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Vanessa Grenier (born April 15, 1992) is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With Maxime Deschamps, she placed 8th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships and competed at three Grand Prix events.

Vanessa Grenier
In 2009
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1992-04-15) April 15, 1992 (age 30) Sherbrooke, Quebec
Home town	Johnville, Quebec
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Former partner	Maxime Deschamps
Coach	Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte, C. Lemaire, M. Peloquin, M. Grenier, V. Cusson, Marie Houde
Choreographer	Julie Marcotte, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Suzanne Luis
Skating club	CPA Sherbrooke
Began skating	1995
Retired	June 12, 2016
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	159.34 2015 Cup of China
Short program	52.41 2015 Cup of China
Free skate	106.93 2015 Cup of China

Career

Single skating

Grenier began learning to skate in 1995.[1] She won the silver medal in the junior women's event at the 2008 Canadian Championships and went on to compete at three ISU Junior Grand Prix events. She also appeared at the 2011 World Junior Championships but did not advance past the preliminary round. She was coached by Marie Houde, C. Lemaire, M. Peloquin, M. Grenier, V. Cusson in Drummondville, Quebec.[2]

Grenier competed in the senior women's event at five Canadian Championships, from 2009 to 2013. Her best placement, 7th, came in 2011 and 2012.

Pair skating

In 2013, Grenier teamed up with Maxime Deschamps to compete in pair skating. The two became the 2014 Canadian junior champions.[3] Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed 6th at the 2014 Skate America.[4] The pair finished 7th at the 2015 Skate Canada International and 8th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships. The pair was coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

Grenier and Deschamps split up in May 2016. Instead of finding a new partner, Grenier announced her retirement on June 12.[5]

Programs

With Deschamps

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 [1]	Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Don Juan DeMarco by Michael Kamen Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Doña Julia I Was Born In Mexico Arabia choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2014–2015 [6]	Cheek to Cheek by Ella Fitzgerald Heaven by Bryan Adams choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Somewhere in Time by John Barry Somewhere in Time performed by Maksim Mrvica The Old Woman Theme from Somewhere in Time with 18th Variation of Rachmaninov performed by Newell Oler choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Je l'aime à mourir performed by Shakira

Ladies' singles

Season	Short program	Free skating
2010–11 [2]	Manolito by Café Fuego El Camino by Café Fuego choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Suzanne Luis	Nothing Else Matters performed by David Garrett Fallin' performed by the String Quartet choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Suzanne Luis
2008–09 [7]	Electrick - The Way Old Friends Do choreo. by Suzanne Luis	Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla performed by Richard Galliano choreo. by Suzanne Luis

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Deschamps

International[8]
Event	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Four Continents			8th
GP Cup of China			8th
GP Skate America		6th
GP Skate Canada			7th
CS Autumn Classic		5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		5th
CS U.S. Classic			4th
National[9]
Canadian Champ.	1st J	5th	5th
J = Junior level

Ladies' singles

International[10]
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13
Junior Worlds				35th
JGP France				12th
JGP Italy		17th
JGP Turkey			5th
National[10]
Canadian Champ.	2nd J	8th	8th	7th	7th	12th
J = Junior level

References

External links

• Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps at the International Skating Union

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