Kévin Aymoz

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Kévin Aymoz
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Kévin Aymoz at 2019 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Country represented France
Born (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 24)
Échirolles, Isère, France
Home townJarrie, France
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
CoachFrançoise Bonnard
Silvia Fontana
John Zimmerman
Former coachKatia Krier
Véronique Cartau
Didier Lucine
Sophie Golaz
Claudine Lucine
Catherine Faure
Bernard Glesser
Jean-François Ballester
ChoreographerJohn Zimmerman
Silvia Fontana
Renée Roca
Skating clubGIMP Grenoble
Training locationsWesley Chapel, Florida
Grenoble, France
Former training locationsParis, France
Annecy, France
Began skating2003
World standing29 (2018–19)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total275.63
2019 Grand Prix Final
Short program96.71
2019 Grand Prix Final
Free skate178.92
2019 Grand Prix Final
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Medal record
Representing  France
Men's singles figure skating
Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2019–20 Torino Men's singles

Kévin Aymoz (French pronunciation: ​[ke.vin e.moz]; born 1 August 1997) is a French figure skater. He is the 2019 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2019 Internationaux de France bronze medalist, the 2019 NHK Trophy silver medalist, and has placed as high as 4th at the European Championships. He is a four-time French national champion (2017, 2019–2021).

Career[]

Early years[]

Aymoz began learning to skate in 2003.[2] He became the French national junior bronze medalist in the 2012–2013 season and repeated the following season.

2014–2015 season: Senior international debut[]

Aymoz started the 2014–2015 season on the junior level, winning gold at the Lombardia Trophy and bronze at the International Cup of Nice. Making his senior international debut, he finished eighth at the 2014 NRW Trophy at the end of November. He placed fifth on the senior level at the French Championships, held in December, before winning the national junior title, in February 2015. Aymoz ended his season with a senior international medal, silver at the Coupe du Printemps in March.

2015–2016 season: Junior Grand Prix debut[]

Early in the season, Aymoz was coached by Véronique Cartau, Bernard Glesser, and Jean-François Ballester in Grenoble.[3] His ISU Junior Grand Prix debut came in late August 2015; he placed fourth at his sole assignment, in Riga, Latvia. After winning the senior bronze medal at the Lombardia Trophy in September, he made his first appearances on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), placing seventh at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy in November and twelfth at the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb in December.

In February 2016, Aymoz won his second French national junior title.[4] In March, he represented France at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary; he qualified for the free skate by placing fifth in the short program. He finished ninth overall after placing eleventh in the free skating. By the end of the season, he was training in both Grenoble and Annecy, overseen by Cartau, Didier Lucine, Claudine Lucine, and Sophie Golaz.[5]

2016–2017 season: First national title[]

In the first half of the season, Aymoz was coached by Didier Lucine, Sophie Golaz, and Véronique Cartau in Annecy.[6] In December 2016, he won the French national title. On 16 January 2017, the FFSG reported that Aymoz had decided to return to Grenoble and that the federation had sent Katia Krier for the intermediary period.[7] He placed fifteenth at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

2017–2018 season[]

During the season, Aymoz trained with Katia Krier in Paris and with John Zimmerman in Tampa, Florida.[8] He took gold at the Denkova-Staviski Cup and finished tenth at his debut Grand Prix event, the 2017 Internationaux de France. His season ended after he finished second to Chafik Besseghier at the French Championships.

2018–2019 season: Second national title[]

At his first event of the season, the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International, Aymoz placed eight in the short, third in the free, and fifth overall.

Aymoz received two Grand Prix assignments, the 2018 Skate Canada International and 2018 Internationaux de France. He placed seventh and fifth, respectively. At the close of the year, Aymoz won his second French national title.

At the 2019 European Championships, Aymoz placed fourth in both the short program and free skate, finishing fourth overall, and only 0.74 points behind bronze medalist Matteo Rizzo of Italy.[9] At the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, he placed eleventh, setting a new personal best in the short program and total score.

2019–2020 season: Grand Prix Final bronze[]

Aymoz at the 2019 Internationaux de France

Aymoz again began his season on the Challenger series at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, where he won the silver medal with second-place finishes in both segments. Aymoz landed two quads in a free skate for the first time.[10]

On the Grand Prix, Aymoz competed first at the 2019 Internationaux de France, where a fall on his combination attempt in the short program left him in third place, distantly behind Nathan Chen and Alexander Samarin but only a few points ahead of Shoma Uno.[11] He placed second in the free skate, behind Chen, winning the bronze medal overall.[12] Aymoz then continued this successful streak by winning silver at the following NHK Trophy and thereby qualifying for the Grand Prix Final. He was second in the short program behind Yuzuru Hanyu, making only a small error on his quad toe loop, and third in the free skate behind Hanyu and Roman Sadovsky.[13][14] Competing at the Final, Aymoz placed third in the short program, skating cleanly despite a musical mishap that initially played the music of competitor Dmitri Aliev.[15] Third in the free skate as well with only one error with a fall on an underrotated quad toe, he won the bronze medal, the first Frenchman to medal at the Final since Brian Joubert in 2006.[16]

After winning the French national title again, Aymoz headed into the 2020 European Championships as one of the favourites to take the title. However, in what commentators dubbed "a day to forget" for the skater, all three of his jumping passes failed in the short program.[17] He placed twenty-sixth in that segment, failing to qualify for the free skate, to the "shock" of much of the audience.[18] This proved to be Aymoz's final competition for the season, as the World Championships in Montreal were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[19]

2020–2021 season[]

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based largely on geographic location, with Aymoz being assigned to the 2020 Internationaux de France. However, this event was subsequently cancelled.[20] In February, Aymoz won his fourth national title.[21] On March 1, he was named to the team for the 2021 World Championships.[22]

Competing in Stockholm, Aymoz placed ninth in the short program.[23] Ninth in the free skate as well, he held ninth place overall.[24] Aymoz's result qualified one men's berth for France at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the possibility of a second to be earned later.[25] He was subsequently announced as part of the French team for the 2021 World Team Trophy.[26] On April 8th, he was named as team captain. Aymoz placed fourth in both the short program and the free skate, while Team France finished in fifth place.[27][28][29]

Programs[]

Aymoz performing short program at the 2019 Internationaux de France
Aymoz at the 2019 Internationaux de France
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2019–2020
[30]
2018–2019
[2][31]
2017–2018
[8]
2016–2017
[6][32]
2015–2016
[5]
  • Hallelujah
    by Leonard Cohen
  • Torn - Resolve
    by Nathan Lanier
  • Le Portrait
    by Calogero

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Aymoz (right) with Nathan Chen (center) and Alexander Samarin (left) at the 2019 Internationaux de France
International[33]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Worlds 11th C 9th
Europeans 15th 4th 26th
GP Final 3rd
GP France 10th 5th 3rd C TBD
GP NHK Trophy 2nd
GP Skate America TBD
GP Skate Canada 7th
CS Autumn Classic 5th 2nd
CS Golden Spin 12th
CS Tallinn Trophy 7th
CS Warsaw Cup 10th C
Challenge Cup WD
Denkova-Staviski 1st
Golden Bear 1st
Lombardia Trophy 3rd
NRW Trophy 8th
Printemps 2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup WD
Winter Star 1st
International: Junior[33]
Junior Worlds 9th 7th
JGP France 4th
JGP Latvia 4th
JGP Slovenia 6th
Cup of Nice 3rd
Egna Trophy 4th 3rd
Lombardia Trophy 1st 1st
Rooster Cup 2nd N
National[33]
French Champ. 6th 5th 5th 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st
French Junior 3rd 3rd 1st 1st
Masters 4th J WD 2nd J 1st J 1st 1st 1st
Team events
World Team Trophy 6th T
11th P		 4th T
9th P		 5th T
4th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results[]

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only. ISU personal bests highlighted in bold. Historic ISU personal bests highlighted in bold and italicized.

Senior career[]

2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
15–18 April 2021 2021 World Team Trophy 4
94.69 		4
169.13 		5T/4P
263.82
22–28 March 2021 2021 World Championships 9
88.24 		9
166.28 		9
254.52
5–6 February 2021 2021 French Championships 1
96.01 		1
188.49 		1
284.50
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 29–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 26
64.40
– 		26
64.40
19–21 December 2019 2020 French Championships 1
97.73 		1
188.72 		1
286.45
5–8 December 2019 2019–20 Grand Prix Final 3
96.71 		3
178.92 		3
275.63
22–24 November 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 2
91.47 		3
158.55 		2
250.02
1–3 November 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 3
82.50 		2
172.14 		3
254.64
12–14 September 2019 2019 Autumn Classic International 2
94.76 		2
167.71 		2
262.47
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
11–14 April 2019 2019 World Team Trophy 8
85.22 		10
153.83 		4T/9P
239.05
18–24 March 2019 2019 World Championships 7
88.24 		12
159.23 		11
247.47
21–27 January 2019 2019 European Championships 4
88.02 		4
158.32 		4
246.34
13–15 December 2018 2019 French Championships 1
95.40 		1
167.25 		1
262.25
23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 6
81.00 		5
150.16 		5
231.16
26–28 October 2018 2018 Skate Canada International 10
78.83 		7
151.26 		6
230.09
20–22 September 2018 2018 Autumn Classic International 8
64.19 		3
162.93 		5
227.12
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
14–16 December 2017 2018 French Championships 5
67.57 		2
148.93 		2
216.50
17–19 November 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 9
70.00 		9
150.43 		10
220.43

Junior level[]

2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
20–23 April 2017 2017 World Team Trophy Senior 9
67.23 		11
127.43 		6T/11P
194.66
15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 6
77.24 		8
141.39 		7
218.63
25–29 January 2017 2017 European Championships Senior 13
71.26 		18
128.21 		15
199.47
15–17 December 2016 2017 French Championships Senior 1
78.90 		1
155.76 		1
234.66
17–20 November 2016 2016 CS Warsaw Cup Senior 10
60.61 		11
115.93 		10
176.54

Personal life[]

He is openly gay and was the among the 6 French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.[34]

References[]

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