Jamie Salé

Jamie Salé
Salé and Pelletier for " Love Story " at the Grand Prix Final 2002 in Kitchener
Full name	Jamie Rae Salé
nation	Canada
birthday	April 21, 1977
place of birth	Calgary, Alberta
size	155 cm
Weight	50 kg
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	David Pelletier, Jason Turner
society	CAP Pierrefonds
Trainer	Jan Ullmark, Richard Gauthier
choreographer	Lori Nichol
status	resigned
End of career	2002
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 0 × 0 × VKM medals 2 × 0 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold Salt Lake City 2002 Couples  World figure skating championships gold Vancouver 2001 Couples Four continents championships gold Osaka 2000 Couples gold Salt Lake City 2001 Couples
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 2 0 0  Grand Prix competitions 5 2 2

Jamie Salé (born April 21, 1977 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a former Canadian figure skater who started pair skating .

Early career

Jamie Salé started out as a single runner. At the same time, she later started pair skating with Jason Turner . With him she also finished 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics . However, the couple separated in August of the same year. From then on Salé was again a single runner, but often suffered from injuries.

Return to pair skating

Jamie Salé tried pair skating with David Pelletier back in the summer of 1996 . However, this test did not result in the figure skating partnership. It wasn't until 1998 that they became a figure skating couple on the advice of coach Richard Gaulthier . In 2000 Jamie Salé and David Pelletier finished fourth in the world championship and the following year in Vancouver world champions . At the 2002 Winter Olympics , they became Olympic champions together with Jelena Bereschnaja and Anton Sicharulidze . They were initially ranked second. After it became known that the French judge was put under pressure during the evaluation and therefore voted for the Russian couple, the gold medal was subsequently awarded to them.

The Salt Lake City judges scandal led to a completely new rating system in the years that followed.

To Salt Lake City

After the 2002 Winter Olympics, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier turned professionals and worked for Stars on Ice . They married on December 30, 2005. They also served as commentators during the 2006 Winter Olympics. Salé is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right To Play .

Results

Pair skating

(with David Pelletier )

Competition / year	1999	2000	2001	2002
winter Olympics				1.
World championships		4th	1.
Four continents championships		1.	1.
Canadian Championships	2.	1.	1.	1.

(with Jason Turner )

Competition / year	1992	1993	1994
winter Olympics			12.
World championships			16.
Canadian Championships	1st J	4th	3.

• J = juniors

Web links

Commons : Jamie Salé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Salé and Pelletier in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Jamie Salé in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official website