# Bruno Marcotte

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.

## Personal life

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. The couple have two daughters, Zoey and Miya.

## Competitive figure skating career

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.

## Coaching career

Following his competitive figure skating career, Marcotte became a pair skating coach. In addition, he became an ISU technical specialist for Canada and was formerly the pair skating director at the BC Centre of Excellence in Vancouver. He initially coached at the C.P.A. Saint-Léonard Inc. in Montreal alogside Richard Gauthier until 2019, when it was announced that he had moved to Oakville, Ontario, to coach at the Skate Oakville Skating Club with wife, Meagan Duhamel.
His current students include:
* Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran Thrasher
* Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea
* Brooke McIntosh / Marco Zandron
* Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
* Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi
* Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr
* Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
* Audrey Shin / Balázs Nagy
His former students include:
* Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
* Tilda Alteryd / Gabriel Farand
* Elladj Baldé
* Fiona Bombardier
* Fiona Bombardier / Gabriel Farand
* Fiona Bombardier / Benjamin Mimar
* Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran
* Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
* Liam Firus
* Isabella Gamez / Tòn Cónsul
* Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps
* Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam
* Ami Koga / Francis Boudreau-Audet
* Ami Koga / Spencer Akira Howe
* Valentina Marchei / Ondrej Hotarek
* Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland
* Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi
* Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
* Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher
* Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi
* Natasha Purich / Mervin Tran
* Natasha Purich / Andrew Wolfe
* Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
* Niki Wories
* Caitlin Yankowskas / Hamish Gaman
* Jelizaveta Žuková / Martin Bidař

## Programs

(with Marcoux)
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2001–2002 | Sweet Dreams: The Anthology by Roy Buchanan | Beyond the Forest by Max Steiner performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix

### With Marcoux

International :
| Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
| World Championships | | 12th |
| Four Continents Champ. | | 4th |
| GP Cup of Russia | | 7th |
| GP Trophée Lalique | 7th | |
| GP Sparkassen Cup on Ice | 6th | 5th |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | |
| National |||
| Canadian Champ. | 4th | 4th |

### With Micallef

International :
| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 |
| GP Cup of Russia | | | | 7th |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | WD |
| Golden Spin | | | | 1st |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | | 4th | | |
| National |||||
| Canadian Champ. | 6th | 12th | 5th | 4th |

### With Coulombe

International :
| Event | 1992–93 | 1993–94 |
| International St. Gervais | | 3rd |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | | 5th |
| International: Junior |||
| World Junior Championships | 3rd | |