Arnaud Caffa (born 20 October 1998) is a French

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. With his skating partner, Natacha Lagouge, he is the 2025 French national bronze medalist,

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silver medalist, 2022

International Challenge Cup The International Challenge Cup (formerly known as the Ennia Challenge Cup and the Aegon Cup) is an annual figure skating competition generally held in the Netherlands during the last week in February. Although the competition had been held for ...

champion, and 2023 World University Games bronze medalist.

Career

Early years

Caffa began skating as a ten-year-old and started training in

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

two years later. His first partnership fell apart after three years. His second partner was Justine Scache. The two competed in the novice category during the 2013–14 season and moved up to the junior ranks the following season. In the 2016–17 season, Scache/Caffa received an

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...

assignment and finished eleventh at the event, which took place in September 2016 in

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, Czech Republic. Their partnership ended after four seasons when Scache retired from the sport. Caffa teamed up with Canada's Maia Iannetta after a tryout in mid-May 2017 in

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. The two represented France in junior ice dancing at the

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and

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Partnership with Lagouge

After a year of training in the United States, Caffa returned to France in June 2018. He contacted French ice dancer Natacha Lagouge soon after her first partnership ended in November 2018. After trying out together in Lyon in late November and again in Paris in December 2018, he moved to Lyon at the end of January 2019 to begin their partnership.

2019–20 season

Lagouge/Caffa made their competitive debut in September 2019, placing tenth at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial in Slovakia. In November, they won bronze at the

Open d'Andorra The Open d'Andorra is an international figure skating competition held annually in Canillo, Andorra, usually in November. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. Senior r ...

and placed sixth at the Bosphorus Cup in Turkey. They then finished sixth at the 2020 French Championships.

2020–21 season

Many events were cancelled in the 2020–21 season due to the

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. Lagouge/Caffa competed at only one international event, the

2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2020 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. On Augus ...

, where they placed fourth. They were coached by

Olivier Schoenfelder Olivier Schoenfelder (born 30 November 1977) is a French retired ice dancing, ice dancer and coach. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, 2008 World champion, the 2007 European Figure Skating Championsh ...

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, Marien de la Asuncion, Neil Brown, and Emi Hirai in

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, France.

2021–22 season

Lagouge/Caffa decided to train under

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and Neil Brown in

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, Finland. In November, they took silver at the 2021

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in Germany and finished tenth at the

2021 CS Warsaw Cup The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Int ...

in Poland. They placed fifth at the French Championships in December. In February, they won gold at the

in the Netherlands.

2022–23 season

Lagouge/Caffa won silver at the Britannia Cup in August, bronze at the

Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur The Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports () and the Nice Baie des Anges Association at the ...

in October, and silver at the

in November. They made their

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debut at the

2022 Grand Prix of Espoo The 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo was the sixth event of the 2022–23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland, from November 25-27. Medal ...

in Finland, placing 10th. At the 2023 French Championships, the duo would finish fourth. Selected to compete at the

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, Lagouge/Caffa won the bronze medal. They would then end their season with another bronze medal at the

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2023–24 season

Lagouge/Caffa started the season by finishing eleventh at the

2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 20–23, 2023, in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Int ...

. They then won the bronze medal at the 2023 Master's de Patinage. Going on to compete at the

2023 CS Budapest Trophy The 2023 CS Budapest Trophy was held on October 13–15, 2023, in Budapest, Hungary. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance. Entries The International Skating U ...

and the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup, the duo finished seventh and third, respectively. Selected to compete at the

2023 Grand Prix de France The 2023 Grand Prix de France was the third event of the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Angers IceParc in Angers from November 3–5. Medals were awarde ...

, Lagouge/Caffa finished tenth. They then finished fifth at the 2024 French Championships before closing their season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Bavarian Open.

2024–25 season

Beginning their season at the 2024 Lombardia Trophy, Lagouge/Caffa finished in fourth place. They went on to finish fourth at the 2024 Master's de Patinage before finishing fifth at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. In early November, the team competed at the

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, where they finished eighth. The following month, they won bronze at the 2025 French Championships. Selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in

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, Estonia, Lagouge/Caffa finished the event in sixteenth place overall. They then closed the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2025 International Challenge Cup.

Programs

Ice dance with Natacha Lagouge

Ice dance with Justine Scache

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Natacha Lagouge

Ice dance with Maia Iannetta

Ice dance with Justine Scache

Detailed results

Ice dance with Natacha Lagouge

References

External links

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