Geoffrey Brissaud

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Geoffrey Brissaud
Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud at the 2019 Junior World Championships - FD.jpg
Lopareva / Brissaud at 2019 Junior Worlds
Born (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 26)
Limoges, France
Hometown Moscow, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country Flag of France.svg France
Partner Evgeniia Lopareva
Coach Roxane Petetin, Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis
Skating clubLyon Glace Patinage
Began skating2000

Geoffrey Brissaud (born 23 March 1998) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Evgeniia Lopareva, he is a two-time French national champion, a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup champion, a two-time ISU Challenger Series silver medalist, and a two-time International Challenge Cup champion (2021 and 2023). Earlier in their career they finished in the top ten at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

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With his former skating partner, Sarah-Marine Rouffanche, Brissaud competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. They qualified for the free dance and finished fifteenth overall. [1]

Personal life

Brissaud was born on 23 March 1998 in Limoges, France. He was engaged to former Azerbaijani single skater Ekaterina Ryabova. [2]

Career

2018–19 season

Before the start of the 2018–19 season, Brissaud teamed up with Russian ice dancer Evgeniia Lopareva to compete for France. The new team received two international assignments - the 2019 Egna Dance Trophy, where they took silver in the junior division, and the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where they placed tenth. [3]

2019–20 season: Senior international debut

Lopareva/Brissaud made their senior international debut in September at their first assignment of the 2019–20 season, the 2019 CS Nepela Memorial Trophy. Here, the team placed eighth in the rhythm dance but made a comeback in the free dance (fourth) to finish sixth overall. The pair also set new personal bests in all three segments at the event. [3]

At their next Challenger Series assignment, 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, Lopareva/Brissaud again set another personal best in the rhythm dance. After taking the bronze medal at the senior French championships, they competed at the European Championships for the first time, placing fifteenth. [3]

2020–21 season: World Championship debut

Lopareva/Brissaud were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They made their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing seventeenth. [3] Their placement, combined with the sixteenth-place finish of the other French dance team competing at the championships, qualified a single berth for France at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the following year's world championships. [4]

2021–22 season

Lopareva/Brissaud made their seasonal Challenger debut at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, placing eighth. They were initially assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation, they were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia. They placed sixth at the event, setting new personal bests in the free dance and total score. They finished in fourth place at the 2021 Internationaux de France, setting new personal bests in the rhythm dance and total score. Lopareva said they were "very happy with the result" of their first Grand Prix season. [3]

After winning a silver medal at the International Cup of Nice, Lopareva/Brissaud won their second consecutive national silver medal. They were assigned to the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, where they finished ninth. [3]

2022–23 season: Challenger and Grand Prix medals

Lopareva/Brissaud won the silver medal at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy in their first international appearance of the season. [3] With Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron sitting out at least the season, Lopareva/Brissaud, were the most senior French team assigned to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, where they won the bronze medal, their first on the Grand Prix. [5] They finished fifth at the 2022 NHK Trophy. [6]

At the French championships in Rouen, Lopareva/Brissaud won the national title for the first time in their career. [7] At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, they finished sixth in the rhythm dance, missing the final flight of the free dance by 0.42 behind Czechs Taschlerová/Taschler. [8] They overtook the Czechs in the free dance, finishing fifth overall. [9] They finished twelfth at the 2023 World Championships. [3] Lopareva/Brissaud then joined Team France for the 2023 World Team Trophy, finishing fifth in the rhythm dance and fourth in the free dance. [10] [11] Team France finished in fifth place. [12]

2023–24 season

Lopareva and Brissaud performing their rhythm dance at the 2024 World Championships Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud 2024 Worlds Rhythm Dance 1.jpg
Lopareva and Brissaud performing their rhythm dance at the 2024 World Championships

For the 1980s-themed rhythm dance, Lopareva and Brissaud desired to skate to a less conventional choice, and took their coach's recommendation of the work of French synth-pop singer Mylène Farmer. Their free program was a "biographical" story using the music of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, with Brissaud playing Rachmaninoff and Lopareva his "muse and inspiration." [13]

Performing a lift during their free dance at the 2024 World Championships Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud 2024 Worlds Free Dance 2.jpg
Performing a lift during their free dance at the 2024 World Championships

Lopareva/Brissaud began the season at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International, winning the silver medal. They were invited to participate in the Shanghai Trophy, earning a second silver medal. [3] They started on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where they finished third in the rhythm dance, only 0.60 points behind Canadian training mates Lajoie/Lagha. [14] They were third in the free dance as well, albeit slightly further behind second-place, and won the bronze medal. Lopareva called the result "very, very special" given the strong field. [13] With their home Grand Prix de France as their second event, Lopareva/Brissaud finished third in both segments to take the bronze medal. They noted some technical issues, particularly lost levels on their free program dance spin, they said they had felt they had improved their performance elements, with Brissaud saying "we feel like we are improving little by little, step by step." [15] The podium of gold medalists Guignard/Fabbri, silver medalists Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen, and bronze medalists Lopareva/Brissaud was the same as the previous year. [16] Following the Grand Prix, the duo won gold at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup. [3]

After retaining their French national title, Lopareva/Brissaud competed at the 2024 European Championships, where they placed fourth in both segments and fourth overall, 6.20 points back of bronze medalists Reed/Ambrulevičius of Lithuania. [17]

Lopareva/Brissaud concluded the season at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, where they finished seventh in the rhythm dance, breaking the 80-point threshold. They dropped to eighth after the free dance, but broke the 200-point threshold overall, which Brissaud called a "gift", noting that the free dance occurred on his birthday. [18]

Programs

With Lopareva

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2023–2024
[19]
2022–2023
[20]
2021–2022
[21]
  • Adagio In Sol Minores Mi 26
    by Hauser
  • Allegretto
    by Karl Jenkins
2019–2021
[22] [23]
2018–2019
[24]

With Rouffanche

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–17
[25]
2015–16
[26]
  • Waltz: Valse Parisienne
    by Ian Hugues
  • Slow fox: For Me Formidable
    by Charles Aznavour, Jacques Plante
2014–15
[27]
2013–14
[28]
2011–12
[29]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Lopareva

International [3]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds 17th12th8th
Europeans 15th9th5th4th
GP Italy 6th
GP France C4th3rd3rd
GP NHK Trophy 5th
GP Skate America 3rd
CS Autumn Classic 2nd
CS Budapest 2nd
CS Finlandia WD
CS Lombardia 8th
CS Nepela Memorial 6th
CS Warsaw Cup 4th1st
Challenge Cup 1st1st
Cup of Nice 2nd
Shanghai Trophy 2nd
International: Junior [3]
Junior Worlds 10th
Egna Trophy 2nd
National [3]
French Champ. 3rd2nd2nd1st1st
French Junior 2nd
Masters 2nd J4th1st2nd1st1st
Team events
World Team Trophy 5th T
5th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: J = Junior
T = Team Result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Rouffanche

International: Junior [1]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Junior Worlds 15th
JGP Estonia 8th6th
JGP France 6th
JGP Poland 8th
JGP Slovakia 14th
JGP Slovenia 7th
JGP United States 8th
NRW Trophy 7th16th
Santa Claus Cup 2nd4th4th
Tallinn Trophy 3rd
International: Advanced novice
NRW Trophy 10th
Trophy of Lyon3rd1st
National [1]
French Champ. 1st N2nd N6th J2nd J3rd J2nd J
Masters 5th J2nd J3rd J4th J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

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