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Annie Bellemare

Annie Bellemare
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Bellemare competes in 2002.
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1980-01-02) January 2, 1980 (age 37)
Laval, Quebec
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Former coach Joanne McLeod, Stephane Yvars, Josee Normand
Former choreographer Josee Chouinard, Julie Brault, Marijane Stong
Skating club CPA St Eustache
Former training locations Burnaby
Vancouver
Boucherville
Began skating 1985
Retired 2005

Annie Bellemare (born January 2, 1980) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2000 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice bronze medalist, and a five-time Canadian national medalist.

Bellemare on January 2, 1980 in Laval, Quebec. Following high school, she studied at Collège Édouard-Montpetit in Longueuil, Quebec. She later obtained a marketing management certificate from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and a business communications certificate from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She married Brian Morris on August 6, 2011 in Ottawa.

Bellemare was twelve when she completed her first triple, a Salchow. Early in her career, she was coached by Josee Normand. By 2000, her coach was Stephane Yvars, who changed her technique on triple jumps.

Bellemare won her first national medal, silver, in 1999. She was assigned to her first senior ISU Championship, the 1999 Four Continents, where she placed 12th.

Before the 1999–00 season, Bellemare skated well at a CSFA monitoring event and received her first senior Grand Prix assignments. She finished 10th at the 1999 Sparkassen Cup and 6th at the 1999 NHK Trophy. After taking bronze at the 2000 Canadian nationals, Bellemare was sent to the 2000 Four Continents where she also won bronze.


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