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Benoît Richaud
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Richaud in 2016
Personal information
Country representedFrance
Born (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 34)
Avignon, France
Home townLyon
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Former partner
Former coach
Former choreographer
  • Romain Haguenauer
Skating clubCSG Lyon
ISU personal best scores
Combined total150.14
2008 JGP Belarus
Comp. dance29.64
2008 JGP Belarus
Original dance48.57
2008 JGP Belarus
Free dance71.93
2008 JGP Belarus

Benoît Richaud (born 16 January 1988) is a French figure skating choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. He has competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh. Richaud currently lives in Avignon, France, his hometown.

Choreographer career

Following his sports retirement, Richaud has been working as a choreographer. Skaters he has choreographed for include Kaori Sakamoto,[1] Mai Mihara,[1] Bradie Tennell,[2] Rika Kihira,[3] Satoko Miyahara,[4] Eva-Lotta Kiibus,[5] Maé-Bérénice Méité,[6] Ivett Tóth,[7] Elizaveta Tuktamysheva,[8] Lindsay van Zundert,[9] Daisuke Takahashi,[4] Denis Ten,[10] Jeremy Abbott,[11] Chafik Besseghier,[12] Michal Březina,[13] Daniel Grassl,[14][15] Donovan Carrillo,[16] and Deniss Vasiljevs[17] as well as ice dance couples Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd[18] and Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley.[19]

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Kaori Sakamoto

Kaori Sakamoto

Kaori Sakamoto is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World champion, the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time NHK Trophy champion, the 2022 Skate America champion, and a three-time Japanese national champion. In addition to her individual bronze, she is also a 2022 Olympic team event bronze medalist. Sakamoto represented Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics, finishing sixth. On the junior level, she is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2016-17 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist.

Bradie Tennell

Bradie Tennell

Bradie Tennell is an American figure skater. She is a 2018 Olympic team event bronze medalist, the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018 CS Autumn Classic champion, the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion.

Eva-Lotta Kiibus

Eva-Lotta Kiibus

Eva-Lotta Kiibus is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, a two-time Estonian national champion (2020–21), and a three-time Tallink Hotels Cup champion. Kiibus has represented Estonia at the European and World championships and finished twenty-first at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Ivett Tóth

Ivett Tóth

Ivett Tóth is a retired Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2014 CS Ice Challenge bronze medalist, a two-time Santa Claus Cup champion, the 2018 Christmas Cup champion, the 2019 Volvo Open Cup champion, and a five-time Hungarian national. She has competed in the final segment at eight ISU Championships and placed 23rd at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2015 World champion, the 2021 World silver medalist, the 2015 European champion, the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, a 14-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and the 2013 Russian national champion. On the junior level, she is the 2012 Youth Olympic champion, 2011 World Junior silver medalist, and 2010–11 JGP Final silver medalist. Tuktamysheva is currently the world's 3rd-highest ranked women's singles skater by the International Skating Union following the 2020–21 figure skating season.

Daisuke Takahashi

Daisuke Takahashi

Daisuke Takahashi is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. As a singles skater, he is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Four Continents champion, and a five-time Japanese national champion.

Denis Ten

Denis Ten

Denis Yurievich Ten was a Kazakhstani figure skater. He was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist, the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.

Jeremy Abbott

Jeremy Abbott

Jeremy Abbott is a former American figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Four Continents bronze medalist, and a four-time U.S. national champion. He represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he placed ninth, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the team event.

Chafik Besseghier

Chafik Besseghier

Chafik Besseghier is a French figure skater. He is a two-time International Cup of Nice champion and the 2016 and 2018 French national champion. He has won a total of fourteen senior international medals and finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships.

Daniel Grassl

Daniel Grassl

Daniel Grassl is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2022 European silver medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy champion, the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist, and a four-time Italian national champion (2019–2022). He has won ten senior international medals, including gold at four ISU Challenger Series events.

Donovan Carrillo

Donovan Carrillo

Donovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo is a Mexican figure skater. He is the 2019 Philadelphia International silver medalist and a four-time Mexican national champion. He has competed in the final segment at six ISU Championships – two World Championships, three Four Continents (2018–2020), and the 2018 World Junior Championships. He has earned the highest placement by any Mexican skater at a World Championships and qualified to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Alla Loboda

Alla Loboda

Alla Andreyevna Loboda is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner Pavel Drozd, she is a two-time World Junior medalist, a three-time JGP Final silver medalist, and the 2016 Russian junior national champion.

Competitive career

Richaud was a former student Boucher-Zazoui (a school in Lyon).[20] He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet.[21]

From 2005 to 2007, he skated with Élodie Brouiller. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006.[22] They ended their partnership in 2007.[21]

Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's Terra Findlay in November 2007. During the 2008–2009 season, they placed 10th at the World Junior Championships.[23] Their partnership concluded at the end of the season.[24]

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Élodie Brouiller

Élodie Brouiller

Élodie Brouiller is a French former competitive ice dancer. With Benoît Richaud, she competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006. They ended their partnership in 2007.

2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from March 6 to 12. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Oberstdorf, Germany from February 26 to March 4. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by 1 July the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

ISU Junior Grand Prix

ISU Junior Grand Prix

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The series was inaugurated in 1997 to complement the senior-level ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event and the six highest-ranking qualifiers meet at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, which is held concurrently with the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

ISU Junior Grand Prix Final

ISU Junior Grand Prix Final

The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final or JGP Final is the culmination of a series of junior-level competitions – the ISU Junior Grand Prix organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event. At the end of the series, the six highest-placing skaters from each discipline advance to the JGP Final.

Terra Findlay

Terra Findlay

Terra Findlay is a French-Canadian ice dancer who has also competed for France.

Results

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

With Findlay

International
Event 2008–09
European Championships 19th
International: Junior
World Junior Championships 10th
JGP Belarus 3rd
JGP France 4th
National
French Championships 3rd

With Brouiller

International
Event 2005–06 2006–07
World Junior Championships 13th 7th
JGP Final 7th
JGP Estonia 5th
JGP France 3rd
JGP Japan 4th
JGP Mexico 2nd
National
French Championships 1st J 2nd J
Masters 2nd J 2nd J
J. = Junior level

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ISU Junior Grand Prix

ISU Junior Grand Prix

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The series was inaugurated in 1997 to complement the senior-level ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event and the six highest-ranking qualifiers meet at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, which is held concurrently with the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

2008–09 figure skating season

2008–09 figure skating season

The 2008–09 figure skating season began on July 1, 2008, and ended on June 30, 2009. During this season, elite skaters competed on the Championship level at the 2009 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They also competed in elite competitions such as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series.

European Figure Skating Championships

European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and is the sport's oldest competition. The first European Championships was held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany and featured one segment, compulsory figures, with seven competitors, all men from Germany and Austria. It has been, other than five periods, held continuously since 1891, and has been sanctioned by the ISU since 1893. Women were allowed to compete for the first time in 1930, which is also the first time pairs skating was added to the competition. Ice dance was added in 1954. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Europe can compete, and skaters must have reached at least the age of 15 before July 1 preceding the competition. ISU member countries can submit 1-3 skaters to compete in the European Championships.

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for the title of World Junior champion. The ISU guidelines for junior eligibility have varied throughout the years – currently, skaters must be at least 13 years old but not yet 19 before the previous 1 July, except for men competing in pair skating and ice dancing where the age maximum is 21.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Belarus

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Belarus

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Belarus is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Minsk and Gomel have both held the event. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in France

ISU Junior Grand Prix in France

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in France is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

French Figure Skating Championships

French Figure Skating Championships

The French Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of France. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters compete at the senior level. National-level competitions for juniors and novices are held separately.

ISU Junior Grand Prix Final

ISU Junior Grand Prix Final

The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final or JGP Final is the culmination of a series of junior-level competitions – the ISU Junior Grand Prix organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event. At the end of the series, the six highest-placing skaters from each discipline advance to the JGP Final.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Estonia

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Estonia

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Estonia is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico

ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico

The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Mexico is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Master's de Patinage

Master's de Patinage

The Master's de Patinage is an annual figure skating test competition held in September in Villard de Lans, France. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing at the senior and junior levels.

Source: "Benoît Richaud", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 9th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoît_Richaud.

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