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Gabrielle Daleman

Gabrielle Daleman (born January 13, 1998) is a Canadian figure skater. She is a 2018 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2017 World bronze medalist, 2017 Four Continents silver medalist, 2014 CS Autumn Classic champion, and two-time Canadian national champion (2015, 2018). She represented Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

Gabrielle Daleman was born January 13, 1998, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Rhonda and Michael Daleman. She has a younger brother, Zack, who is also a competitive figure skater. In addition, she is of Ukrainian, German, Dutch, English, and Irish descent.

Daleman previously attended Pickering College, where her father has also taught.

She has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a learning disability affecting her ability to read and write. Daleman has also spoken about an eating disorder which she had from Grade 5 or 6 until after the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Daleman began skating as a four-year-old, at the Aurora Skating Club. Her motivation grew after watching Joannie Rochette compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Daleman won the junior ladies title at the 2012 Canadian Championships.

Daleman debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the autumn of 2012. At the 2013 Canadian Championships, she won the silver medal behind Kaetlyn Osmond. She was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships and finished sixth.

Daleman continued on the JGP series, winning the bronze medal at her event in Poland. In January 2014, after repeating as national silver medallist at the Canadian Championships, she was named in Canada's team to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in February. At 16 years of age, she was the youngest athlete on the Canadian Olympic team. Daleman was not assigned to the team event, in which Canada won the silver medal, but she did compete in the individual event and finished in seventeenth place.

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