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Benoît Richaud
French figure skater (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benoît Richaud (born 16 January 1988) is a French figure skating coach, choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. He has competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh.
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Competitive career
Richaud was a former student Boucher-Zazoui (a school in Lyon).[1] He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet.[2]
From 2005 to 2007, he skated with Élodie Brouiller. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006.[3] They ended their partnership in 2007.[2]
Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's Terra Findlay in November 2007. During the 2008–2009 season, they placed 10th at the World Junior Championships.[4] Their partnership concluded at the end of the season.[5]
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Post-competitive career
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Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Richaud has been working as a coach and choreographer in Nice.[6] In an interview in February 2024, he talked about how he assisted his students during competitions.[7] He was nominated for[7] and won the "Best Figure Skating Choreographer" at the 2024 ISU Skating awards.[8] He was also nominated in 2025.[9]
As a coach, his students have included:
An Xiangyi[10]
Alina Bonillo[11]
Alexandra Feigin[12]
Stephen Gogolev[13]- Maxim Naumov[14]
Adam Siao Him Fa[15]- Bradie Tennell[6][16]
Skaters he has choreographed for include:
- Jeremy Abbott[17]
- An Xiangyi[10]
Olivia Bacsa[18]
Güzide Irmak Bayır[19]- Chafik Besseghier[20]
- Alina Bonillo[11]
- Anastasia Brandenburg[21]
Eliška Březinová[22]- Michal Březina[23]
Donovan Carrillo[24]- Chen Yuxuan/Dong Yinbo[25]
- Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer[26]
Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin[27]- Loïcia Demougeot/Théo Le Mercier[28]
Polina Dzsumanyijazova[29]- Nika Egadze[30]
- Alexandra Feigin[31]
Gabriele Frangipani[32]- Julie Froetscher[33]
Genrikh Gartung[34]- Stephen Gogolev[35]
Aleksandra Golovkina[36]- Anthea Gradinaru[37]
- Daniel Grassl[38][39]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin[40]
Davide Lewton Brain[41]
Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté[42]
Wakaba Higuchi[43]- Moa Iwano[44]
- Jin Boyang[45]
Janna Jyrkinen[46]- Livia Kaiser[47]
Jari Kessler[48]- Rika Kihira[49]
Eva-Lotta Kiibus[50]- Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson[51]
- Gabriella Izzo[52]
Kim Chae-Yeon[53]- Kim Hyun-gyeom[54]
Marilena Kitromilis[55]- Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim[56]
Angelīna Kučvaļska[57]
Ekaterina Kurakova[58]- Arlet Levandi[59]
Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd[60]
Luc Maierhofer[61]- Maïa Mazzara[62]
- Maé-Bérénice Méité[63]
- Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava[64]
- Mai Mihara[65]
- Kao Miura[66]
- Satoko Miyahara[67]
- Andrea Montesinos Cantú[68]
- Sofia Muravieva[69]
- Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley[70]
- Maxim Naumov[14]
Andreas Nordebäck[71]- Nobunari Oda[72]
- Başar Oktar[73]
- Oona Ounasvuori[74]
- Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko[75]
Nina Pinzarrone[76][7]- François Pitot[77]
- Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin[78]
- Aleksa Rakic[79]
- Lilou Remeysen[80]
- Naoki Rossi[81]
- Kaori Sakamoto[65]
- Shun Sato[82]
- Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot[83]
Mariia Seniuk[84]- Adam Siao Him Fa[85][7]
- Lorine Schild[86]
- Noelle Streuli[87]
- Makar Suntsev[88]
- Daisuke Takahashi[67]
Denis Ten[89]- Bradie Tennell[90]
- Lindsay Thorngren[91][92]
- Ivett Tóth[93]
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva[94]
Lindsay van Zundert[95]- Deniss Vasiljevs[96]
- Wang Yihan[97]
- Sōta Yamamoto[98]
- Hana Yoshida[99]
- Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao[100]
- Zhang He[101]
- Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang[102]
- Zhu Yi[103]
- Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik[104]
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