Patrice Lauzon
Patrice Lauzon is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With partner and wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is a two-time World silver medalist.
Personal life
Patrice Lauzon was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Cecile and Norman Lauzon. He married Marie-France Dubreuil in August 2008. On December 24, 2010, Dubreuil gave birth to their daughter, Billie-Rose.Competitive career
Lauzon initially took figure skating classes to improve his hockey skating. He took up ice dancing at the age of twelve. Early in his career, he competed with Marisa Gravino and Chantal Lefebvre.In 1995, Lauzon teamed up with Marie-France Dubreuil and they placed 6th at their first Canadian Championships. They took the silver medal in their first appearance at Four Continents in 2000. Their coaches were Sylvie Fullum and François Vallee, who retired after the 2001–02 season. Dubreuil/Lauzon then decided to move permanently to Lyon, France, to train under Muriel Boucher-Zazoui.
Dubreuil/Lauzon captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships five times and competed at the Winter Olympics twice. They were forced to withdraw from the 2006 Winter Olympics after Dubreuil suffered an injury. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Alberta.
Dubreuil/Lauzon began the 2006–07 season with gold medals at 2006 Skate Canada International and 2006 NHK Trophy, which qualified them for the Grand Prix Final. At the World Championships in Tokyo, they took their second consecutive World silver medal.
Coaching career
Dubreuil and Lauzon coach ice dancing at the Gadbois Centre in Montreal with Romain Haguenauer. Their current students include:- Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
- Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
- Madison Chock / Evan Bates
- Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
- Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
- Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz
- Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
- Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
- Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang
- Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu
- Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
- Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto *
- Jérémie Flemin / Justyna Plutowska *Komatsubara and Koleto will split their time between Canada and Japan to enable Koleto to gain Japanese Citizenship.
- Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
- Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz
- Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam
- Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette
- Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
- Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero
- Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette
- Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno
Programs
| Season | Original dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
| 2006–07 |
Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
| Jacques Brel ---- by Tina Turner |
| 2005–06 | Salsa and rhumba:
| by John Barry |
by Arthur Freed |
| 2004–05 | by Arthur Freed |
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| 2002–03 |
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| 2001–02 |
| by Giacomo Puccini | |
| 2000–01 |
by E. Burnette, G. A. Norton |
by E. Goldenthal | |
| 1999–2000 |
| by Georges Michael
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| 1998–99 |
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