baier | 1948: Micheline Lannoy & Pierre Baugniet | 1952: Ria Baran & Paul Falk | 1956: Elisabeth Schwartz & Kurt Oppelt | 1960: Barbara Wagner & Robert Paul | 1964: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov | 1972: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov | 1976: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1980: Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev | 1984: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev | 1988: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1992: Natalia Mishkutenok & Artur Dmitriev | 1994: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov | 1998: Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev | 2002: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier | 2006: Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin |
Categories: 1902 births | 1991 deaths | French figure skaters | Figure skating coaches | Olympic competitors for France | Olympic bronze medalists for France | Olympic gold medalists for France | Figure skaters at the 1924 Winter Olympics | Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics | Figure skaters at the 1932 Winter Olympics
