| Bruno Marcotte | |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Formerpartner: | Valérie Marcoux Nadia Micallef Isabelle Coulombe |
| Formercoach: | Paul Wirtz Josée Picard |
| Skating Club: | CPA Beloeil |
| Retired: | 2002 |
Bruno Marcotte (born September 10, 1974) is a Canadian figure skating coach and former competitor in pairs. He is the 1993 World Junior bronze medallist with Isabelle Coulombe and the 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy champion with Valérie Marcoux.
Marcotte was born October 10, 1974, in Montreal, Quebec. His sister, Julie, is a figure skating choreographer, who choreographs for his students. In July 2014, it was publicly announced that he was engaged to his student Meagan Duhamel. The couple married on June 5, 2015, in Bermuda.[1] The couple have two daughters, Zoey and Miya.
Marcotte competed with Isabelle Coulombe early in his pairs career. They won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Junior Championships.
Marcotte teamed up with Nadia Micallef in around 1995. The pair won the 1998 Golden Spin of Zagreb and placed fourth at the 1999 Canadian Championships.
Marcotte formed a partnership with Valérie Marcoux in around 2000. They placed fourth twice at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships, fourth at the 2002 Four Continents Championships and 12th at the 2002 World Championships. The team broke up after the 2001–01 season and Marcotte retired from competition.
Marcotte is an ISU technical specialist for Canada. He formerly worked as the pair skating director at the BC Centre of Excellence in Vancouver. He formerly coached in Montreal with Richard Gauthier.
In spring of 2019, it was announced that Marcotte would move to Oakville, Ontario, to coach at the Skate Oakville Skating Club with wife, Meagan Duhamel.[2]
His current students include:
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr
Fiona Bombardier Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran ThrasherHis former students include:
Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran
Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek
Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran
Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman Elladj Baldé
Niki Wories Liam Firus Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Ami Koga / Spencer Akira Howe
Isabella Gamez / Tòn Cónsul
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
Jelizaveta Žuková / Martin Bidař Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher Tilda Alteryd / Gabriel Farand(with Marcoux)
GP: Grand Prix
| International | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | ||
| align=left | 12th | |||
| align=left | 4th | |||
| align=left | 7th | |||
| align=left | 7th | |||
| align=left | 6th | 5th | ||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||
| National | ||||
| align=left | 4th | 4th |
| International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | ||
| align=left | 7th | |||||
| align=left | WD | |||||
| align=left | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| align=left | 4th | |||||
| National | ||||||
| align=left | 6th | 12th | 5th | 4th | ||
| WD = Withdrew |
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | |||
| align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||
| align=left | 5th | ||||
| International: Junior | |||||
| align=left | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |