Skaters
Pairs
Jamie Sale
Born:
April 21, 1977
Birthplace:
Calgary, Alberta
Height:
5' 1"
Level:
Senior
Hometown:
Edmonton,
Club:
CPA St-Leonard
David Pelletier
Born:
November 22, 1974
Birthplace:
Sayabec, Quebec
Height:
5' 10"
Level:
Senior
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta
Club:
CAP Pierrefonds
Coach:
Jan UllmarkRichard Gauthier
Choreographer:
Lori Nichol
Sale and Pelletier first tried out with each other in 1986 but didn't become a team until two years later. Their first year together they finished third at both of their Grand Prix assignments and second at the Canadian Championships.
The next year they won their first of three straight titles at Skate America and the Canadian Championships. They also won the gold at the Four Continents Championships, a feat they repeated the following season, and came in fourth at the World Championships.
The 2000-01 season began their reign of dominance in pairs skating. Aside from a second-place finish at Trophee Lalique, they won every competition they entered, including the Grand Prix Final and the World Championships.
The following season they went a perfect 5-for-5, winning both Grand Prix assignments, the Grand Prix Final, the Canadian title and the Olympic gold medal.
At the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sale and Pelletier originally were awarded the silver. After the competition, however, a French judge admitted she had been pressured into awarding the free skate to the Russians in exchange for a first-place vote for the French ice dancing team of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat. The scandal ultimately resulted in the results being discarded, and Salé and Pelletier were awarded a second set of gold medals in a special ceremony later in the week.
Sale and Pelletier were married Dec. 30, 2005.
The next year they won their first of three straight titles at Skate America and the Canadian Championships. They also won the gold at the Four Continents Championships, a feat they repeated the following season, and came in fourth at the World Championships.
The 2000-01 season began their reign of dominance in pairs skating. Aside from a second-place finish at Trophee Lalique, they won every competition they entered, including the Grand Prix Final and the World Championships.
The following season they went a perfect 5-for-5, winning both Grand Prix assignments, the Grand Prix Final, the Canadian title and the Olympic gold medal.
At the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sale and Pelletier originally were awarded the silver. After the competition, however, a French judge admitted she had been pressured into awarding the free skate to the Russians in exchange for a first-place vote for the French ice dancing team of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat. The scandal ultimately resulted in the results being discarded, and Salé and Pelletier were awarded a second set of gold medals in a special ceremony later in the week.
Sale and Pelletier were married Dec. 30, 2005.
- 2002 - Olympic Winter Games - 1st
2002 - Canadian Championships - 1st
2001 - Grand Prix Final - 1st
2001 - Skate Canada - 1st
2001 - Skate America - 1st
2001 - World Championships - 1st
2001 - Four Continents Championships - 1st
2001 - Canadian Championships - 1st
2000 - Grand Prix Final - 1st
2000 - Trophee Lalique - 2nd
2000 - Skate Canada - 1st
2000 - Skate America - 1st
2000 - World Championships - 4th
2000 - Four Continents Championships - 1st
2000 - Canadian Championships - 1st
1999 - Grand Prix Final - 5th
1998 - Nations Cup - 2nd
1998 - Skate America - 1st
1998 - Canadian Championships - 2nd
1997 - NHK Trophy - 3rd
1997 - Skate Canada - 3rd
