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{{Short description|Canadian pair skater}}
{{Infobox figure skater
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| altname =Isabelle Brasseur-Marval
| country = {{CAN}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|07|28|mf=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Kingsbury, Quebec]]
| hometown = [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]], [[Quebec]], Canada
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| height = 1.52 m
| formerpartner = [[Lloyd Eisler]] <br> Pascal Courchesne
| formercoach =[[Josée Picard]] <br> [[Eric Gilles]]
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| retired = 1994
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{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport | [[Figure skating]]: [[Pair skating|Pairs]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] | [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|Pairs]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]] | [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Pairs]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993 Prague]]|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990 Halifax]]|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1991 World Figure Skating Championships|1991 Munich]]|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1994 World Figure Skating Championships|1994 Chiba]]|Pairs}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1992 World Figure Skating Championships|1992 Oakland]]|Pairs}}
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'''Isabelle Brasseur''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|MSM}} (born July 28, 1970) is a Canadian former competitive [[pair skater]]. With her partner, [[Lloyd Eisler]], she won two Olympic medals and the 1993 World Championships.

==Personal life==
Brasseur was born on July 28, 1970, in [[Kingsbury, Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/isabelle-brasseur-1.html |title=Isabelle Brasseur |website=Sports-Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218135407/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/isabelle-brasseur-1.html |archive-date=February 18, 2010 }}</ref> She married the American former pairs skater [[Rocky Marval]] (Marvaldi) on August 10, 1996. Their daughter, Gabriella Marvaldi, was born on November 1, 2000, in [[Voorhees Township, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034952.htm |title= Gabriella MARVALDI / Cody DOLKIEWICZ |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref> Brasseur has [[vasodepressor syncope]], causing her heart to stop for 31 seconds shortly before Gabriella's birth.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thespec.com/living-story/6078687-taking-symptoms-of-cardiovascular-illness-to-heart/ |title= Taking symptoms of cardiovascular illness to heart |first= Katrina |last= Clarke |work= Hamilton Spectator |date= November 4, 2015 }}</ref> Her daughter is also a pairs skater and won the 2012 U.S. juvenile pairs title with partner Kyle Hogeboom.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111213&content_id=26157674&vkey=ice_news |title= Marvaldi and Hogeboom find mirth in victory |work= [[U.S. Figure Skating|Ice Network]] |first= Julia |last= Nagy |date= December 13, 2011 |access-date= December 15, 2011 }}</ref>

==Career==
Early in her career, Brasseur competed with Pascal Courchesne. They were 5th at the [[1985 Skate America]].

Brasseur teamed up with Eisler in 1987.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} At the [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]], they won the gold medal in 1989, came in third place in 1990, reclaimed the title in 1991, and retained it for the next three years. They won the [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993 World Championships]], the first time that a non-Russian pairs team won Worlds in nine years. According to figure skating historian James R. Hines, they "skated brilliantly",<ref name="hines-44"/> winning both the [[Short program (figure skating)|short program]] and [[Free skating|free skating program]]. They won bronze medals at the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Winter Olympics]] and the [[1994 Winter Olympics]]. They retired and began their "successful" professional careers, including tours with [[Champions on Ice]], in 1994.<ref name="hines-44">{{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000hine/mode/1up?view=theater |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6859-5 |location=Lanham, Maryland |page=44}}</ref>

Brasseur and Eisler teamed up with Lou-Anne Brosseau (Hunt) in 1992 and formed a company known as B.B.E. Productions Inc. They 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]], which named the duo national spokespersons in September 1992. B.B.E. Productions 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 (1992–2003), B.B.E. also granted several wishes to children suffering from life-threatening illnesses.

She co-wrote a book, ''Brasseur & Eisler: To Catch a Dream'', in 1996<ref>{{cite book |author= Brasseur & Eisler |year= 1996 |title= Brasseur & Eisler: To Catch a Dream |publisher= Macmillan of Canada |isbn= 0-7715-7393-6 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/brasseureislerto0000bras }}</ref> and a follow-up, ''Brasseur & Eisler: The Professional Years''.

In 1994, she and 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 Skate Canada Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/about_skate_canada/hall_of_fame/honoured_members/2000.cfm |title= Skate Canada Hall of Fame |publisher= Skate Canada |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040617124831/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/about_skate_canada/hall_of_fame/honoured_members/2000.cfm |archive-date= June 17, 2004 }}</ref> The Colisée de St-Jean in her hometown of [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]], [[Quebec]] was renamed [[Colisée Isabelle-Brasseur]] in her honour.

In 2009, Brasseur competed with [[Glenn Anderson]] on ''[[Battle of the Blades]]'', a CBC production. She was eliminated during the second round of the competition. In 2010, she competed on the second season of ''Battle of the Blades'', with partner Todd Warriner. She reached the final three and was eliminated in the semi-finals.

==Results==
===With Eisler===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1987–88
! 1988–89
! 1989–90
! 1990–91
! 1991–92
! 1992–93
! 1993–94
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympics]] || 9th || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd 
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || 7th || 7th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd 
|-
| align=left | [[Bofrost Cup on Ice|Nations Cup]] || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || 
|-
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || 4th || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || 4th || bgcolor=gold | 1st 
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || 
|-
| align=left | [[Trophée Eric Bompard|Trophée de France]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || 
|-
| align=left | [[Piruetten]] || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd 
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead;" colspan=8 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadians]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}

===With Courchesne===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1984–85
! 1985–86
|-
| align=left | [[Skate America]] || || 5th
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International: Junior
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || 6th || 7th
|}

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