Craig Buntin

Craig Buntin

Duhamel and Buntin in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Craig Buntin
Country represented	Canada
Born	May 27, 1980 (1980-05-27) (age 31) North Vancouver, British Columbia
Home town	St-Leonard, Quebec
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Former partner	Meagan Duhamel Valérie Marcoux Elizabeth Putnam Virginia Toombs Marie Laurier Chantal Poirier Angela Kang Chantal Chailler Sarah Robinson
Former coach	Richard Gauthier Manon Perron Bruno Marcotte Sylvie Fullum Paul Wirtz Jamie McGrigor Shannon Allison Karen Bond
Former choreographer	Julie Marcotte
Skating club	CPA St. Leonard
Retired	July 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	169.61 2008 Worlds
Short program	62.08 2009 Four Continents
Free skate	109.60 2008 Worlds
Medal record Competitor for  Canada Pair’s Figure skating Four Continents Championships Bronze 2010 Jeonju Pairs Bronze 2004 Hamilton Pairs

Craig Buntin (born on May 27, 1980 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian pair skater. With former partner Meagan Duhamel, he is the 2009 Canadian silver medalist, the 2008 & 2010 Canadian bronze medalist, and the 2010 Four Continents bronze medalist. With Valérie Marcoux, he is represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they placed 11th.

Career

With partner Chantal Poirier, Buntin is the 2000 Canadian junior national champion. He teamed up with Valérie Marcoux in 2002 and together they are the 2004-2006 Canadian national champion. They split in early 2007 when Valérie Marcoux decided to retire from competition.^[1]

In June 2007, Buntin teamed up with Meagan Duhamel.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[2] In November 2008, during the long program at the Trophée Eric Bompard, Duhamel accidentally sliced Buntin's hand a minute into the program on their side-by-side salchow jumps and blood dripped on the ice; the pair stopped to get his hand bandaged and resumed the program to win the bronze medal.^[3] Duhamel and Buntin were the first pair to successfully land a throw triple lutz in competition.^[2]

In July 2010, Buntin announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.^[4] He planned to complete his MBA degree at McGill University,^[4] and got married in August 2011.^[5]

Programs

With Duhamel

Season	Short program	Long program	Exhibition
2009–2010	Hotel California by Eagles	Selection of music by Pierre Porte
2008–2009	4 Lamentations	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini	The Story by Brandi Carlile

Competitive highlights

With Duhamel

Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
World Championships	6th	8th
Four Continents Championships		4th	3rd
Canadian Championships	3rd	2nd	3rd
Cup of China			4th
Skate America		4th	WD
Trophée Eric Bompard		3rd
Skate Canada International	6th
Nebelhorn Trophy	2nd

• WD = Withdrew

With Marcoux

Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Winter Olympic Games				11th
World Championships		9th	9th	5th	6th
Four Continents Championships		3rd			4th
Canadian Championships	4th	1st	1st	1st	2nd
Grand Prix Final					5th
Skate Canada	6th	7th	5th	3rd	3rd
NHK Trophy					3rd
Cup of China			3rd		4th
Trophée Eric Bompard				3rd
Cup of Russia	7th	4th
Bofrost Cup		1st	2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy	1st

With Laurier

Event	2000–2001
Canadian Championships	6th J.

With Poirier

Event	1999–00
World Junior Championships	8th
Canadian Championships	1st J.
Junior Grand Prix Final	6th
Junior Grand Prix, Japan	2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Canada	1st

• J = Junior level

With Kang

Event	1998–1999
Canadian Championships	11th N.

With Chailler

Event	1996–1997	1997–1998
Canadian Championships	14th N.	8th N.

• N = Novice level

References

1. ^ Mittan, Barry (January 30, 2008). "Lucky Seven for Duhamel and Buntin?". SkateToday. http://www.skatetoday.com/2008/01/30/lucky-seven-for-duhamel-and-buntin/. Retrieved August 6, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Mittan, J. Barry (May 17, 2009). "Duhamel and Buntin Close to the Top". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/051709.shtml. Retrieved May 6, 2011. 
3. ^ Smith, Beverley (November 15, 2008). "Bad cut can't stop Buntin". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article723116.ece. Retrieved May 6, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Three-time Canadian Champion Craig Buntin retires from competitive figure skating". Skate Canada (SkateBuzz). July 13, 2010. http://www.skatebuzz.com/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?id=f4fcc966-344a-49a8-96c8-468acb310942. Retrieved May 6, 2011. 
5. ^ Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (September 8, 2011). "The Inside Edge: Catching Up with Emily Hughes". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110907&content_id=24359150&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved September 8, 2011. 

External links

• Skate Canada Profile
• Duhamel & Buntin at the International Skating Union
• Marcoux & Buntin at the International Skating Union

Persondata
Name	Buntin, Craig
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Date of birth	May 27, 1980
Place of birth	North Vancouver, British Columbia
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