Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel (born December 8, 1985) is a retired Canadian pair skater. With partner Eric Radford, she is a two-time world champion (2015, 2016), a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team event, a 2018 Olympic bronze medallist in the pairs event, a two-time Four Continents champion (2013, 2015), the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, and a seven-time Canadian national champion (2012–18).

Meagan Duhamel
Duhamel and Radford in 2015
Born (1985-12-08) December 8, 1985
Sudbury, Ontario
Height1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada
Skating clubCPA St-Leonard
Began skating1988
RetiredApril 25, 2018
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pairs' figure skating
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
2014 SochiTeam
2018 PyeongchangPairs
World Championships
2015 Shanghai Pairs
2016 Boston Pairs
2013 London Pairs
2014 Saitama Pairs
Four Continents Championships
2013 OsakaPairs
2015 SeoulPairs
2011 TaipeiPairs
2017 GangneungPairs
2010 JeonjuPairs
Grand Prix Final
2014–15 BarcelonaPairs
2015–16 BarcelonaPairs
2016–17 MarseillePairs
2017–18 NagoyaPairs
World Team Trophy
2013 TokyoTeam
2012 TokyoTeam

During the 2014 Olympics, Duhamel and Radford became the first pair to land a side-by-side triple Lutz jump at any Winter Olympic competition.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, 32-year-old Duhamel won a gold medal as part of the figure skating team event, becoming one of the oldest Olympic champions in figure skating. Three days later, during the individual pairs free skate, Duhamel and Radford became the first team to complete a quadruple throw jump at any Winter Olympic competition when she landed their throw quadruple Salchow.

With previous partner Craig Buntin, Duhamel became the 2010 Four Continents bronze medallist and a three-time Canadian national medallist (one silver, two bronze).

Duhamel and her previous partner, Ryan Arnold, were the first pair to land a side-by-side triple Lutz jump in competition, which they did at the 2005 Canadian Championships. At the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, they became the first team to land a throw triple Lutz jump in international competition.

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