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5 days ago · David Pelletier (born November 22, 1974, Sayabec, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian pairs figure skater who, with his partner Jamie Salé, was awarded a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a judging scandal.
Jan 21, 2021 · January 21, 2021. Still recovering from a punishing bout with the flu, a weakened Jamie Salé boarded a flight to the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics with her pairs partner, David Pelletier. Down...
The controversy led to two pairs teams receiving gold medals: the original winners Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia and original silver-medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada. The scandal was one of the causes for the revamp of scoring in figure skating to the new ISU Judging System .
Jamie Salé, figure skater (born 21 April 1977 in Calgary, AB) and David Pelletier, figure skater (born 22 November 1974 in Sayabec, QC). Jamie Salé and David Pelletier are one of Canada's most successful pairs teams, winning an Olympic gold medal at Salt Lake in 2002 (photo by Gerry Thomas). Prev Next.
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier. Canadian figure skaters. It is the dream of perhaps every amateur athlete: to mount the podium and accept an Olympic gold medal. It happened for Canadian pairs skaters Jamie Sale (pronounced SA-lay) and David Pelletier (PELL-tee-ay).
Olympic Highlights. Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were at the centre of the biggest judging scandal in Olympic figure skating history at Salt Lake City 2002 where they became co-Olympic champions in the pairs event. They were Canada’s first Olympic figure skating gold medallists in 42 years.
David PELLETIER. Team Canada. Olympic Medals. 1 G. Games Participations 1. First Olympic Games Salt Lake City 2002. Year of Birth 1974. Olympic Results. Biography. David Pelletier began his figure skating pairs career with Julie Laporte and together they won novice and junior titles at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships.
