Davide Lewton Brain

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Davide Lewton Brain
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Davide Lewton Brain at the 2020 European Championships
Born (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 26)
Nice, France
Hometown Monaco
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Discipline Men's singles
Coach Michael Huth
Nicole Schott
Skating clubSkating Club of Monaco
Began skating2008
Medal record
Monaco Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Singles

Davide Lewton Brain (born 23 December 1998) is a Monégasque-French figure skater who represents Monaco in men's singles. He is the 2019 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist and two-time Monégasque national champion (2018, 2019).

Contents

In 2024, Lewton Brain became the first Monégasque figure skater to qualify for the World Championships. [1]

Personal life

Lewton Brain was born on 23 December 1998 in Nice, France. [2] He studied marketing at INSEEC Business School, graduating in 2022. [3]

Career

Early career

Lewton Brain began skating in 2008 at the age of nine. Initially attracted to playing hockey, he decided to switch to figure skating after watching videos of Philippe Candeloro competing. At the age of fifteen, Lewton Brain moved from his hometown of Nice to Annecy to be coached by Didier Lucine, Claudie Lucine, and Sophie Golaz. [4] [5] Although from France, he has always competed internationally for Monaco. [4]

As a junior skater, Lewton Brain competed at the 2017 and 2018 World Junior Championships, finishing forty-third and thirty-second, respectively. He also made his European Championship debut in 2018, where he finished thirty-first. [6]

2018–19 season

In his first season as a full-fledged senior level skater, Lewton Brain started the season by finishing 2018 Master's de Patinage, finishing fifth. He then went on to place eleventh, ninth, and nineteenth at the 2018 Ice Star, the 2018 Volvo Open Cup, and the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, respectively. [7]

At the 2018 French Championships, Lewton Brain finished sixth. He then competed at the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus, where he advanced to the free skate for the first time at these championships, finishing twenty-fourth overall. [6] He would go on to end his season by winning silver at the 2019 Coupe du Printemps and finishing seventh at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy. [7]

2019–20 season

Lewton Brain started the season by finishing sixth at the 2019 Master's de Patinage, eleventh at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup, and fifth at the 2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup. Selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, Lewton Brain placed twenty-ninth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment. [7]

He would end the season by finishing second at the 2020 Dragon Trophy, seventh at the 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup, and thirteenth at the 2020 International Challenge Cup. [7]

2020–21 season

Lewton Brain began the season by finishing tenth at the 2020 Master's de Patinage. He then finished fourth out of the five skaters that competed at the 2021 French Championships. Lewton Brain would go on to close his season by winning silver at the 2021 Sofia Trophy and placing fifth at the 2021 Egna Spring Trophy. [7]

2021–22 season

Beginning the season by competing on the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series, Lewton Brain placed ninth at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy and nineteenth at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. He would go on to finish fifth at the 2021 Master's de Patinage, sixth at the 2021 Budapest Trophy, third at the 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, and sixth at the 2021 Tayside Trophy. [7]

At the 2022 French Championships, Lewton Brain would come in fifth place. He would then compete at the European Championships for a fourth time, finishing twetieth at the event in Tallinn, Estonia. Lewton Brain then took silver at the 2022 Sofia Trophy, gold at the 2022 Dragon Trophy, before finishing eleventh at the 2022 International Challenge Cup. [7]

2022–23 season

Lewton Brain began the season by competing at the 2022 Master's de Patinage and the 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, finishing fourth and third, respectively. He would then go on to finish sixth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge before winning gold at both the 2022 Open d'Andorra and the 2022 Santa Claus Cup. [7]

At the 2023 French Championships, Lewton Brain would place fifth for a second consecutive time. One month later, he competed at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, where he finished in twenty-second place. Lewton Brain then finished the season by winning silver at the 2023 Dragon Trophy and ninth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup. [7] [6]

2023–24 season

In September 2023, it was announced that Lewton Brain had relocated to Oberstdorf, Germany, where Michael Huth had become his new coach. [8] He started the season by competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, placing ninth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and fourteenth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. [6] He would then go on to compete at the 2023 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2023 Swiss Open, finishing fifth and first, respectively. [7]

In December, Lewton Brain competed at the 2024 French Championships, finishing in eleventh place. Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Lewton Brain would finish twenty-fourth. [6] He then competed at the 2024 Bavarian Open and the 2024 Merano Cup, placing seventh and fifth, respectively. [7]

Making his World Championship debut at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Lewton Brain placed twenty-sixth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition. [7]

2024–25 season

Lewton Brain began the season by competing at the 2024 Master's de Patinage and the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, finishing eighth and eighteenth, respectively. [6]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[4]
2016–2017
[9]
  • Comptine d'un autre été
    by Martin Ermen
  • Mon amant de Saint-Jean
    by Patrick Bruel
    choreo. by Camille Pradier
2017–2018
[10]
2018–2019
[11]
2019–2020
[12]
2020–2021
[13]
  • Poeta
    by Vicente Amigo
    arranged by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Mérovée Ephrem
2021–2022
[14]
  • The Real Me
    by Paper Plane & Laurent Aknin
    arranged by Cédric Tour
    choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2022–2023
[15]
2023–2024
[8]
2024–2025
[2]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level [7]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 26th
European Championships 31st24th29th20th22nd24th
French Championships 11th6th4th5th5th11th9th
Monaco Championships 1st1st
CS Finlandia Trophy 14th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 13th12th
CS Ice Challenge 6th
CS Ice Star 17th11th
CS Lombardia Trophy 9th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 19th9th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 3rd3rd5th17th
Bavarian Open 7th
Budapest Trophy 6th
Coupe du Printemps 2nd
Challenge Cup 13th11th9th
Denkova-Staviski Cup 6th5th
Dragon Trophy 2nd1st2nd
Egna Spring Trophy 5th7th5th
Master's de Patinage 5th6th10th5th4th8th
Merano Cup 5th
NRW Trophy 4th
Open d'Andorra 1st
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Slovenia Open 8th
Sofia Trophy 2nd2nd
Swiss Open 1st
Tallink Hotels Cup 7th
Tayside Trophy 6th
Volvo Open Cup 9th11th
Competition placements at senior level [7]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
World Junior Championships 43rd32nd
French Championships 5th5th
JGP Austria 24th
JGP Croatia 12th
JGP France 22nd
JGP Italy 20th
JGP Slovenia 22nd
JGP Spain 24th
Mentor Toruń Cup 9th
Merano Cup 11th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [7]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS203.16 2022 CS Ice Challenge
Short program TSS71.58 2024 World Championships
TES36.862024 World Championships
PCS35.072024 World Championships
Free skating TSS132.852022 CS Ice Challenge
TES58.932022 CS Ice Challenge
PCS73.922022 CS Ice Challenge
Results in the 2024–25 season [7]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 26–28, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Master's de Patinage 860.948100.208161.14
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 1168.0218108.3017176.32
Nov 13–17, 2024 Flag of Germany.svg 2024 NRW Trophy 561.914115.424177.33
Dec 4–7, 2024 Flag of Croatia.svg 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1168.2712111.3112179.58
Dec 20–21, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2025 French Championships 764.3410121.79916.13

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