Kate Charbonneau

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Kate Charbonneau
Personal information
Full name Kate Charbonneau
Country represented  Canada
Born (1993-04-02) April 2, 1993
Winnipeg
Home town Prior Lake, Minnesota
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach Lorie Charbonneau
Robert Tebby
Choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne
Svetlana Kulikova
Kelly Benzinger
Skating club Skate Winnipeg
Began skating 1997
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 147.46
2010 Junior Worlds
Short program 53.80
2010 Junior Worlds
Free skate 93.66
2010 Junior Worlds

Kate Charbonneau is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2009 Canandian Junior national champion.

Personal life

Charbonneau was born in Winnipeg but has lived in Minnesota with her family since she was four. She is coached by her mother.[1]

Career

Charbonneau began skating at age 3 because her dying grandmother wanted to see her skate before she died.[2]

She started skating competitively representing the United States on the national level. She placed 4th on the intermediate level at the 2006 U.S. Junior Championships but the next two seasons she did not advance from Regionals and Sectionals. In season 2008–09 she began skating for Canada as she had wanted skate for Canada since she was about 7 years old.[3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
2010–2011
2009–2010
[1]

Competitive highlights

Results for Canada

Results[4]
International
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Junior Worlds 6th
JGP Austria 15th
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Germany 13th
JGP Italy 7th
JGP Poland 8th 5th
National
Canadians 1st J. 7th 9th 6th 9th
J. = Junior level

Results for the United States

Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
U.S. Junior Championships 4th I.
Midwestern Sectionals 9th J.
Upper Great Lakes Regionals 7th N. 3rd J.
Levels: I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mittan, Barry (August 24, 2009). "Charbonneau Springs Cross Border Surprise". Skate Today. 
  2. Walker, Elvin (May 16, 2010). "Charbonneau coming into her own". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 10, 2011. 
  3. Nealin, Laurie (April 28, 2009). "Canadian junior champ Charbonneau living her dream". icenetwork.com. Retrieved September 10, 2011. 
  4. "Competition Results: Kate CHARBONNEAU". International Skating Union. 

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