Laëtitia Hubert (born 23 June 1974) is a French former competitive

figure skater 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 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is the 1997 Trophée Lalique champion, the 1992 World Junior champion, and a two-time French national senior champion (1998–1999). She competed in four Winter Olympic Games (

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, and

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) and placed as high as fourth at the World Championships (

and

Personal life

Hubert was born on 23 June 1974 in Paris and married in summer 2000.

Career

Hubert began skating at the age of three years. She finished 21st in her World Championship debut in 1990. The following year, at the 1991 World Championships, she had a rough collision with Midori Ito of Japan during the short program warmup. In the 1991–92 season, Hubert won the World Junior title and later took silver behind Surya Bonaly at the French National Championships. This finish earned her a trip to the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

in Albertville. At this time she was working on her triple lutz jump but elected to do a triple loop jump during her Olympic short program where she placed fifth. She was the last skater of the evening in the long program, where she placed fifteenth after making numerous errors, including falling four times. This dropped her to twelfth place overall. Hubert competed at the 1992 World Championships one month later. She had two falls but completed six triples, including a triple flip jump and a triple/triple combination. Her third place in the free skate, combined with fifth in the short, resulted in fourth overall, her career-best World result. Hubert matched that result in

, with the next-best result, sixth, occurring in

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and

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. Hubert won the

1997 Trophée Lalique The 1997 Trophée Lalique was the fourth event of six in the 1997–98 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris on November 13–16. Medals we ...

, edging out 1998 Olympic gold medalist

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for first place. She also won the French title in 1998 and 1999. Hubert had many knee and foot injuries, resulting in her missing most of the 1999–2000 season. She retired from competition following the 2001–02 season. She performed at the 2011 Caesars Tribute Show.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix''

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubert, Laetitia 1974 births Figure skaters from Paris Olympic figure skaters of France Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics French female single skaters Living people World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games