Jamie Sale
Why I Chose Jamie Sale
I chose to research about Jamie, because I was watching figure skating on T.V. and Jamie
Sale and her partner David Pelletier were on next. So I watched their performance, they
were great. I wanted to learn more about them. When they got silver I was happy, but
when the judges said they did a gold performance I thought they should have got gold
too! I was so happy when they got gold of course. I watched them get their gold medals! I
was so happy they got it!
Jamie's Personal Life
Jamie Sale ( pronounced JAY-mee sah-LAY). She is 34, she was born on April 21st
1977. Jamie was born in the town of Red Deer, Alberta. She is 1.55m or 5’1” tall. She
weighs 127 lbs. She skates with David Pelletier.
World Champions
Jamie and David came in third place after their short performance at the 2000 World
competition. They were in an excellent position to get a gold medal entering the free
skate. At the 2000 Worlds in Nice, France Jamie made an accident in the free skate and
the they came in fourth. At the 2001 Worlds, Jamie stayed in her pose and also skated
very well! The program was good enough to move them to the gold medal position over
1998 Olympic silver medalists and two-time world champions Yelean Berezhnaya and
Anton Sikharulidze of Russia. They didn’t have the best of performance for the 2001
Worlds. In the week and half before the they left for Vancouver, Canada, David's car
was stolen and his house was burned in a house fire leaving him without a home. Jamie
had a few problems too, she burned her hand on coffee, which left her unable to do
practices for two days. She lost a lucky necklace that her last choreographer had given
her.
Beginning of a Partnership
Jamie is David's fourth partner in his 14-year career. They got together on March
10,1998 but they went into things so fast that Jamie ended up with tendinitis. Then they
had to miss two and a half months of practising after she had surgery to operate on her
achilles tendon. David and Jamie have been skating together since July 1998. They
actually tried out together in 1996, but for various reasons , were not matched together.
Jamie now says the timing just wasn’t right then. Jamie came in 12th in the year of 1994
with Jason Tunner at the age of 17. That spring, she placed in 16th at the World
Championships in Chida, Japan. The best Jamie ever did was 3rd place in the 1995
Canadian Nationals in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She called David two times before things
finally happened. They both left their previous coaches to work with Richard Gauthier,
who they had since left to train with Jan Ullmark, who is based in Edmonton. The pair
still works with Michelle Kwan’s choreographer, Lori Nichol “ Lori brings out the best in
skating.” Jamie speaks English while David speaks French.
Bladed Beginnings
Jamie stepped on ice when she was 3, at a rink down her street. She wore double-bladed
skates to help her skate. Her mother signed her up for gymnastics and figure skating
classes when she was only 5 years old! When she was 7 she chose figure skating.
Things I Found Out About Jamie Sale
I found out a lot about Jamie Sale. Now I know that she lives in Red Deer, Alberta and
other things about her personal life. Also she stepped on ice when she was 3! It was very
nice to study her!!!!!!!!!!!!!
