Craig Buntin (born May 27, 1980) is a Canadian former pair skater. He is the co-founder and CEO of Sportlogiq, an AI-powered sports analytics company based in Montreal, Quebec. With former partner Meagan Duhamel, he is the 2009 Canadian silver medallist, the 2008 & 2010 Canadian bronze medallist, and the 2010 Four Continents bronze medallist. With Valérie Marcoux, he represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they placed 11th.
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 Duhamel and Buntin in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 27, 1980 North Vancouver, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Meagan Duhamel, Valérie Marcoux, Elizabeth Putnam, Virginia Toombs, Marie Laurier, Chantal Poirier, Angela Kang, Chantal Chailler, Sarah Robinson | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Richard Gauthier, Manon Perron, Bruno Marcotte, Sylvie Fullum, Paul Wirtz, Jamie McGrigor, Shannon Allison, Karen Bond | |||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | CPA St. Leonard | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editBuntin was born on May 27, 1980, in North Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] He studied for his MBA degree at McGill University.[2] He married in August 2011.[3]
Career
editEarly partnerships
editBuntin won the 2000 Canadian junior national title with Chantal Poirier. He teamed up with Valérie Marcoux in 2002. The pair won gold at three consecutive Canadian Championships, from 2004 to 2006. Their partnership ended in early 2007 when Valérie Marcoux decided to retire from competition.[4]
Partnership with Duhamel
editIn June 2007, Buntin teamed up with Meagan Duhamel.[5] At their first competition together, the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy, they won the silver medal. In January 2008, the pair won the bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals but during the exhibition Buntin injured his shoulder, with which he had previous problems, as a result of a timing issue.[5] They missed the Four Continents but competed at the 2008 World Championships in Sweden on March 19, 2008, despite the shoulder still being a problem, and finished 6th. However, their participation aggravated Buntin's injury, tearing the rotator cuff, the labrum and three tendons; he had surgery in April and the recovery took seven to eight months.[5] They could not practice lifts until two weeks before 2008 Skate America so they worked on adding variations to their elements, such as a spread eagle entrance into a lift and a death spiral with the opposite hand.[5] In November 2008, during the long program at the Trophée Eric Bompard, Duhamel accidentally sliced Buntin's hand a minute into the program on a move right after their side-by-side toe loop jumps and blood dripped on the ice; the pair stopped to get his hand bandaged and resumed the program to win the bronze medal.[6] Duhamel and Buntin were the first pair to successfully land a throw triple lutz in competition.[5]
In July 2010, Buntin announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.[2]
Programs
editWith Duhamel
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2009–2010 [1] |
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| 2008–2009 [5][7] |
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| 2007–2008 [4][8] |
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With Marcoux
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2006–2007 [9] |
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| 2005–2006 [10] |
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| 2004–2005 [11][12] |
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| 2003–2004 [13] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Duhamel
edit| International[14] | |||
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| Event | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
| World Championships | 6th | 8th | |
| Four Continents Champ. | 4th | 3rd | |
| GP Trophée Bompard | 3rd | ||
| GP Cup of China | 4th | ||
| GP Skate America | 4th | WD | |
| GP Skate Canada | 6th | ||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | ||
| National[14] | |||
| Canadian Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
| WD = Withdrew | |||
With Marcoux
edit| International[15] | |||||
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| Event | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 |
| Winter Olympics | 11th | ||||
| World Champ. | 9th | 9th | 5th | 6th | |
| Four Continents Champ. | 3rd | 4th | |||
| GP Final | 5th | ||||
| GP Cup of China | 3rd | 4th | |||
| GP Cup of Russia | 7th | 4th | |||
| GP NHK Trophy | 3rd | ||||
| GP Skate Canada | 6th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd |
| GP Trophée Bompard | 3rd | ||||
| Bofrost Cup on Ice | 1st | 2nd | |||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | ||||
| National[15] | |||||
| Canadian Champ. | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
Early career
edit| International[16] | ||
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| Event | 99–00 | 00–01 |
| World Junior Champ. | 8th | |
| JGP Final | 6th | |
| JGP Canada | 1st | |
| JGP Japan | 2nd | |
| National | ||
| Canadian Champ. | 1st J | 6th J |
References
edit- ^ a b "Meagan DUHAMEL / Craig BUNTIN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Three-time Canadian Champion Craig Buntin retires from competitive figure skating". Skate Canada. SkateBuzz. July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
- ^ Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (September 8, 2011). "The Inside Edge: Catching Up with Emily Hughes". Icenetwork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Mittan, Barry (January 30, 2008). "Lucky Seven for Duhamel and Buntin?". SkateToday. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Mittan, J. Barry (May 17, 2009). "Duhamel and Buntin Close to the Top". GoldenSkate. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
- ^ Smith, Beverley (November 15, 2008). "Bad cut can't stop Buntin". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
- ^ "Meagan DUHAMEL / Craig BUNTIN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Meagan DUHAMEL / Craig BUNTIN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 2, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Mittan, Barry (January 9, 2005). "Marcoux and Buntin Hope to Keep on Top". Skate Today.
- ^ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 15, 2004.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Meagan DUHAMEL / Craig BUNTIN". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Chantal POIRIER / Craig BUNTIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017.
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