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, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

coach, 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.

Competitive career

2009 JWCh Terra FINDLAY Benoit RICHAUD 2

Richaud was a former student Boucher-Zazoui (a school in Lyon). He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet. From 2005 to 2007, he skated with Élodie Brouiller. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in

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and 7th in

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. 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 figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...

series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006. They ended their partnership in 2007. Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's

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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.

Post-competitive career

Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Richaud has been working as a coach and choreographer in

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Results

JGP:

With Findlay

With Brouiller

References

External links

Official website of Benoit Richaud
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