Bruno Marcotte
Bruno Marcotte is a Canadian figure skating coach and former competitor in pairs. He is the 1993 World Junior bronze medallist with Isabelle Coulombe and the 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy champion with Valérie Marcoux.
Personal life
Bruno Marcotte was born October 10, 1974 in Montreal, Quebec. His sister, Julie, is a figure skating choreographer, who choreographs for his students. In July 2014, it was announced that he was engaged to Meagan Duhamel. The couple married on June 5, 2015 in Bermuda.Career
Marcotte competed with Isabelle Coulombe early in his pairs career. They won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Junior Championships.Marcotte teamed up with Nadia Micallef in around 1995. The pair won the 1998 Golden Spin of Zagreb and placed fourth at the 1999 Canadian Championships.
Marcotte formed a partnership with Valérie Marcoux in around 2000. They placed fourth twice at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships, fourth at the 2002 Four Continents Championships and 12th at the 2002 World Championships. The team broke up after the 2001–01 season and Marcotte retired from competition.
Marcotte is an ISU technical specialist for Canada. He formerly worked as the pair skating director at the BC Centre of Excellence in Vancouver. He formerly coached in Montreal with Richard Gauthier. In spring of 2019, it was announced that Marcotte would move to Oakville, Ontario to coach at the Skate Oakville Skating Club with wife, Meagan Duhamel.
Marcotte has coached the following skaters:
- Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
- Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
- Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran
- Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek
- Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran
- Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe
- Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
- Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman
- Elladj Baldé
- Niki Wories
- Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet
- Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps
- Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
2001–2002 | by Roy Buchanan | by Max Steiner performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra |