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Revision as of 08:18, 13 August 2011
| Jessica Dubé | |
|---|---|
 Dubé and Davison at 2008 Skate Canada | |
| Full name | Jessica Dubé |
| Born | October 29, 1987 Drummondville, Quebec |
| Hometown | Varennes, Quebec |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Partner | Sébastien Wolfe (2011-present) |
| Coach | Annie Barabé John Zimmerman Sophie Richard |
| Skating club | Drummondville CPA |
| Began skating | 1991 |
Jessica Dubé (born October 29, 1987 in Drummondville, Quebec) is a Canadian figure skater who is best known for her pairs career with Bryce Davison. They are the three-time (2007, 2009, 2010) Canadian national champion, the 2008 World bronze medalist and the 2009 Four Continents silver medalist. They represented Canada at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Dubé currently skates with Sébastien Wolfe.
Career
Early years
Jessica Dubé began skating at age four.[3] She eventually took up pair skating and competed for a few seasons with Samuel Tetrault. During the 2002–03 season, they won silver at the Junior Grand Prix Final and also became Canadian junior champions.
Partnership with Davison
Dubé teamed up with Bryce Davison in July 2003.[3] The two had a successful junior career before moving up to the senior level in 2005–06. They placed 10th at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and 7th at the World Championships that same season. She has also competed in singles skating. Her highest finish in the senior ladies' event at the Canadian Championships was 6th in 2008; internationally, she was a medalist at two junior Grand Prix events.
In the summer of 2006, Dubé suffered an injury in practice and was removed from the ice on a backboard; she had knee surgery in September. They trained both short and long programs for nationals, while Jessica also trained a short program for the singles event. They won their first national crown in Nova Scotia at the 2007 Canadian Championships. After an on-ice accident at the 2007 Four Continents (see below), they made a comeback a month later at the World Championships, where they again finished seventh.
Dube and Davison had a breakthrough season in 2007–08. They won their first Grand Prix medals, including a gold at 2007 Skate America. They lost the national title to Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay at the 2008 Canadian Championships, but two months later at the World Championships, they won the bronze medal after finishing second in the long program;[4] they set personal best scores in each segment of the event and overall.
The next two seasons did not prove as successful, and while they regained and then defended their national title, the pair were unable to repeat their success at the World Championships. Their top placement during this time was a second place finish at the 2009 Four Continents Championships. Dube and Davison were part of Team Canada at the inaugural World Team Trophy in April 2009. In the 2009–10 Olympic season, they medalled at both Grand Prix events but did not qualify for the Grand Prix final. They were sixth at the Olympics and at Worlds.
Dubé and Davison withdrew from 2010 Skate Canada International after Davison suffered a knee injury.[5] Davison underwent season-ending surgery to reattach a broken piece of bone.[6]
Dubé elected to compete as a singles skater in 2010–11.[7] She qualified for Canadian Nationals, and competed in the ladies' event for the first time in three years, her last appearance being in 2008 when she finished 6th.[8] Despite falling ill with a virus on the morning of the free skate, she skated to a 6th place finish in 2011.[9]
Dubé and Davison announced the end of their partnership on March 10, 2011.[10][11] Dubé said she intended to continue as a singles skater but did not rule out returning to pair skating in the future.[10]
Partnership with Wolfe
On April 17, 2011, Dubé announced that she had teamed up with Sébastien Wolfe.[12][13] The pair made their competitive debut at the Liberty Summer competition in July, winning the free skate.[14] They are coached by Annie Barabe and also work with John Zimmerman on pair elements.[15]
Accidents
On February 8, 2007, Dubé was struck in the face by the blade of Davison's skate during the free skate segment at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs. The pair were on their third rotation of a side-by-side camel spin, in which one leg is horizontal during the spin, when they began to drift towards one another, causing her face and his skate blade to connect. She immediately fell to the ice and clutched at her face as blood pooled on the ice. Davison comforted her as the medical staff put her on a stretcher and took her to Memorial Hospital.[16] She underwent surgery that night, receiving 83 stitches to repair a laceration on her left cheek and nose. Her eye was not affected and nothing was broken. Both skaters were later treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, but by March 2007 they had returned to competition together.[17]
In April 2009, at the gala exhibition of the 2009 World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Dubé accidentally struck Davison on the head during a triple twist; he was unable to catch her and she crashed to the ice, hitting her head.[18][19] Dubé and Davison were hospitalized as a precautionary measure, but neither was seriously injured.[20][21]
Personal life
Dubé has an older sister, Veronique, who competed at the national level.[3]
Dubé lost part of a finger in a lawnmower accident at the age of four.[22]
Dubé formerly dated her pairs partner, Bryce Davison, and later dated ice dancer Scott Moir.[23]
When the end of her partnership with Davison was announced, Dubé stated that she intends to study communications at Concordia University.[10]
Programs
(with Davison)
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | Requiem For a Dream by Clint Mansell |
The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch |
Fix You by Coldplay |
| 2008–2009 | Fix You by Coldplay |
Carmen by Georges Bizet |
On fire by Switchfoot |
| 2007–2008 | Galicia Flamenca by Gino D'Auri |
The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice |
The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice |
| 2006–2007 | Galicia Flamenca by Gino D'Auri |
The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice |
The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice |
| 2005–2006 | Hasta Que Te Conocí by Raúl di Blasio |
Piano Concerto No.7 by George Gershwin |
Endless Love by Lionel Richie & Diana Ross |
| 2004–2005 | Hasta Que Te Conocí by Raúl di Blasio |
Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack from the 1968 movie by Nino Rota and André Rieu |
My Immortal by Evanescence |
(Singles skating)
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2011 | Amélie by Yann Tiersen |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand |
Competitive highlights
Pairs career
(with Davison)
| Event | 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | 2007–2008 | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 10th | 6th | |||||
| World Championships | 7th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | ||
| Four Continents Championships | WD | 2nd | |||||
| World Junior Championships | 2nd | 2nd | |||||
| Canadian Championships | 1st J. | WD | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
| Grand Prix Final | 4th | ||||||
| Skate Canada International | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | ||||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 2nd | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | 3rd | |||||
| Skate America | 6th | 1st | |||||
| Cup of China | 4th | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 1st | WD | |||||
| Junior Grand Prix, China | 2nd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, USA | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Mexico | 1st |
- J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
(with Tetrault)
| Event | 2001–2002 | 2002–2003 |
|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 9th | |
| Canadian Championships | 1st N. | 1st J. |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 6th | 2nd |
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 1st | |
| Junior Grand Prix, Canada | 3rd | |
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 2nd | |
| Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands | 3rd |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level
Singles career
| Event | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2010–11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Championships | 2nd N. | 5th J. | 2nd J. | 8th | WD | 6th | 6th | |
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | WD | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, China | 3rd | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Poland | 6th | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Mexico | 3rd | |||||||
| Mladost Trophy | 3rd N. |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
References
- ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Pairs". International Skating Union. March 24, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Pairs". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
- ^ a b c Mittan, Barry (June 5, 2004). "Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison: 'We'll Be Back' Say Dube and Davison". GoldenSkate. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Dube, Davison skate to bronze at worlds
- ^ "Dube, Davison out of Skate Canada". The Canadian Press. October 25, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ Care, Tony; Hicks, Brandon (October 28, 2010). "Figure skater Davison has surgery, out indefinitely". CBC Sports. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ "Canada's Bryce Davison out for season". The Canadian Press. CBC Sports. November 8, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^ Rutherford, Lynn (November 15, 2010). "Dube, Davison plotting road to comeback". IceNetwork. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Smith, Beverley (March 10, 2011). "Dube, Davison to split after nine years skating as pair". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Dube, Davison ending skating partnership". Postmedia News. nationalpost.com. March 10, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
- ^ Ainsworth, Alexa (March 10, 2011). "Comments from Dube, Davison on split". universalsports.com. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
- ^ Habashi, Jonathan (April 17, 2011). "Jessica Dubé se déniche un nouveau partenaire: Sébastien Wolfe". journalexpress.ca (in French). Retrieved April 17, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Taillon, Jacinthe (May 9, 2011). "Dubé et Wolfe, la chimie". Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved May 15, 2011.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Rutherford, Lynn (July 16, 2011). "Dube, Wolfe unveil free skate and win". icenetwork. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
- ^ Ainsworth, Alexa (July 16, 2011). "Comeback kids golden at Liberty". Universalsports.com. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ "Statement About Condition of Canadian Pairs Skater Jessica Dube". U.S. Figure Skating. February 8, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "Skaters recover from slash, ready to defend title". CTV. January 16, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Ritoss, Robin (April 18, 2009). "Dube Sustains Nasty Fall at World Team Trophy". Skate Today. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Ritoss, Robin (April 19, 2009). "Update on Dube and Davison". Skate Today. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "Canadian pairs team Dube, Davison hospitalized after fall". The Canadian Press. The Toronto Star. April 19, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ Ritoss, Robin (April 20, 2009). "Dube and Davison to Return to Canada". Skate Today. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "Dube, Davison aim to compete at worlds". The Canadian Press. The Toronto Star. February 9, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
- ^ "Reportage du samedi 27 mars 2010: Ménage à trois sur la glace". Radio-Canada (in French). March 27, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
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External links
- Jessica Dubé and Sébastien Wolfe at the International Skating Union
- Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison at the International Skating Union
- Accident Video
