Joannie Rochette

Joannie Rochette is a Canadian physician and retired competitive figure skater, born in Montreal in 1986. She won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships, silver at the Four Continents Championships in 2008 and 2009, bronze at the 2004 Grand Prix Final, and six Canadian national titles in a row from 2005 to 2010. She placed fifth at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the gala of the 2010 Olympic figure skating event she skated to the original French version of Celine Dion's song Fly, a tribute to her mother, and together with Petra Majdic she received the inaugural Terry Fox Award for the 2010 Winter Olympics.