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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]- Chen Yuxuan/Dong Yinbo[24]
- Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer[25]
Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin[26]- Loïcia Demougeot/Théo Le Mercier[27]
Polina Dzsumanyijazova[28]- Nika Egadze[29]
- Alexandra Feigin[30]
Gabriele Frangipani[31]- Julie Froetscher[32]
Genrikh Gartung[33]- Stephen Gogolev[34]
Aleksandra Golovkina[35]- Anthea Gradinaru[36]
- Daniel Grassl[37][38]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin[39]
Davide Lewton Brain[40]
Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté[41]
Wakaba Higuchi[42]- Moa Iwano[43]
- Jin Boyang[44]
Janna Jyrkinen[45]- Livia Kaiser[46]
Jari Kessler[47]- Rika Kihira[48]
Eva-Lotta Kiibus[49]- Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson[50]
- Gabriella Izzo[51]
Kim Chae-Yeon[52]- Kim Hyun-gyeom[53]
Marilena Kitromilis[54]- Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim[55]
Angelīna Kučvaļska[56]
Ekaterina Kurakova[57]- Arlet Levandi[58]
Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd[59]
Luc Maierhofer[60]- Maïa Mazzara[61]
- Maé-Bérénice Méité[62]
- Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava[63]
- Mai Mihara[64]
- Kao Miura[65]
- Satoko Miyahara[66]
- Andrea Montesinos Cantú[67]
- Sofia Muravieva[68]
- Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley[69]
- Maxim Naumov[13]
Andreas Nordebäck[70]- Nobunari Oda[71]
- Başar Oktar[72]
- Oona Ounasvuori[73]
- Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko[74]
Nina Pinzarrone[75][7]- François Pitot[76]
- Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin[77]
- Aleksa Rakic[78]
- Lilou Remeysen[79]
- Naoki Rossi[80]
- Kaori Sakamoto[64]
- Shun Sato[81]
- Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot[82]
Mariia Seniuk[83]- Adam Siao Him Fa[84][7]
- Lorine Schild[85]
- Noelle Streuli[86]
- Makar Suntsev[87]
- Daisuke Takahashi[66]
Denis Ten[88]- Bradie Tennell[89]
- Lindsay Thorngren[90][91]
- Ivett Tóth[92]
- Elizaveta Tuktamysheva[93]
Lindsay van Zundert[94]- Deniss Vasiljevs[95]
- Wang Yihan[96]
- Sōta Yamamoto[97]
- Hana Yoshida[98]
- Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao[99]
- Zhang He[100]
- Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang[101]
- Zhu Yi[102]
- Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik[103]
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