Benoît Richaud
Benoît Richaud | |
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Richaud in 2016 | |
Born | Avignon, France | 16 January 1988
Hometown | Lyon |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | France |
Skating club | CSG Lyon |
Benoît Richaud (born 16 January 1988) is a French figure skating coach, choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. He has competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh.
Competitive career
Richaud was a former student Boucher-Zazoui (a school in Lyon).[1] He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet.[2]
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.[3] They ended their partnership in 2007.[2]
Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's Terra Findlay in November 2007. During the 2008–2009 season, they placed 10th at the World Junior Championships.[4] Their partnership concluded at the end of the season.[5]
Post-competitive career
Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Richaud has been working as a coach and choreographer in Nice.[6] In an interview in February 2024, he talked about how he assisted his students during competitions.[7] He was nominated for[7] and won the "Best Figure Skating Choreographer" at the 2024 ISU Skating awards.[8] He was also nominated in 2025.[9]
As a coach, his students have included:
Skaters he has choreographed for include:
- Jeremy Abbott[15]
- An Xiangyi[10]
- Olivia Bacsa[16]
- Güzide Irmak Bayır[17]
- Chafik Besseghier[18]
- Anastasia Brandenburg[19]
- Eliška Březinová[20]
- Michal Březina[21]
- Donovan Carrillo[22]
- Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer[23]
- Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin[24]
- Loïcia Demougeot/Théo Le Mercier[25]
- Polina Dzsumanyijazova[26]
- Alexandra Feigin[27]
- Gabriele Frangipani[28]
- Julie Froetscher[29]
- Stephen Gogolev[30]
- Aleksandra Golovkina[31]
- Anthea Gradinaru[32]
- Daniel Grassl[33][34]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin[35]
- Davide Lewton Brain[36]
- Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté[37]
- Wakaba Higuchi[38]
- Moa Iwano[39]
- Jin Boyang[40]
- Janna Jyrkinen[41]
- Livia Kaiser[42]
- Jari Kessler[43]
- Rika Kihira[44]
- Eva-Lotta Kiibus[45]
- Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson[46]
- Gabriella Izzo[47]
- Kim Chae-Yeon[48]
- Kim Hyun-gyeom[49]
- Marilena Kitromilis[50]
- Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim[51]
- Angelīna Kučvaļska[52]
- Ekaterina Kurakova[53]
- Arlet Levandi[54]
- Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd[55]
- Luc Maierhofer[56]
- Maïa Mazzara[57]
- Maé-Bérénice Méité[58]
- Mai Mihara[59]
- Kao Miura[60]
- Satoko Miyahara[61]
- Andrea Montesinos Cantú[62]
- Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley[63]
- Andreas Nordebäck[64]
- Nobunari Oda[65]
- Başar Oktar[66]
- Oona Ounasvuori[67]
- Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko[68]
- Nina Pinzarrone[69][7]
- Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin[70]
- Aleksa Rakic[71]
- Naoki Rossi[72]
- Kaori Sakamoto[59]
- Shun Sato[73]
- Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot[74]
- Adam Siao Him Fa[75][7]
- Lorine Schild[76]
- Noelle Streuli[77]
- Makar Suntsev[78]
- Daisuke Takahashi[61]
- Denis Ten[79]
- Bradie Tennell[80]
- Lindsay Thorngren[81][82]
- Ivett Tóth[83]
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva[84]
- Lindsay van Zundert[85]
- Deniss Vasiljevs[86]
- Sōta Yamamoto[87]
- Hana Yoshida[88]
- Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao[89]
- Zhang He[90]
- Zhu Yi[91]
- Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik[92]
Results
With Findlay
International | |
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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 | ||
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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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External links
- Official website of Benoit Richaud
- Terra Findlay / Benoit Richaud at the International Skating Union
- Elodie Brouiller / Benoit Richaud at the International Skating Union
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