Craig Buntin

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Craig Buntin
Meagan DUHAMEL Craig BUNTIN TEB 2008.jpg
Duhamel and Buntin in 2008
Born (1980-05-27) May 27, 1980 (age 44)
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Height1.78 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
CoachRichard Gauthier, Manon Perron, Bruno Marcotte, Sylvie Fullum, Paul Wirtz, Jamie McGrigor, Shannon Allison, Karen Bond
Skating clubCPA St. Leonard
RetiredJuly 2010
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Figure skating: Pairs
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Jeonju Pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Hamilton Pairs

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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Personal life

Buntin 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

Early partnerships

Buntin 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

In 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

With Duhamel

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2009–2010
[1]
  • Selection of music
    by Pierre Porte
2008–2009
[5] [7]
  • 4 Lamentations
2007–2008
[4] [8]
  • Best Latin Tango
    by Rodrigo Buertillo
  • Tosca
    by Giacomo Puccini

With Marcoux

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2006–2007
[9]
  • L'Amour
    by Osvaldo Montes
2005–2006
[10]
  • Our Song
    by Paul Kunigis
2004–2005
[11] [12]
  • Fever
  • Jump, Jive and Wail
2003–2004
[13]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Duhamel

International [14]
Event2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
World Championships 6th8th
Four Continents Champ. 4th3rd
GP Trophée Bompard 3rd
GP Cup of China 4th
GP Skate America 4thWD
GP Skate Canada 6th
Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd
National [14]
Canadian Championships 3rd2nd3rd
WD = Withdrew

With Marcoux

International [15]
Event02–0303–0404–0505–0606–07
Winter Olympics 11th
World Champ. 9th9th5th6th
Four Continents Champ. 3rd4th
GP Final 5th
GP Cup of China 3rd4th
GP Cup of Russia 7th4th
GP NHK Trophy 3rd
GP Skate Canada 6th7th5th3rd3rd
GP Trophée Bompard 3rd
Bofrost Cup on Ice 1st2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
National [15]
Canadian Champ. 4th1st1st1st2nd

Early career

International [16]
Event99–0000–01
World Junior Champ. 8th
JGP Final 6th
JGP Canada 1st
JGP Japan 2nd
National
Canadian Champ. 1st J6th J

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References

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  8. ↑ "Meagan DUHAMEL / Craig BUNTIN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 2, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 23, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ↑ "Valerie MARCOUX / Craig BUNTIN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  16. ↑ "Chantal POIRIER / Craig BUNTIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017.
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