Romain Haguenauer (born 16 July 1976) is a French

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coach, choreographer, and former competitor. He is best known for his work with the French five-time World and 2022 Olympic champions

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; and with Canadian three-time World champions and two-time Olympic champions

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and

Scott Moir Scott Patrick Moir ( ; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Olym ...

. He has also coached the top-ranking American teams of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, and

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Personal life

Haguenauer was born on 16 July 1976 in

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. His mother, an elementary school teacher, and father, a lawyer, raised him in Ainay. After graduating in 1998 from

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with a degree in sports and physical education ( Capes d'éducation physique et sportive), he taught for a year at a secondary school, collège Jean-Monnet. In 2017, Haguenauer married

Jamal Othman Jamal Aziz Othman (born 13 August 1986 in Worb, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss former competitive figure skater. He is the 2009 Swiss national champion and a five-time (2002, 2005–2007, 2010) national silver medalist. Career Othman began skati ...

, a former Swiss figure skater. Their son, Noam Camille Othman Haguenauer, was born in November 2022.

Competitive career

Haguenauer was coached from the age of five by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and competed with his sister, Marianne Haguenauer, for ten years. They placed eighth at the 1995 World Junior Championships in November 1994 in

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and won gold at the 1995

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. Due to his sister's health issues, he retired from competition at age 20. He had no regrets, as he had a strong interest in coaching.

Results with Marianne Haguenauer

''GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)''

Post-competitive career

Grand Prix Final Isabelle DELOBEL Olivier SCHOENFELDER 2007-2008

Haguenauer worked as a part-time skating coach before becoming a certified coach in 1999. He has also served as a technical executive for the Pôle de Lyon. He has co-authored a children's book about skating, ''Le p'tit ABC du patinage'', with Alexandre Navarro. Haguenauer was formerly based in

, France, working as a coach and choreographer in collaboration with Zazoui. In July 2014, he moved to

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, Canada and began coaching alongside

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and

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, at Ice Academy of Montreal. His current students include: *

(Olympic gold medalists (team event), Three-Time World Champions, Three-time Four Continents Champions) * Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer *

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/ Lewis Gibson (European silver medalists, Five-time British National Champions) * Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren * Holly Harris / Jason Chan * Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker (Four Continents Champions) * Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhito Tamura * Marjorie Lajoie /

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(World Junior Champions) * Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac * Hannah Lim / Ye Quan * Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud * Vanessa Pham / Anton Spiridonov *

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* Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama * Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu * Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck His former students include: * Emmy Bronsard / Aissa Bouaraguia *

Pernelle Carron Pernelle Carron (born 20 August 1986) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With partner Lloyd Jones, she is the 2013 Winter Universiade champion, 2010 Cup of Nice champion, three-time NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 French national champi ...

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/ Matthieu Jost * Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming * Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder f*

* Sasha Fear / George Waddell * Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette *

Laurence Fournier Beaudry Laurence Fournier Beaudry (born July 18, 1992) is a Canadian ice dancer who currently represents France with partner Guillaume Cizeron. Formerly competing for Canada and earlier for Denmark with her former skating partner Nikolaj Sørensen, s ...

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* Rikako Fukase /

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* Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang *

Tina Garabedian Tina Garabedian (; born June 13, 1997) is a retired Armenian-Canadian ice dancer. She and her partner Simon Proulx-Sénécal represented Armenia at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Personal life Tina Garabedian was born on June 13, 1997, in Laval, Qu ...

Simon Proulx-Sénécal Simon Proulx-Sénécal (born December 6, 1991) is a Canadian-born ice dancer who competes with Tina Garabedian for Armenia. They are the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalists and reached the free dance at two European Championships (2016, ...

* Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov * Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue(2022 Olympic champions (team event), 2022 Olympic bronze medalists, Four Continents Champions, Grand Prix Final Champions, U.S. National Champions) * Sara Hurtado /

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(2022 Olympic silver medalists (team event)) * Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam * Teodora Markova / Simon Daze * Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko *

(2022 Olympic gold medalists, 2018 Olympic silver medalists, Five-time European champions, Five-time World Champions, Three-time French National Champions) *

Élisabeth Paradis Élisabeth Paradis (born July 15, 1992) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. With François-Xavier Ouellette, she won bronze medals at the 2015 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, 2015 CS U.S. International Classic and at the 2 ...

/ François-Xavier Ouellette *

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* Nathalie Péchalat /

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Justyna Plutowska Justyna Plutowska (born 27 June 1991) is a Polish ice dancer. With former partner Peter Gerber, she is the 2013 Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and 2014 Bavarian Open champion. Personal life Justyna Plutowska was born 27 June 1991 in Gdynia, P ...

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* Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero * Olivia Smart /

Carolane Soucisse Carolane Soucisse (born February 10, 1995) is an ice dancer who represents Republic of Ireland, Ireland and formerly Canada. With her skating partner, Shane Firus, she is a two-time Irish national champion (2023–24) and represented Ireland at ...

/ Shane Firus *

(Three-time Olympic gold medalists, Two-time Olympic silver medalists, Three-time World Champions, Grand Prix Final Champions, Three-time Four Continents Champions, World Junior Champions, Junior Grand Prix Final Champions, Eight-time Canadian National Champions, Only ice dancers to achieve career grand slam) * Louise Walden / Owen Edwards * Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart Haguenauer has also choreographed programs for singles skaters, such as

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, Sonia Lafuente, and Donovan Carrillo. The coaches of the Ice Academy of Montreal (IAM), including Haguenauer, have received criticism from skating fans online regarding the treatment of some of their students.

References

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