Tom Bouvart

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Tom Bouvart
Oxana Vouillamoz & Tom Bouvart 2025 Worlds Free Skate 11.jpg
Vouillamoz and Bouvart at the 2025 World Championships
Born (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 23)
Meulan-en-Yvelines, France
Hometown Aproz, Switzerland
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (since 2024)
Flag of France.svg  France
Discipline Pair skating (since 2022)
Men's singles (until 2020)
Partner Oxana Vouillamoz (since 2024)
Coline Keriven (2022–23)
Coach Claude Peri
Lola Esbrat
Began skating2007
Medal record
Swiss Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Geneva Pairs

Tom Bouvart (born 11 January 2002) is a French pair skater who currently represents Switzerland. With his current skating partner, Oxana Vouillamoz, he is the 2024 NRW Trophy champion and the 2025 Swiss national champion.

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As a singles skater, he is the 2019 Master's de Patinage champion on the junior level and the 2020 French junior national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Bouvart was born on January 11, 2002, in Meulan-en-Yvelines, France. [1]

Career

Early years and singles skating career

Bouvart began figure skating in 2007. He was first coached by Christine Leloir-Plisson. [2] He debuted as a novice skater at the 2016 French Championships, where he finished fifth. The following year, he won the silver medal at the 2017 French Novice Championships and eleventh at the 2017 French Junior Championships. [3]

During the 2017–18 figure skating season, Bouvart finished sixth at the 2017 Master's de Patinage, second on the junior level at the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup, and tenth at the 2018 French Junior Championships. The subsequent season saw Bouvart placing fifth at the 2018 Master's de Patinage on the junior level, fourth at the 2019 French Junior Championships, seventh at the senior national championships, and second on the junior level at the 2019 Coupe du Printemps. [3]

Prior to the 2019–20 figure skating season, it was announced that Bouvart had begun training under Didier Lucine, Sophie Golaz, and Claudine Lucine at the SGA Patinage Annecy in Annecy, France. [2] Competing on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, he finished sixteenth at 2019 JGP Latvia. Going on to compete on the junior level at the 2019 Master's de Patinage, Bouvart won the gold medal. Subsequently, he finished eleventh on the senior level at the 2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup. In February 2020, following a bronze medal win at the 2020 French Junior Championships and fifth on the junior level at the 2020 International Challenge Cup. [3]

Pair skating with Keriven for France

2022–23 season

In March 2022, it was announced that Bouvart had decided to pursue pair skating and had teamed up with fellow French pair skater, Coline Keriven, and that the pair would train under Claude Péri in Paris and Bruno Massot in Caen. [4]

The pair debuted at the 2022 Master's de Patinage, where they finished in fourth place. They then went on to place sixth at the 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and twelfth at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. Keriven/Bouvart subsequently finished the season by placing ninth at the 2023 Bavarian Open. [5] Shortly following the event, Keriven announced her retirement from competitive figure skating. [6]

Pair skating with Vouillamoz for Switzerland

2024–25 season

Vouillamoz and Bouvart in their starting pose for their short program at the 2025 World Championships Oxana Vouillamoz & Tom Bouvart 2025 Worlds Short Program 00.jpg
Vouillamoz and Bouvart in their starting pose for their short program at the 2025 World Championships

On April 18, 2024, Swiss Ice Skating posted a list of their senior international pair team for the upcoming season, listing Swiss pair skater, Oxana Vouillamoz with Bouvart as her partner, indicating that they would be skating for Switzerland. [7] It was subsequently announced that they would train in Paris under coaches Claude Péri and Lola Esbrat. [1]

The pair debuted in late November at the 2024 NRW Trophy, where they won the gold medal. At the event, they earned the required minimum technical scores to compete at the World Championships. [8] [9] They would follow this up by finishing fourth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup. [8]

In December, the pair would win gold at the 2025 Swiss Championships. The following month, Vouillamoz/Bouvart competed on the junior level at the 2025 Bavarian Open, where they won the silver medal. One week later, the pair competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where they placed thirteenth. [8]

Towards the end of February, Vouillamoz/Bouvart competed at the 2025 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. They placed sixth in the short program and fourth in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall. [10] The pair were less than two points off the podium. [8] [11] Following the event, Vouillamoz said, "We are pretty happy with this [free skate] performance. We’re still a new team, so for us, every competition is about gaining experience. Of course, we wish we could have done better, there’s always room to grow, but overall, we’re satisfied with what we did today." [12]

Going on to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the pair came in twentieth place. [8]

Programs

With Vouillamoz for Switzerland

Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[1]

As a singles skater for France

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[2]
  • Les copains d'abord
    performed by Ken Gordon and Band
    choreo. by Mérovée Ephrem

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Oxana Vouillamoz (for Switzerland)

Competition placements at senior level  [8]
Season 2024–25 2025–26
World Championships 20th
European Championships 13th
Swiss Championships 1st
GP Skate Canada TBD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy TBD
CS Warsaw Cup 4th
NRW Trophy 1st
Competition placements at junior level  [8]
Season 2024–25
World Junior Championships 4th
Bavarian Open 2nd

Pair skating with Coline Keriven (for France)

Competition placements at senior level  [5]
Season 2022–23
CS Warsaw Cup 12th
Bavarian Open 9th
Trophée Métropole Nice 6th
Master's de Patinage 4th

Single skating (for France)

Competition placements at senior level  [3]
Season 2018–19 2019–20
Denkova-Staviski Cup 11th
Egna Spring Trophy 8th
Volvo Open Cup 11th
French Championships 7th
Competition placements at junior level  [3]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
JGP Latvia 16th
Challenge Cup 5th
Coupe du Printemps 8th2nd
Denkova-Staviski Cup 2nd
Ice Star 6th
French Championships 11th10th4th3rd
Master's de Patinage 6th5th1st

Detailed results

Pair skating with Oxana Vouillamoz (for Switzerland)

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [8]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS170.09 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
Short program TSS58.602024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES32.792024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS25.812024 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS111.492024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES56.882024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS54.612024 CS Warsaw Cup

Senior level

Results in the 2024–25 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 11–17, 2024 Flag of Germany.svg 2024 NRW Trophy 160.961109.351170.31
Nov 20–24, 2024 Flag of Poland.svg 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 358.605111.494170.51
Dec 13–15, 2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2025 Swiss Championships 154.21196.551150.76
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 Flag of Estonia.svg 2025 European Championships 1354.6212102.9913157.61
Mar 25–30, 2025 Flag of the United States.svg 2025 World Championships 1856.571999.1720155.74

Junior level

Results in the 2024–25 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2025 Flag of Hungary.svg 2025 World Junior Championships 654.82498.434153.25

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tom BOUVART: 2019/2020". International Skating Union . Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "FRA – Tom BOUVART". SkatingScores.com. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Keriven, Coline. "Hello everyone ☀️". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 "FRA – Coline KERIVEN / Tom BOUVART". SkatingScores.com. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Keriven, Coline. "D-3 before the Bavarian open in Oberstdorf". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Cadre International 2024-25" (PDF). Swiss Ice Skating. April 18, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "SUI – Oxana VOUILLAMOZ / Tom BOUVART". SkatingScores.com. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Minimum Technical Scores for 2025 ISU Championships". So You Want To Watch Figure Skating. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Slater, Paula (March 1, 2025). "Metelkina and Berulava defend Junior World pairs' title". Golden Skate.
  11. ↑ "2025 World Jr Championships - Pairs Final Result". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Oxana Vouillamoz / Tom Bouvart 🇨🇭 98.43 / 153.25". Instagram. Golden Skate. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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