Haguenauer was born on 16 July 1976 in Lyon, France. His mother, an elementary school teacher, and father, a lawyer, raised him in Ainay.[1] After graduating in 1998 from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 with a degree in sports and physical education (Capes d'éducation physique et sportive), he taught for a year at a secondary school, collège Jean-Monnet.[2][1]
In 2017, Haguenauer married Jamal Othman, a former Swiss figure skater.[3] Their son, Noam Camille Othman Haguenauer, was born in November 2022.[4]
Competitive career
Haguenauer was coached from the age of five by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and competed with his sister, Marianne Haguenauer, for ten years.[2] They placed eighth at the 1995 World Junior Championships in November 1994 in Budapest and won gold at the 1995 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. Due to his sister's health issues, he retired from competition at age 20. He had no regrets, as he had a strong interest in coaching.[1]
Haguenauer and Boucher-Zazoui with Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder in 2007
Haguenauer worked as a part-time skating coach before becoming a certified coach in 1999.[2] He has also served as a technical executive for the Pôle de Lyon.[6][7] He has co-authored a children's book about skating, Le p'tit ABC du patinage, with Alexandre Navarro.[2]
Haguenauer was formerly based in Lyon, France, working as a coach and choreographer in collaboration with Zazoui.[8] In July 2014, he moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada and began coaching alongside Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, at Ice Academy of Montreal.[9]
His current students include:
Madison Chock / Evan Bates[10] (Olympic gold medalists (team event), Three-Time World Champions, Three-time Four Continents Champions)
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue[37](2022 Olympic champions (team event), 2022 Olympic bronze medalists, Four Continents Champions, Grand Prix Final Champions, U.S. National Champions)
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir[51] (Three-time Olympic gold medalists, Two-time Olympic silver medalists, Three-time World Champions, Grand Prix Final Champions, Three-time Four Continents Champions, World Junior Champions, Junior Grand Prix Final Champions, Eight-time Canadian National Champions, Only ice dancers to achieve career grand slam)
The coaches of the Ice Academy of Montreal (IAM), including Haguenauer, have received criticism from skating fans online regarding the treatment of some of their students.
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