Vanessa Grenier
# Vanessa Grenier

Vanessa Grenier (born April 15, 1992) is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With Maxime Deschamps, she placed 8th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships and competed at three Grand Prix events.

## Career

### Single skating

Grenier began learning to skate in 1995. She won the silver medal in the junior women's event at the 2008 Canadian Championships and went on to compete at three ISU Junior Grand Prix events. She also appeared at the 2011 World Junior Championships but did not advance past the preliminary round. She was coached by Marie Houde, C. Lemaire, M. Peloquin, M. Grenier, V. Cusson in Drummondville, Quebec.

Grenier competed in the senior women's event at five Canadian Championships, from 2009 to 2013. Her best placement, 7th, came in 2011 and 2012.

### Pair skating

In 2013, Grenier teamed up with Maxime Deschamps to compete in pair skating. The two became the 2014 Canadian junior champions. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed 6th at the 2014 Skate America. The pair finished 7th at the 2015 Skate Canada International and 8th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships. The pair was coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Quebec.

Grenier and Deschamps split up in May 2016. Instead of finding a new partner, Grenier announced her retirement on June 12.

## Programs

### With Deschamps

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015–2016 | Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel choreo. by Julie Marcotte | Don Juan DeMarco by Michael Kamen Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Doña Julia I Was Born In Mexico Arabia choreo. by Julie Marcotte | |
| 2014–2015 | Cheek to Cheek by Ella Fitzgerald Heaven by Bryan Adams choreo. by Julie Marcotte | Somewhere in Time by John Barry Somewhere in Time performed by Maksim Mrvica The Old Woman Theme from Somewhere in Time with 18th Variation of Rachmaninov performed by Newell Oler choreo. by Julie Marcotte | Je l'aime à mourir performed by Shakira |

### Ladies' singles

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| - | - | - |
| 2010–11 | Manolito by Café Fuego El Camino by Café Fuego choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Suzanne Luis | Nothing Else Matters performed by David Garrett Fallin' performed by the String Quartet choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Suzanne Luis |
| 2008–09 | Electrick - The Way Old Friends Do choreo. by Suzanne Luis | Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla performed by Richard Galliano choreo. by Suzanne Luis |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### With Deschamps

International :

| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Four Continents | | | 8th |
| GP Cup of China | | | 8th |
| GP Skate America | | 6th | |
| GP Skate Canada | | | 7th |
| CS Autumn Classic | | 5th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | 5th | |
| CS U.S. Classic | | | 4th |
| National ||||
| Canadian Champ. | 1st J | 5th | 5th |
| J = Junior level ||||

### Ladies' singles

International :

| Event | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Worlds | | | | 35th | | |
| JGP France | | | | 12th | | |
| JGP Italy | | 17th | | | | |
| JGP Turkey | | | 5th | | | |
| National |||||||
| Canadian Champ. | 2nd J | 8th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 12th |
| J = Junior level |||||||
