David Pelletier
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Pelletier in 2015 coaching with the Edmonton Oilers
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| Country represented |
 Canada
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| Born |
November 22, 1974 Sayabec, Quebec |
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| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Jamie Salé | ||||||||||||
| Former partner | Caroline Roy, Julie Laporte, Allison Gaylor | ||||||||||||
| Former coach |
Jan Ullmark Richard Gauthier |
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| Former choreographer | Lori Nichol | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | CPA Pierrefonds | ||||||||||||
| Retired | 2002 | ||||||||||||
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David Jacques Pelletier (born November 22, 1974) is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his partner Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. They shared the gold medal with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal.
Pelletier was born in Sayabec, Quebec. He achieved early success as a pair skater with Julie Laporte. They won both the novice and junior titles at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and placed 7th at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1992. Despite these accomplishments, Pelletier felt his career needed a "shake up" and paired up with Allison Gaylor. They trained in part with Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, and had their biggest success in 1995 when they captured the 1995 Canadian silver medal and represented Canada at the World Figure Skating Championships in Birmingham, England where they placed 15th. That same year, as a single skater, Pelletier placed second in the short program of the men's event at the Canadian championships. He struggled in the long program, falling to fourth overall.
After failing to reach the podium the next two years, Pelletier and Gaylor split and Pelletier paired up with young singles skater Caroline Roy. Just before the 1998 Canadian championships, Pelletier's former partner Julie Laporte was killed in a car accident. Pelletier and Roy had a strong skate, but placed 6th and split soon after the event.
Pelletier asked coach Richard Gauthier to help him find another partner, and he suggested Salé. They traveled to Edmonton in February 1998 to try out with Salé again. "The first time we grabbed hands, it was just great," said Pelletier, and by the next month Salé had moved to Montreal to skate with him.
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