37 Facts About Joannie Rochette

Joannie Rochette was born on January 13,1986 and is a Canadian physician and retired competitive figure skater.

Joannie Rochette is the 2010 Olympic bronze medallist, the 2009 World silver medallist, the 2008 and 2009 Four Continents silver medallist, the 2004 Grand Prix Final bronze medallist, and a six-time Canadian national champion.

Joannie Rochette was then sent to the 2001 World Junior Championships, where she placed 8th.

Joannie Rochette won the bronze medal at the 2002 Canadian Championships on the senior level and qualified for the teams to the 2002 Four Continents and the 2002 Junior Worlds.

Joannie Rochette went on to place 5th at the World Junior Championships.

Joannie Rochette placed 8th at the 2003 Four Continents and 17th at the 2003 World Championships.

Joannie Rochette placed 10th at the 2003 Skate Canada and 4th at the 2003 Cup of Russia.

Joannie Rochette competed at the 2003 Bofrost Cup on Ice and won the event.

At the 2004 Canadian Championships, Joannie Rochette won her second consecutive silver medal.

Joannie Rochette placed 4th at the 2004 Four Continents and moved up to 8th at the World Championships.

Joannie Rochette won the 2005 Canadian Championships, her first Canadian senior title, which made her the first Canadian female skater to have won the Canadian Championships at all three levels.

Joannie Rochette's placement, combined with that of Cynthia Phaneuf, earned Canada two entries to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Joannie Rochette won her second consecutive national title at the 2006 Canadian Championships.

At the 2006 World Championships, Joannie Rochette led following the qualifying round, then placed 7th in the short program and 8th in the free skate to place 7th overall.

At the 2007 Canadian Championships, Joannie Rochette won her third consecutive national title.

Joannie Rochette won the bronze medal at the 2007 Four Continents and placed 10th at the 2007 World Championships.

Joannie Rochette won the silver medal at the 2008 Four Continents and placed 5th at the 2008 World Championships.

Joannie Rochette then won the 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, beating reigning World Champion Mao Asada, and credited her work with a psychologist for her improved performances.

Joannie Rochette won her fifth consecutive national title at the 2009 Canadian Championships.

At the 2009 World Championships, Joannie Rochette won the silver medal, becoming the first Canadian woman since Elizabeth Manley to medal at the World Championships.

Joannie Rochette started off the season with at the Cup of China, where she placed 7th in the short program, with 52.12 points, 10.08 points behind overnight leader Mirai Nagasu.

Joannie Rochette won the bronze medal with 163.18 points, behind gold medallist Suzuki and silver medallist Kiira Korpi.

Joannie Rochette won the gold medal ahead of silver medallist Alissa Czisny and bronze medallist Laura Lepisto.

Joannie Rochette placed 4th in the short program with 60.94 points, 5.2 points behind overnight leader, Miki Ando.

Joannie Rochette placed 5th in the free skate, earning only 95.77 points.

Joannie Rochette placed 5th overall with 156.71 points, 32.15 points behind gold medallist Yuna Kim.

Joannie Rochette was nominated to represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics after winning her sixth straight Canadian National title.

At the Olympic Village, Joannie Rochette received the news that her mother had died shortly after arriving in Vancouver.

Joannie Rochette recorded a new personal best in the short program, scoring 71.36 points, the third highest score of the night.

Joannie Rochette became the fifth Canadian to win a medal in ladies' figure skating at the Olympics.

In December 2010, Joannie Rochette was voted the Female Athlete of the Year by The Canadian Press.

Joannie Rochette confirmed in September 2013 that she would not compete for a spot to the 2014 Olympics but would travel to Sochi with the CBC for an undetermined role mainly in French.

On February 21,2010, two days before the beginning of ladies' figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, her mother, Therese Joannie Rochette, died of a heart attack at age 55 at Vancouver General Hospital after arriving to watch her compete; Joannie Rochette chose to remain in the competition and skate in her mother's honour.

Joannie Rochette has been a spokesperson for the "iheartmom" campaign at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, which deals with raising awareness for heart disease in women.

Joannie Rochette received her DEC from College Andre-Grasset's Natural Sciences program in November 2011.

In September 2017, Joannie Rochette participated in a white coat ceremony at the start of her second year in the medical school.

Joannie Rochette earned her medical degree in April 2020 and announced that she would be working in Quebec's long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.