Benoît Richaud (born 16 January 1988) is a French

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics ...

choreographer and former competitive

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 ...

. He has competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh. Richaud currently lives in

Avignon, France Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label= Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune had ...

, his hometown.

Competitive career

Richaud was a former student Boucher-Zazoui (a school in Lyon). :fr:Muriel Boucher-Zazoui He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet. From 2005 to 2007, he skated with

Élodie Brouiller Élodie Brouiller (born 23 July 1987) 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 Gran ...

. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the

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 junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of me ...

series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006. They ended their partnership in 2007. Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's Terra Findlay in November 2007. During the 2008–2009 season, they placed 10th at the World Junior Championships. Their partnership concluded at the end of the season.

Results

JGP:

With Findlay

With Brouiller

References

External links

Official website of Benoit Richaud
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richaud, Benoit Figure skating choreographers French male ice dancers Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Avignon