Olympic medal record
Competitor for  France
Figure skating
Silver	1992 Albertville	Ice Dance

Isabelle Duchesnay
The Duchesnays at an Exhibition in Berlin in 1989
Personal information
Country represented	Canada  France
Born	(1963-12-18) December 18, 1963 (age 48) Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
Former partner	Paul Duchesnay
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for  France Olympic Games Silver 1992 Albertville Ice dancing World Championships Gold 1991 Munich Ice dancing Silver 1990 Halifax Ice dancing Bronze 1989 Paris Ice dancing European Championships Silver 1991 Sofia Ice dancing Bronze 1990 Leningrad Ice dancing Bronze 1988 Prague Ice dancing

Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) is an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France. She and her brother Paul Duchesnay were successful ice dance partners in figure skating, winning a world championship in 1991 and an Olympic silver medal in 1992.

Raised in Canada, the Duchesnays started skating at an early age as a couple in pairs. Their first major success came at the 1982 Canadian Nationals, where they placed second in the junior competition. After a serious accident where Isabelle hit her head, they switched to ice dancing.

Over time, the Duchesnays' skating became more innovative and revolutionary with help from Olympic 1984 gold medalist Christopher Dean . After the Canadian Federation of Figure Skating criticized their skating, they decided to leave the Canadian team. In 1985, they began skating for their mother's homeland of France instead.

The Duchesnays' 1988 Winter Olympics programs were considered unusual. Their free dance, a jungle-inspired dance set to drums, was not well received by judges. The pair placed 8th overall.^[1]

Despite the judges' reactions, the Duchesnays continued skating in their unusual and innovative style. They placed third and second in the 1989 and 1990 World Championships, respectively. They won their only World title at the 1991 Worlds in Munich, Germany.

The Duchesnays were favoured to win gold at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.^[2] Facing stiff competition from the Russian pair of Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, they faltered and finished second. This would be the pair's last amateur competition. They competed professionally until Paul suffered a serious rollerblading accident in 1996.

Isabelle Duchesnay married Christopher Dean, a fellow ice dancer, in 1991. They divorced in 1993.

In 1996, the Duchesnays were nominated for a Gemini Award in Best Performance - Performing Arts Program or Series for their performance in "The Planets". [1] [2]

Duchesnay wrote a book, Notre passion (Sports pour tous), in 1992. [3]

Results[link]

(ice dance with Paul Duchesnay)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Isabelle Duchesnay

• The Duchesnays at Figure Skating Corner
• Dean and Duchesnay to divorce
• New York Times articles on the Duchesnays
• Care to Ice Dance? - Duchesnay & Duchesnay
• Isabelle Duchesnay at the Internet Movie Database

Look up Isabelle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Isabelle is a French feminine given name. It may refer to :

• Isabella of France (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Isabelle of Luxembourg (1247–1298), a daughter of Henry V of Luxembourg and his wife Margaret of Bar
• Isabelle of Orléans (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Princess Isabelle (disambiguation), a disambiguation page
• Isabelle Abiera (born 1992), a Filipina actress and model
• Isabelle Adjani (born 1955), a French film actress and singer
• Isabelle Antena, a French singer
• Isabelle Arnould (born 1970), a retired Belgian female freestyle swimmer
• Isabelle Aubret (born 1938),a French singer
• Isabelle Autissier (born 1956), a French sailor, navigator, writer and broadcaster
• Isabelle Amyes (born 1950), an English actress
• Isabelle Blais (born 1975), a Canadian actress
• Isabelle Blanc (born 1975), a French snowboarder and Olympic champion
• Isabelle Boulay (born 1972), a francophone Canadian pop singer
• Isabelle Boulogne (born 1971), a French sprint canoer
• Isabelle Brasseur (born 1970), a Canadian figure skater
• Isabelle Breitman (born 1959), a French actress and director
• Isabelle Carbonell, a Belgio-Uruguayan documentary photographer and filmmaker
• Isabelle Caro, a French model suffering from severe anorexia nervosa
• Isabelle Carré (born 1971), a French actress
• Isabelle Champmoreau (born 1974), a New Caledonian politician
• Isabelle Charest (born 1971), a Canadian short track speed skater
• Isabelle Chartrand (born 1978), a Canadian ice hockey player
• Isabelle Cheng (born 1970), an intelligence agent
• Isabelle Collin Dufresne (aka Ultra Violet, born 1935), a French-American artist
• Isabelle Corey (born 1939), a French film actress
• Isabelle Coutant-Peyre (born 1952), a French lawyer
• Isabelle Daniels (born 1937), an American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), a Dutch-born writer of the Enlightenment
• Isabelle de Craon (1212-), a French noblewoman
• Isabelle Debré (born 1957), a member of the Senate of France
• Isabelle Delobel (born 1978), a French figure skater
• Isabelle Delorme (1900–1991), a Canadian composer, pianist and music educator
• Isabelle Deluce (born 1992), a Canadian actress
• Isabelle de Meulan (born c.1148-1220), a French noblewoman
• Isabelle Demongeot (born 1966), a former French professional tennis player
• Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), a Swiss novelist and translator
• Isabelle Despres, a French slalom canoer
• Isabelle Devaluez (born 1966), a retired French discus thrower
• Isabelle Diks (born 1965), a Dutch GreenLeft politician
• Isabelle Dinoire (born 1967), the first person to undergo a partial face transplant
• Isabelle Duchesnay (born 1963), an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France
• Isabelle Durant (born 1954), a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party
• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), a Swiss -Algerian explorer and writer
• Isabelle Ferron (born 1967), an actress in both film and stage
• Isabelle Fijalkowski (born 1972), a retired French basketball player
• Isabelle Flory, a French violinist
• Isabelle Fuhrman (born 1997), an American teen actress
• Isabelle Gatti de Gamond (1839–1905), an Italo-Belgian educationalist, feminist and politician
• Isabelle Goldenson (-2005)
• Isabelle Holland (1920–2002), an author of children and adult fiction books
• Isabelle Huppert (born 1953), a French actress
• Isabelle Keith (1898–1979), an American actress
• Isabelle LaMal (1886–1952), an American film actress
• Isabelle Lendl (born 1991), an American amateur golfer
• Isabelle Liberman (1918–1990), an American psychologist
• Isabelle Lucas (1927–1997), a Canadian-born British actress and singer
• Isabelle Mancini (born 1967), a French cross country skier
• Isabelle Mercier (born 1975), a Canadian professional poker player
• Isabelle Mir (born 1949), a French former Alpine skier
• Isabelle Morneau (born 1976), a defender on the Canada women's national soccer team
• Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys (born 1966), a French athlete
• Isabelle Nanty (born 1962), a French actress and film director
• Isabelle Nylander (born 1990), a Swedish figure skater
• Isabelle Pasco (born 1966), a French actress and model
• Isabelle Pasquet (born 1962), a member of the Senate of France
• Isabelle Pearson (born 1981), a Canadian judoka
• Isabelle Peretz, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Montreal
• Isabelle Pieman (born 1983), a Belgian figure skater
• Isabelle Poulenard (born 1961), a French soprano
• Isabelle Rampling (born 1985), a Canadian synchronized swimmer
• Isabelle Redford, an American artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Isabelle Romée (1377–1458), the mother of Joan of Arc
• Isabelle Sadoyan (born 1928), a French actress
• Isabelle Sandy (1884–1975), a French poet and writer
• Isabelle Severino (born 1980), a French gymnast and actress
• Isabelle Simonis (born 1967), a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party
• Isabelle Stengers (born 1949), a Belgian philosopher and the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers
• Isabelle Stoehr (born 1979), a French professional squash player
• Isabelle Turcotte Baird (born 1970), a Canadian athlete
• Isabelle Urquhart (1865–1907), an American stage actress
• Isabelle Vasseur (born 1959), a member of the National Assembly of France
• Isabelle Vengerova (1877–1956), a Russian-born American pianist and music teacher
• Isabelle Wendling (born 1971), a French handball player
• Isabelle Wéry, a Belgian actress and writer
• Isabelle Westbury (born 1990), an English cricketer
• Isabelle White (1894–1972), a British diver

fictional characters

• Isabelle (comics), a Belgian comic book series
• Isabelle of Cornwall, the mother of Tristan in Arthurian legend
• Isabelle Tyler, a fictional character on the USA Network science fiction television series The 4400

Isabelle is also the name of a mathematical theorem prover (proof assistant).

See also[link]

• Ana Isabelle, a Puerto Rican singer
• Katharine Isabelle aka Katherine Isobel Murray (born 1981), a Canadian actress
• Isa, the French shortening for Isabelle

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  France
Figure skating
Silver	1992 Albertville	Ice dancing

Paul Duchesnay
The Duchesnays at an Exhibition in Berlin in 1989
Personal information
Country represented	Canada  France
Born	(1961-07-21) July 21, 1961 (age 50) Metz, France
Former partner	Isabelle Duchesnay
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for  France Olympic Games Silver 1992 Albertville Ice dancing World Championships Gold 1991 Munich Ice dancing Silver 1990 Halifax Ice dancing Bronze 1989 Paris Ice dancing European Championships Silver 1991 Sofia Ice dancing Bronze 1990 Leningrad Ice dancing Bronze 1988 Prague Ice dancing

Paul Duchesnay (born July 21, 1961 in Metz, France, moved to Aylmer, Quebec, Canada in 1962) was an ice dancer who competed for both Canada and France. He and his sister Isabelle Duchesnay were a successful pair in the sport, winning a world championship in 1991 and an Olympic silver medal in 1992.

Raised in Canada, the Duchesnays started skating at an early age. Their first major success came at the 1982 Canadian Nationals, where they placed second in the junior competition.

Over time, the Duchesnays' skating became more innovative and revolutionary. After the Canadian Federation of Figure Skating criticized their skating, they decided to leave the Canadian team. In 1985, they began skating for the mother's homeland of France instead.

The Duchesnays' 1988 Winter Olympics programs were considered unusual. Their free dance, a jungle-inspired dance set to drums, was not well received by judges. The pair placed 8th overall.^[1]

Despite the judges' reactions, the Duchesnays continued skating in their unusual and innovative style. They placed third and second in the 1989 and 1990 World Championships, respectively. They won their only World title at the 1991 Worlds in Munich, Germany.

The Duchesnays were favoured to win gold at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.^[2] Facing stiff competition from the Russian pair of Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, they faltered and finished second. This would be the pair's last amateur competition. They competed professionally until Paul suffered a serious rollerblading accident in 1996.

In 1996, the Duchesnays were nominated for a Gemini Award in Best Performance - Performing Arts Program or Series for their performance in "The Planets". [1] [2]

Paul Duchesnay is now a coach in the United States. [3]

Results[link]

(ice dance with Isabelle Duchesnay)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paul Duchesnay

• The Duchesnays at Figure Skating Corner
• New York Times articles on the Duchesnays
• Paul Duchesnay at the Internet Movie Database
• Care to Ice Dance? - Duchesnay & Duchesnay