Jacques Favart

Jacques Favart (30 July 1920 – 27 September 1980) was a French sports official and figure skater.

Jacques Favart
Full name	Jacques Jean Fernand Favart
Born	(1920-07-30)30 July 1920 Paris
Died	27 September 1980(1980-09-27) (aged 60) Le Chesnay
Figure skating career
Country	France
Partner	Denise Favart

He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to 1950. They placed 14th at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

He served as president of the International Skating Union from 1967 to 1980, and of Fédération Française des Sports de Glace from 1968 to 1969.

In 1981, a trophy was established in his memory, "awarded to outstanding skaters in either figure skating or speed skating in recognition of their contributors to the sport". The first recipient of the Jacques Favart Trophy was pair skater Irina Rodnina of the Soviet Union.^[1]

He was inaugurated in the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1993.

Competitive highlights

Single skating

Event	1936	1937	1938	1939	1942
French Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st

Pair skating

(with Denise Favart)

Event	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950
Winter Olympic Games			14th
World Championships		10th	WD	10th	12th
European Championships		8th
French Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	WD

• WD = Withdrawn