1. Alaine Chartrand is the 2014 Rostelecom Cup bronze medallist, the 2016 CS Autumn Classic silver medallist, and a two-time Canadian national champion.
34 Facts About Alaine Chartrand
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Alaine Chartrand was born on March 26,1996, in Brockville, Ontario.
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Alaine Chartrand is the daughter of Heather and John Chartrand, and has a brother, Andrew.
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Alaine Chartrand attended Thousand Islands Secondary School, graduating in 2014.
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In 2018, Chartrand began studying as a kinesiology student at York University in Toronto.
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Alaine Chartrand debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2012.
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In 2014, Alaine Chartrand ranked fifth at the Canadian Championships and was named in Canada's team to the Four Continents Championships.
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Alaine Chartrand then came in fifth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Alaine Chartrand was coached by Brian Orser at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in Toronto, Ontario and worked with Gary Beacom on footwork.
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Alaine Chartrand debuted on the senior Grand Prix series at the 2014 Skate Canada International, finishing seventh.
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Alaine Chartrand competed at the 2015 Canadian Championships where she won the silver medal.
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Alaine Chartrand was named to Canada's world team and finished in eleventh place at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China, thus securing two spots for Canadian women at the 2016 World Championships.
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Alaine Chartrand closed her season by finishing eleventh at 2015 World Team Trophy where Team Canada finished fourth overall.
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Alaine Chartrand began her season on the ISU Challenger Series, placing 4th at the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy.
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Alaine Chartrand placed second in both segments at the 2016 Canadian Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and won the gold medal by a margin of four points over Gabrielle Daleman and Kaetlyn Osmond.
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At the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Alaine Chartrand placed seventh in the short, fourteenth in the free, and eleventh overall.
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Alaine Chartrand finished seventeenth at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, having ranked seventeenth in both segments.
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Alaine Chartrand began her season with a silver medal behind Mirai Nagasu at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International, having placed sixth in the short program and first in the free skate.
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Alaine Chartrand received the bronze medal at the 2017 Canadian Championships and finished eleventh at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea.
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Alaine Chartrand was coached by Michelle Leigh and Brian Orser in Ottawa and Toronto.
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Alaine Chartrand decided to train primarily in Oakville, Ontario, coached by Michelle Leigh, and to travel occasionally to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to train under Christy Krall.
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Alaine Chartrand placed fifth at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International, and then eleventh at both of her Grand Prix events for the season, Skate Canada International and the NHK Trophy.
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Alaine Chartrand placed ninth in the short program and fourth in the free skate, to finish fourth overall.
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Alaine Chartrand completed only one of her allowed three combinations in the free skate, and finished only 5.41 points behind bronze medallist Larkyn Austman.
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Alaine Chartrand finished her season at the 2018 Four Continents Championships, where she finished eighth.
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In June 2018, Alaine Chartrand decided to train at the York Region Skating Academy, coached by Tracey Wainman and Grzegorz Filipowski.
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Alaine Chartrand began the season at the Nebelhorn Trophy, where she finished eighth.
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At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Alaine Chartrand placed fifth in the short program after an error on her attempted triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination.
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Alaine Chartrand went on to win the free skate, and the title overall, her second.
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At Four Continents, Alaine Chartrand fared very poorly in the short program, doubling all three of her planned triple jumps and ending up in twenty-first place.
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Alaine Chartrand finished thirteenth in the free skate, climbing to sixteenth place overall.
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Alaine Chartrand went on to place twenty-third at the World Championships, and then concluded the season as part of Team Canada at the 2019 World Team Trophy.
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On July 4,2019, Alaine Chartrand announced that she would not participate in the fall competitions, and was uncertain about returning to competitive skating.
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Alaine Chartrand indicated that while she had considered a return to competition, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and other off-ice commitments led to her decision to retire.