Brunet was born in Paris, France. He and his partner
Andrée Joly were the
French national champions from 1924 until 1935, and won three Olympic medals. They refused to defend their title at the
1936 Winter Olympics, however, in protest over
Nazi Germany. The pair won four World Championships, competing in alternate years. Joly and Brunet were the first French skaters to win gold medals in World, European, and Olympic competitions. They won bronze medals at the
1924 Olympic Winter Games. At the
1925 World Championships, they came in second place behind
Herma Szabo and
Ludwig Wrede from Austria, in what figure skating historian James M. Hines calls "one of the closest contests in pair skating history". Andrée Joly Brunet and Pierre Brunet were inducted into the
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976, as part of the first class of inductees. Pierre Brunet died in
Boyne City, Michigan. ==Results==