Romain Haguenauer
Romain Haguenauer (born 16 July 1976) is a French ice dancing coach, choreographer, and former competitor. He is best known for his work with four-time World champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron; and with three-time World champions and two-time Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
Romain Haguenauer | |
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Haguenauer in 2014 | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born | Lyon, France | 16 July 1976
Residence | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Former partner | Marianne Haguenauer |
Former coach | Muriel Boucher-Zazoui |
Retired | 1997 |
Personal life
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 master's degree in science, sport 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 former Swiss figure skater Jamal Othman.[3]
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 but had no regrets, having a strong interest in coaching.[1]
Results with Marianne Haguenauer
GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
International[4] | |||||
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Event | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 |
GP Trophée de France | 8th | ||||
Karl Schäfer Memorial | 4th | ||||
Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 1st | ||||
PFSA Trophy | 3rd | ||||
Skate Israel | WD | ||||
International: Junior[4] | |||||
World Junior Champ. | 8th | ||||
Blue Swords | 3rd J | ||||
PFSA Trophy | 3rd J | ||||
Ukrainian Souvenir | 3rd J | ||||
National | |||||
French Championships | 6th | ||||
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew |
Post-competitive career
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.[5][6] 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.[7] In July 2014, he moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada and began coaching alongside Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.[8]
His current students include (with medals won while coached by Haguenauer):
- Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (silver medalists in 2018 Olympics, four World and five European titles)[9]
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen[10]
- Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (4th place at 2018 Olympic games, silver medalists at 2018 Worlds)[11]
- Madison Chock / Evan Bates[12]
- Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac[13]
- Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz[14]
- Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus[15]
- Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha [16]
- Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette [17][18]
- Sasha Fear / George Waddell [19]
- Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson [20]
- Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal[21]
- Teodora Markova / Simon Daze [22]
- Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker [23]
His former students include:
- Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto[24]
- Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder[25]
- Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat[26]
- Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost[27]
- Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones[2]
- Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon[2]
- Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart[28]
- Louise Walden / Owen Edwards[29]
- Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz[30]
- Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam[31]
- Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette[32]
- Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam[33]
- Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero[8][34]
- Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno [35]
- Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (Gold medal at the 2018 Olympics, Gold medal at the Gran Prix Final in 2017, Gold medal at the Worlds in 2017, and 2017 Four Continents title)
- Haguenauer has also choreographed programs for singles skaters, among them Alban Préaubert and Sonia Lafuente.[36]
References
- "PATINAGE : "Ils n'auraient certainement pas gagné s'ils étaient restés à Lyon"" [Skating: "They certainly wouldn't have won if they had remained in Lyon"] (in French). Mag 2 Lyon. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016.
- Cowling, James (2011-09-22). "Romain Haguenauer: A Passion for Skating". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- "International Figure Skating". Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- "Marianne HAGUENAUER / Romain HAGUENAUER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017.
- Royan, Kate (2012-03-09). "Figure Skating Interview : Romain Haguenauer". Annecy Infosports. Alpes Infos Sports. "Interview patinage : Romain Haguenauer" (in French). 2012-03-07.
- Royan, Kate (2012-03-07). "Interview patinage : Romain Haguenauer". Annecy Infosports (in French). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- Luchianov, Vladislav (2012-06-07). "Creating programs: Haguenauer seeks 'balance'". Icenetwork.
- Pratka, Ruby (28 July 2014). "Romain Haguenauer: A New Era". IFS Magazine.
- Papadakis / Cizeron
- Beaudry / Sørensen
- Hubbell / Donohue
- Chock / Bates
- Lauriault / Le Gac
- "Great Britain's Olivia Smart has teamed up with Spanish ice dancer Adrià Díaz". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- Soucisse / Firus
- Lajoie / Lagha
- http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103365.htm
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/figure-skater-moncton-montreal-ellie-fisher-1.4320066
- Fear / Waddll
- Fear / Gibson
- Garabedian / Proulx-Sénécal
- Markova / Daze
- Hawayek / Baker
- Komatsubara / Koleto
- Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder at the International Skating Union
- Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat at the International Skating Union
- Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost at the International Skating Union
- "Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Alexis MIART: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012.
- Louise Walden / Owen Edwards at the International Skating Union
- Hurtado / Díaz
- Paul / Islam
- Paradis / Ouellette
- Ho-jung / Kam
- Robledo / Fenero
- Fukase / Tateno
- Peret, Paul (2011-02-02). "Préaubert Takes a Classical Approach". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
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