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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]
Genrikh Gartung[32]- Stephen Gogolev[33]
Aleksandra Golovkina[34]- Anthea Gradinaru[35]
- Daniel Grassl[36][37]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin[38]
Davide Lewton Brain[39]
Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté[40]
Wakaba Higuchi[41]- Moa Iwano[42]
- Jin Boyang[43]
Janna Jyrkinen[44]- Livia Kaiser[45]
Jari Kessler[46]- Rika Kihira[47]
Eva-Lotta Kiibus[48]- Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson[49]
- Gabriella Izzo[50]
Kim Chae-Yeon[51]- Kim Hyun-gyeom[52]
Marilena Kitromilis[53]- Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim[54]
Angelīna Kučvaļska[55]
Ekaterina Kurakova[56]- Arlet Levandi[57]
Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd[58]
Luc Maierhofer[59]- Maïa Mazzara[60]
- Maé-Bérénice Méité[61]
- Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava[62]
- Mai Mihara[63]
- Kao Miura[64]
- Satoko Miyahara[65]
- Andrea Montesinos Cantú[66]
- Sofia Muravieva[67]
- Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley[68]
- Maxim Naumov[13]
Andreas Nordebäck[69]- Nobunari Oda[70]
- Başar Oktar[71]
- Oona Ounasvuori[72]
- Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko[73]
Nina Pinzarrone[74][7]- François Pitot[75]
- Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin[76]
- Aleksa Rakic[77]
- Lilou Remeysen[78]
- Naoki Rossi[79]
- Kaori Sakamoto[63]
- Shun Sato[80]
- Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot[81]
- Adam Siao Him Fa[82][7]
- Lorine Schild[83]
- Noelle Streuli[84]
- Makar Suntsev[85]
- Daisuke Takahashi[65]
Denis Ten[86]- Bradie Tennell[87]
- Lindsay Thorngren[88][89]
- Ivett Tóth[90]
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva[91]
Lindsay van Zundert[92]- Deniss Vasiljevs[93]
- Wang Yihan[94]
- Sōta Yamamoto[95]
- Hana Yoshida[96]
- Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao[97]
- Zhang He[98]
- Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang[99]
- Zhu Yi[100]
- Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik[101]
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