Joannie Rochette to enter Skate Canada Hall of Fame

[Sylvia]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/w...ette-skate-canada-hall-of-fame-2017-1.4246469

Nick McCarvel recently interviewed Joannie Rochette on the "Ice Talk" podcast --- definitely worth a listen, IMO :

http://web.icenetwork.com/fans/icetalk
Ep. 37: Joannie Rochette/Jackie Wong
Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette chats with Ice Talk about going to medical school, the lasting impact the Vancouver Games have had on her life and the rise of the Canadian lady in figure skating.

It is great that she is now pursuing a degree in medicine at McGill.

Skate Canada's press release:
https://skatecanada.ca/2017/08/skate-canada-announces-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017/

The class of 2017 will include athletes Joannie Rochette and Jennifer Robinson, coaches Sadie and Albert Enders and Josée Picard and Éric Gilles, and builders Ron Vincent and Steve Milton.
... The exact dates and locations of the various inductions will be announced as they become available.

Congratulations to all the inductees!

ETA link to the Hamilton Spectator article (includes a quote from Steve Milton): https://www.thespec.com/sports-story/7502283-rochette-spectator-s-milton-in-skating-hall-of-fame/

 

[Sylvia]

A separate thread for Jennifer Robinson is here : https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ass-of-2017-skate-canada-hall-of-fame.101700/

 

[kwanfan1818]

Congratulations to Rochette

She is one of my all-time favorite Ladies skaters .

 

[Bellanca]

Congratulations to Joannie!

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

Trois Hourras!

 

[leigh466]

Wow! Medical school!

 

[Sylvia]

Olympic star on the path to becoming Dr. Rochette (cross-posting this McGill University article link here for those who may not visit the Trash Can): http://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/s/1762/news/interior.aspx?sid=1762&pgid=1754
Excerpts:

Rochette will start working in a hospital in January. In mid-September, she and her McGill peers received their crisp white coats at the Faculty of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony – the event marks a second-year med student’s transition from the classroom to clinical encounters and the responsibilities associated with seeing patients.
Rochette doesn’t yet know what area of medicine she wants to focus on, but is looking forward to working in a hospital.
“What I hear from people is you retain a lot more when you actually meet the patient, take a history and it’s not just theoretical.”

Rochette had a rather eventful summer. As an ambassador for Right to Play, the global organization that uses sports and games to educate and empower children, she travelled to Ghana in early July, visiting Right to Play projects as part of a delegation with Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Marie-Claude Bibeau.
“I really like the organization and I think that it’s a smart way to use sport and play to teach kids life values [and] lessons,” she says.

 

[paskatefan]

Congrats to Joannie & all of the inductees!

 

[Lara]

Hopefully this isn't geoblocked - it's a CTV News report on Rochette from last night.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId...binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1

 

[coppertop1]

Well-deserved! Congratulations!

 

[Dr.Siouxs]

I miss her maturity and strong teknik, congrats!

 

[joubertelegant]

Well deserved. What an amazing skater and an amazing person too. Also a huge fighter, her Olympic bronze on home ice after her mother died was inspirational.

 

[LilJen]

 

[Sylvia]

Hopefully this isn't geoblocked - it's a CTV News report on Rochette from last night.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId...binId=1.810401&playlistPageNum=1&binPageNum=1

I can watch, thanks! @Osmond4gold posted the accompanying CTV news article on Rochette in the Canadian Ladies news thread: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/figur...r-mom-s-death-now-in-medical-school-1.3774670

 

[Skate Talker]

All class all the time.

 

[Sylvia]

Bumping up this thread EIGHT years later...

2025 Skate Canada Hall of Fame Induction to Take Place at Canadian National Skating Championships (Skate Canada's press release dated November 28, 2024):

2025 Skate Canada Hall of Fame Induction to Take Place at Canadian National Skating Championships

OTTAWA, ON (November 28, 2024) – Skate Canada is proud to announce the induction of Joannie Rochette and Manon Perron into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame. This exceptional athlete-coach duo will join the prestigious group of Canadian Hall of Famers on Sunday, January 19 at the 2025 Canadian...

skatecanada.ca

OTTAWA, ON (November 28, 2024) – Skate Canada is proud to announce the induction of Joannie Rochette and Manon Perron into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame. This exceptional athlete-coach duo will join the prestigious group of Canadian Hall of Famers on Sunday, January 19 at the 2025 Canadian National Skating Championships at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec.

Joannie Rochette, of Île Dupas, Quebec, is an Olympic and World medalist and six-time Canadian Champion. Rochette is widely known for her iconic bronze-medal-winning performance at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver following the passing of her mother two days before the start of the ladies’ event. The World silver medalist’s list of accomplishments also includes three ISU Four Continents podiums, an ISU Grand Prix Final bronze medal, and 10 ISU Grand Prix medals. Throughout her career, Rochette has been a proud advocate of World Vision and Right to Play, among other charitable causes.

Manon Perron, a coach for over 30 years, has produced podium athletes at all levels from National to World and Olympic titles. She has earned a reputation for her dedication and leadership within the skating community, as a mentor, coach and team leader. Perron coached Rochette onto numerous Canadian Championship titles and onto her Olympic bronze medal performance in Vancouver.

The Skate Canada Hall of Fame induction ceremony will serve as a time to formally honour Rochette and Perron’s triumphs and resilience throughout their careers, and the incredible impact they have made on the sport of figure skating in Canada.

 

[Debbie S]

So Joannie was elected to the HoF in 2017 but it took 8 years to be inducted? Am I missing something? If not, that's....beyond crazy.

 

[manhn]

Maybe Covid and her own availability? Busy being a doctor!!!