Shawn Sawyer | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada | January 14, 1985||||||||||||||
Hometown | Sainte-Julie, Quebec | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | April 1, 2011 | ||||||||||||||
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Shawn Sawyer (born January 14, 1985, in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 Canadian national silver medallist and a three-time (2005-2006 & 2008) Canadian national bronze medallist. He represented Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy finishing 12th overall. Unlike most skaters, Sawyer is a clockwise spinner.