Josée Chouinard

Josée Chouinard (born August 21, 1969) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1996 Champions Series Final bronze medallist and a three-time Canadian national champion (1991, 1993–1994). She finished in the top ten at two Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Chouinard was born in Montreal, Quebec.<ref name=SR/> In August 1997, she married Canadian pair skater Jean-Michel Bombardier. Their twins, Fiona and Noah, were born in January 2005.<ref name=Presse111223/> She and her husband separated Template:Circa 2006.<ref name=Canwest100228/>

Career

Chouinard began skating following the 1976 Winter Olympics, which she saw on television.<ref name=IN100111/>

She won silver at the 1988 Nebelhorn Trophy, gold at the 1989 Karl Schäfer Memorial, and gold at the 1990 Skate Canada International. After taking her first national title, in January 1991, she was assigned to the 1991 World Championships in Munich, Germany. Ranked 8th in the short program and 5th in the free skate, she would finish 6th overall at her first ISU Championship. Subsequently, she won the Canadian figure skating championships in 1993 and 1994.

Chouinard finished as high as 5th at the World Championships (1992 and 1994). She competed at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, finishing 9th on both occasions.<ref name=SR/>

Chouinard began her coaching career in 1992, in Laval, Quebec.<ref name=RTC/> She later coached at the Granite Club in Toronto, Ontario (from 2002 to 2017) and at the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario.<ref name=RTC/><ref name=PJK100723/>

Results

GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)

International
Event	Template:Tooltip	89–90	90–91	91–92	92–93	93–94	94–95	95–96
Olympics				9th		9th
Worlds			6th	5th	9th	5th
Template:Small Final								3rd
Template:Small France								1st
Template:Small Skate Canada								3rd
Nations Cup				8th		4th
Nebelhorn Trophy	2nd
NHK Trophy			4th		9th
Piruetten						2nd
Schäfer Memorial		1st
Skate America	11th			9th
Skate Canada			1st		3rd
National
Canadian Champ.		3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st		2nd
WD = Withdrew

Chouinard also won gold at the 2000 Sears Canadian Open.