Isabelle Brasseur, MSM (born July 28, 1970, Kingsbury, Quebec) is a pair skater from Canada. With partner Lloyd Eisler, she won two Olympic medals and the 1993 World Championships.
[edit] Career
Brasseur 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 1994.
Brasseur & Eisler teamed up with Lou-Anne Brosseau (Hunt) in 1992 and formed a company known as B.B.E. Productions Inc. 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 the 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.
She co-wrote a book, Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream in 1996 and the follow-up book Brasseur & Eisler: The Professional Years.
In 1994, she and Lloyd Eisler were awarded the Meritorious Service Decoration (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.
In 2009, Brasseur competed with Glenn Anderson on Battle of the Blades, a CBC production. She was eliminated during the second round of the competition. In 2010 she competed on the second season of Battle of the Blades, with partner Todd Warriner. She made it into the final 3 and was eliminated in the semi finals.
[edit] Personal life
Brasseur married American former pairs skater Rocky Marval (Marvaldi) on October 8, 1996. Their daughter, Gabriella Marvaldi, was born on November 1, 2000. Also a pairs skater, she is the 2012 U.S. juvenile pairs champion with partner Kyle Hogeboom.[1]
The Colisée de St-Jean in her hometown of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec was renamed Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur in her honour.
[edit] Results
(with Eisler)
[edit] References
- Brasseur & Eisler. (1996). Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-7393-6.
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
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Brasseur, Isabelle |
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Figure skater |
| Date of birth |
July 28, 1970 |
| Place of birth |
Kingsbury, Quebec |
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| Place of death |
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Canada
