Camille Kovalev

Camille Kovalev
Camille Kovalev
	Mendoza/Boyadji at the 2012 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Alternative names	Camille Mendoza
Country represented	France
Born	29 November 1994 (age 27); Toulouse
Residence	Courbevoie
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner	Pavel Kovalev
Former partner	Christopher Boyadji
Coach	Laurent Depouilly
Former coach	Vivien Rolland ; Mehdi Bouzzine ; Diana Skotnická
Choreographer	Dominique Deniaud, Nathalie Depouilly
Former choreographer	Muriel Zazoui ; Romain Haguenauer
Skating club	Club Olympique de Courbevoie
Training locations	Courbevoie
Former training locations	Paris ; Montreal
Began skating	2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	156.55; 2022 Europeans
Short program	56.04; 2022 Europeans
Free skate	100.51; 2022 Europeans

Camille Kovalev (née Mendoza; born 29 November 1994 in Toulouse) is a French pair skater. With her husband, Pavel Kovalev, she is the 2022 French national champion, the 2018 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, the 2015 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist, and the 2015 Lombardia Trophy bronze medalist.

Earlier in her career, she competed with Christopher Boyadji and competed in the final segment at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

She began learning to skate as a six-year-old.^[1]

Programs[]

Season	Short program	Free skating
2021–22 ^[2]	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla performed by The Swingle Singers	The Curse by Agnes Obel
2020–21 ^[3]
2019–20 ^[3]
2018–19 ^[3]		What Love Can Be by Kingdom Come
2017–18 ^[3]	Long Tall Sally by Little Richard Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis performed by The Baseballs	What Love Can Be by Kingdom Come
2016–17 ^[3]
2015–16 ^[3]	Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini	To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra
2014–15 ^[3]	Industrial Revolution, Part 2 by Nic Raine	The Earth Prelude by Ludovico Einaudi

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–12 ^[4]	Mr. & Mrs. Smith by John Powell	Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer

International^[5]
Event	13–14	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
Worlds								TBD
Europeans								14th
GP France			WD				C	7th
CS Golden Spin						17th		WD
CS Tallinn Trophy			4th	5th
CS Warsaw Cup						13th
Bavarian Open	4th	4th
Cup of Nice		3rd	6th	8th
Ice Star							WD
Lombardia Trophy		3rd						7th
NRW Trophy	4th
Volvo Open Cup					2nd
National^[5]
French Champ.		2nd	3rd		3rd	2nd	WD	1st
Master's	WD	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

^ Pomiès, Fabien (25 April 2007). "Patinage artistique. Du talent et de l'élégance dans les patins". ladepeche.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ "Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Camille Kovalev & Pavel Kovalev". Golden Skate.
^ "Camille MENDOZA / Christopher BOYADJI: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Competition Results: Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV". International Skating Union.
^ "Competition Results: Camille MENDOZA / Christopher BOYADJI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013.

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