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After being a one-time Canadian champion and finishing 9th this year, Emily Bausback posted about her retirement from competitive sports on her Instagram page: https://t.co/301hDfR87S
10 countries, 2x Jr silver medallist, 4CC competitor, 2x National & World Team, One Senior Canadian Title.
Today I officially announce that I am retiring from competitive sport.
Firstly, I’d like to thank @joannemcleod_8rinks for coaching me into the skater I am and turning me into a champion. Big thank you to my parents for sacrificing a lot to make my dreams happen. Thank you @champsinternationalskating & @thescotiabarn @canlansports for giving me a second home and a place where I fell in love with the sport. Thank you @skate_canada & @skatecanadabcyk for supporting me tremendously and believing in me throughout the years. Thank you @cyclonetaylorfigureskating for giving me my first (& last!) pair of skates and everything in between. Shoutout to @jackson.ultima & @mkblades for providing me with the perfect equipment. Thank you @pitrainingburnaby for conditioning me into a BEAST on the ice and for the nutritional guidance. Thank you to @canfund & @150women for welcoming me with open arms into a community of incredible athletes. And lastly, a HUGE thank you to all the friends I’ve met along the journey and the OG Champs elites (y’all know who you are)
It’s been a ride since 2011 and I’m so grateful for everyone’s love and support. I’m excited to see where my future takes me!
She has included 4 photos of her progress from a "tiny one" to the present with her post.
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Justine Brasseur who has been part of 3 pairs teams, most recently with Zachary Daleman, has announced her retirement from competition on her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CZCljnLLhzo/
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It was an incredible life experience that made me grow and learn so much as a person. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my skating career. It is a part of my life that will always remain in my heart.
Today I would like to officially announce my retirement from competitive skating.
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What an incredibly journey it has been to be apart of this amazing sport that has been my entire world for the past 17 years. I feel incredibly privileged to have been able to be apart of this community. This family, that has seen me at my best, and at my most vulnerable, and has supported me through it all. I cannot put it into words how much love I feel for all of you. I am truly grateful to have been able to pour my heart and soul into something I am truly passionate for and be able to perform for all of you.
I would like to start off by thanking my family for everything they have done for me. @jonathanhuntermills and Mike Gillman for starting me off on the right track and helping me win my first Novice and Junior National titles, my international successes, junior worlds, and shaping me into the passionate, hardworking athlete I turned out to be. I would not have gotten where I have without you guys. @rwalia7, thank you for taking me in and pushing me over my limits. For not only training me physically, but mentally as well. For helping me stay positive despite every injury, every doubt I had. And teaching me SO much. I am so grateful to have been able to travel with you and represent Canada at the 2019 World Championships in Japan. What an honour. Your knowledge and intelligence continues to amaze me and I cannot wait to see the future champions you are working on creating. HUGE shoutout to Jeff Vela and @summersidephysio for helping me get through the hardest injuries I’ve had to deal with. Thank you @lancevipond for your incredible artistic craftsmanship and words of insipiration that I will never forget. Thank you @ipfsc for showing me so much love and support during my time in Edmonton and @thornhillfsc for the continued support from beginning right to the very end.
Incredibly greatful for all of the friendships I have made along the way- I love all of you and wish you the best careers possible. This sport has shaped who I am today and I am eternally grateful, and will always hold the most special place in my heart
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It is a part of my life that will always remain in my heart. 