2021 French Figure Skating Championships

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2021 French Figure Skating Championships
Type: National championship
Date:5–6 February 2021 (S)
3–5 April 2021 (J)
Season: 2020–21
Location: Vaujany, Isère (S)
Villard-de-Lans, Isère (J)
Host: Fédération Française des Sports de Glace
Venue:Patinoire de Vaujany (S)
Patinoire Municipale (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Kévin Aymoz (S)
Ladies' singles:
Léa Serna (S)
Pair skating:
Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin (S)
Ice dance:
Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron (S)
Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais (J)
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The 2021 French Figure Skating Championships were held in Vaujany from 5 to 6 February 2021. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dance. The results were part of the French selection criteria for the 2021 World Championships.

Contents

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The French Championships were originally scheduled for 17 to 20 December 2020 in Vaujany, alongside the Christmas Gala on 22 December. On 10 November, Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (FFSG) president Nathalie Péchalat expressed in an interview that she hoped to hold the event, despite the ongoing health crisis. [1] One week later, on 16 November, the FFSG announced the cancellation of both the senior Championships and the Christmas Gala. [2] The FFSG had already cancelled its Grand Prix event, the 2020 Internationaux de France, earlier in the season. [3]

Prior to the cancellation announcement, reigning ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron had already announced that they would be skipping the event. [4] The couple explained their desire to focus on the 2021 World Championship (which they later decided to also skip) and concerns about being stranded in Europe or separated, due to Papadakis having a different visa for their Canadian training base from Cizeron that made it more difficult for her to travel internationally. [5]

On 12 January 2021, the FFSG announced the reinstatement of the French Championships after rescheduling the event to 5–6 February, still to be hosted in Vaujany. [6]

Medal summary

Senior

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Kévin Aymoz Adam Siao Him Fa Romain Ponsart
Ladies Léa Serna Maïa Mazzara Lola Ghozali
Pairs Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre No other competitors
Ice dance Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud No other competitors

Junior

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Ice danceMarie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier Lou Terreaux / Noé Perron

Entries

The Fédération Française des Sports de Glace released a provisional entry list on 27 January 2021. [7] Names with an asterisk (*) denote guest skaters.

Skaters qualified via the Master's de Patinage or selection for a Grand Prix event. Several top skaters, including reigning champions Maé-Bérénice Méité and Papadakis/Cizeron, opted to skip the event.

MenLadiesPairsIce dance
Kévin Aymoz Eva Dubecq Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
Davide Lewton Brain* Lola Ghozali Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
François Pitot Maïa Mazzara
Romain Ponsart Lorine Schild
Adam Siao Him Fa Léa Serna
Sophie Sprung

Results

Men

RankNameClubTotal points SP FS
1 Kévin Aymoz Grenoble Isère Métropole Patinage284.50196.011188.49
2 Adam Siao Him Fa Club Olympique de Courbevoie244.15278.502165.65
3 Romain Ponsart Charleville-Mézières Sports de Glace209.07376.913132.16
4 Davide Lewton Brain Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco (guest skater)177.64464.154113.49
5 François Pitot Amodio Figure Skating Academy Vaujany142.29560.22582.07

Ladies

RankNameClubTotal points SP FS
1 Léa Serna Brian Joubert Poitiers Glace170.06163.541106.52
2 Maïa Mazzara Grenoble Isère Métropole Patinage163.77260.962102.81
3 Lola Ghozali Club de Patinage Artistique de Reims156.42454.393102.03
4 Lorine Schild Club de Patinage Artistique de Reims150.93357.11493.82
5 Sophie Sprung Club Olympique de Courbevoie128.44645.44583.00
6 Eva Dubecq Club de Patinage Artistique de Reims125.84551.07674.77

Pairs

RankNameClubTotal points SP FS
1 Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin Club Olympique de Courbevoie / Club Olympique de Courbevoie172.55160.351112.20
2 Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre Club des Français Volants de Paris / Club des Français Volants de Paris149.72255.92293.80

Ice dance

RankNameClubTotal points RD FD
1 Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron Club des Français Volants de Paris / Club des Français Volants de Paris194.28177.901116.38
2 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud Lyon Glace Patinage / Lyon Glace Patinage189.54275.422114.12

Junior Championships

The French Junior Championships were originally scheduled to be held on 5 to 7 February 2021 in Belfort, before being rescheduled to 3 to 4 April in Villard-de-Lans. [8] Only an ice dance competition was held.

Entries

Ice dance [9]
Eva Bernard / Tom Jochum
Louise Bordet / Thomas Gipoulou
Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier
Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais
Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux
Lou Terreaux / Noé Perron
Ninon Terreaux / Alexey Tameev

Results

Junior ice dance

RankNameClubTotal points RD FD
1Marie Dupayage / Thomas NabaisVillard de Lans Patinage / ESV Patinage Vitry163.53263.041100.49
2 Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier Villard de Lans Patinage / ASM Belfort Patinage Artistique160.93168.14292.79
3Lou Terreaux / Noé PerronVillard de Lans Patinage / ASM Belfort Patinage Artistique149.00359.68389.32
4Celina Fradji / Jean-Hans FourneauxVillard de Lans Patinage / Villard de Lans Patinage128.95548.51480.44
5Eva Bernard / Tom JochumVillard de Lans Patinage / Villard de Lans Patinage121.04646.76574.28
6Louise Bordet / Thomas GipoulouVillard de Lans Patinage / Brive Patinage Club118.77448.82669.95
7Ninon Terreaux / Alexey TameevASM Belfort Patinage Artistique / Villard de Lans Patinage99.10739.07760.03

International team selections

World Championships

The 2021 World Championships will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 22 to 28 March 2021. FFSG named the team on 1 March 2021. [10]

MenLadiesPairsIce dance
1 Kévin Aymoz Maé-Bérénice Méité Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron
2 Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
Alt. Adam Siao Him Fa Maïa Mazzara Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac

European Championships

The 2021 European Championships, scheduled to be held in Zagreb, Croatia from 25 to 31 January 2021, were cancelled on 10 December 2020. [11]

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2021 World Junior Championships, scheduled to take place in Harbin, China from 1 to 7 March 2021, were cancelled on 24 November 2020. [12]

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