Phaneuf at the 2008 Skate Canada. |
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Full name | Cynthia Phaneuf | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||
Born | January 16, 1988 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec |
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Residence | Contrecoeur, Quebec | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Coach | Brian Orser | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Annie Barabé Sophie Richard Y. Desjardins |
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Choreographer | David Wilson | ||||||||||||
Skating club | CPA Sorel | ||||||||||||
Current training locations | Toronto | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | Contrecœur, Quebec | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 1992 | ||||||||||||
World standing | 13 (As of 16 June 2011[update])[1] | ||||||||||||
Season's bests | 18 (2010–2011)[2] 9 (2009–2010)[3] 10 (2008–2009)[4] |
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Combined total | 177.54 2010 World Figure Skating Championships |
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Short program | 60.98 2009 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 118.04 2010 World Figure Skating Championships |
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Cynthia Phaneuf (born January 16, 1988 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2004 and 2011 Canadian national champion and a three-time (2005, 2009, 2010) Canadian silver medalist. She finished in fifth place at the 2010 World Championships and represented Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Phaneuf is the fourth cousin of Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman and captain Dion Phaneuf.
Cynthia Phaneuf began skating at age four after watching her cousin skating.[5] She landed her first triple, a salchow, at the age of eleven.[5]
Phaneuf was coached by Annie Barabé and Sophie Richard in Contrecœur, Quebec from the age of nine until November 2011.[6][7] Her programs are choreographed by David Wilson. In domestic Canadian competitions, she represents CPA Sorel.
Considered a threat to qualify for the 2006 Canadian Olympic team due to her two previous National medals, Phaneuf was forced to withdraw from the 2006 Canadian Championships (the Olympic qualifying competition) due to an injury to her right knee. This was following a stress fracture to her right ankle that prevented her from competing in fall competitions. In 2007, she earned a spot on the Canadian ladies' world team by finishing fourth in that year's national championships.
In 2008, she continued her comeback with a third place showing in the national championships, and a seventh place at the Four Continents Championships.
In 2010, at the World Championships, she placed fifth. She was fourth in the free program and eight in the short program. Had she scored 1.09 more points, she would have won a bronze medal.
During the 2010-11 season, she placed fourth in her two Grand Prix events. At the 2011 Canadian Championships, she won her second national title.
In November 2011, Phaneuf left Quebec and longtime coaches Annie Barabé and Sophie Richard to move to Toronto to train with Brian Orser.[8][6]
Season | Short program | Long program | Exhibition |
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2011–2012[7] |
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Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov |
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2010–2011 |
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Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov |
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2009–2010[9] | Nocturne by Claude Debussy |
Mission Cleopatra by Phillipe Chany |
Sweet Dreams |
2008–2009 | Nocturne by Claude Debussy |
Mission Cleopatra by Phillipe Chany |
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2006–2007 | You Are So Beautiful | Clair De Lune Claude Debussy |
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2004–2005 | Songs My Mother Taught Me by Antonín Dvořák |
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2003–2004 | The Promise by Rolf Løvland performed by Secret Garden |
Quelques Jeux Interdits | I'm With You by Avril Lavigne |
Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 12th | ||||||||||
World Championships | 20th | 15th | 5th | 13th | |||||||
Four Continents Championships | 2nd | 15th | 7th | 5th | 6th | ||||||
World Junior Championships | 10th | ||||||||||
Canadian Championships | 6th N. | 2nd J. | 7th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |
Grand Prix Final | 6th | ||||||||||
Skate Canada International | 1st | 10th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 7th | |||||
Trophée Eric Bompard | 4th | ||||||||||
NHK Trophy | 7th | 6th | 9th | ||||||||
Skate America | 2nd | ||||||||||
World Team Trophy | 2nd* | ||||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 4th | ||||||||||
Japan Open | 3rd | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix Final | 7th | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 5th | 5th | |||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | 3rd | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Canada | 3rd | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 6th | ||||||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands | 1st | ||||||||||
Mladost Trophy | 1st J. | ||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 2nd N. |
* Phaneuf placed 7th in the ladies event.