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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]
Alexandra Feigin[11]
Stephen Gogolev[12]
Maxim Naumov[13]
Adam Siao Him Fa[14]- Bradie Tennell[6][15]
Skaters he has choreographed for include:
- Jeremy Abbott[16]
- An Xiangyi[10]
Olivia Bacsa[17]
Güzide Irmak Bayır[18]- Chafik Besseghier[19]
- Anastasia Brandenburg[20]
Eliška Březinová[21]- Michal Březina[22]
Donovan Carrillo[23]- Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer[24]
Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin[25]- Loïcia Demougeot/Théo Le Mercier[26]
Polina Dzsumanyijazova[27]- Nika Egadze[28]
- Alexandra Feigin[29]
Gabriele Frangipani[30]- Julie Froetscher[31]
- Stephen Gogolev[32]
Aleksandra Golovkina[33]- Anthea Gradinaru[34]
- Daniel Grassl[35][36]
Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin[37]
Davide Lewton Brain[38]
Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté[39]
Wakaba Higuchi[40]- Moa Iwano[41]
- Jin Boyang[42]
Janna Jyrkinen[43]- Livia Kaiser[44]
Jari Kessler[45]- Rika Kihira[46]
Eva-Lotta Kiibus[47]- Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson[48]
- Gabriella Izzo[49]
Kim Chae-Yeon[50]- Kim Hyun-gyeom[51]
Marilena Kitromilis[52]- Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim[53]
Angelīna Kučvaļska[54]
Ekaterina Kurakova[55]- Arlet Levandi[56]
Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd[57]
Luc Maierhofer[58]- Maïa Mazzara[59]
- Maé-Bérénice Méité[60]
- Mai Mihara[61]
- Kao Miura[62]
- Satoko Miyahara[63]
- Andrea Montesinos Cantú[64]
- Sofia Muravieva[65]
- Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley[66]
- Maxim Naumov[13]
Andreas Nordebäck[67]- Nobunari Oda[68]
- Başar Oktar[69]
- Oona Ounasvuori[70]
- Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko[71]
Nina Pinzarrone[72][7]- Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin[73]
- Aleksa Rakic[74]
- Naoki Rossi[75]
- Kaori Sakamoto[61]
- Shun Sato[76]
- Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot[77]
- Adam Siao Him Fa[78][7]
- Lorine Schild[79]
- Noelle Streuli[80]
- Makar Suntsev[81]
- Daisuke Takahashi[63]
Denis Ten[82]- Bradie Tennell[83]
- Lindsay Thorngren[84][85]
- Ivett Tóth[86]
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva[87]
Lindsay van Zundert[88]- Deniss Vasiljevs[89]
- Sōta Yamamoto[90]
- Hana Yoshida[91]
- Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao[92]
- Zhang He[93]
- Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang[94]
- Zhu Yi[95]
- Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik[96]
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