PATRICK BRAULT

Patrick Brault insists that he cannot choose the one skating title that defines him, because, “I consider them all like my children. They all meant something different to me at different times in my life. I had the distinction of competing (for two countries) because of my dual citizenship of Canada and the United States. In 1992, I was 4th in the Canadian Championships, which made me alternate for the Worlds and Olympics. When I competed in the United States, I was the National Junior Men’s Silver Medalist in 1987 and Novice National Champion in 1984. But, I feel like my best title is Loving Husband to skating choreographer Nancy Pluta.”

After coming so close to making the World and Olympic Teams in 1992, a year later, Patrick fell five times at the Canadian Championship. And decided it was time to retire.

“My journey in my professional career,” Patrick remembers, “Had highs and lows. But friends that I met along the way will be my friends for life.”

He worked with Dorothy Hamill in Ice Capades and at the Kennedy Center as a part of The Next Ice Age theater company. He also appeared with Grease On Ice, Charles Shultz's Christmas Show, and on several cruise ships.

Now, Patrick explains, “I recently moved to Phoenix, AZ., where I am coaching in a progressive training facility, the All Tel Ice Den in Scottsdale. Skating has given me structure in my life and I would like to pass along my expertise to the young minds of the future. But to answer the question "Where are they now"…I never knew I was lost!”