| Personal information | |
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| Alternative names: | Isabelle Brasseur-Marval |
| Country represented: | |
| Date of birth: | July 28, 1970 |
| Place of birth: | Kingsbury, Quebec |
| Home town: | St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada |
| Height: | 152 cm (4.99 ft) |
| Partner: | Lloyd Eisler |
| Coach: | Josée Picard, Eric Gilles |
| Retired: | 1994 |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Figure Skating | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | Pairs |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Pairs |
Isabelle Brasseur, MSM (born July 28, 1970, Kingsbury, Quebec) is a figure skater from Canada.
She started skating with Lloyd Eisler in 1987. They won five Canadian pairs championships, the 1993 World Figure Skating Championships, and they won bronze medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. They retired in 1994.
She co-wrote a book, Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream in 1996 and the follow-up book Brasseur & Eisler: The Professional Years.
Brasseur & Eisler teamed up with Lou-Anne Brosseau (Hunt) in 1992 and formed a company known as B.B.E. Productions Inc. and together the group planned and organized professional figure skating events across Canada. Their main goal was to raise awareness and funds for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada who named this dynamic duo National Spokespersons in September 1992. B.B.E. Productions Inc. has won several awards, producing more than 25 shows and raising more than $250,000.00 in awareness and sponsorship for the charity. In the years of operation (1992–2006), B.B.E. also granted several wishes to children suffering from life-threatening illnesses.
In 1994, she and Lloyd Eisler were awarded the Meritorious Service Decoration (civil division). In 1996, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
She is married to former pairs figure skater Rocky Marval on October 8, 1996. Their daughter Gabriella was born on November 1, 2000.
In her hometown of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, the Colisée de St-Jean was renamed Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur in her honour,
In 2009 she competed with Glen Anderson on Battle of the Blades, a CBC production. She was eliminated during the second round of the competition.
(with Eisler)
| Event | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
| World Championships | 7th | 14th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd |
| Canadian Championships | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Skate Canada International | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Trophée de France | 2nd | ||||||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | |||
| Nations Cup | 1st |
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