Romain Ponsart
Romain Ponsart | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born | Charleville-Mézières, France | 27 April 1992
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Rafael Arutunian |
Former coach | Brian Joubert, Annick Dumont, Guillemette Ancelet, Elena Issatchenko |
Choreographer | Nikolai Morozov |
Former choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo |
Skating club | Charleville-Mézières Sport de Glace |
Training locations | Poitiers |
Former training locations | Champigny-sur-Marne, Courchevel |
Began skating | 1998 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 229.20 2018 Worlds |
Short program | 84.97 2018 Internationaux de France |
Free skate | 149.65 2018 Worlds |
Romain Ponsart (born 27 April 1992) is a French figure skater. He is the 2012 Triglav Trophy bronze medalist and 2015 Toruń Cup champion. He is also a seven-time French National medalist.
Personal life[]
Ponsart was born on 27 April 1992 in Charleville-Mézières, France.[1]
He is in a committed relationship with American figure skater Mariah Bell.[2]
Career[]
Ponsart began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2009. In 2011, he was selected to compete at the World Junior Championships and finished 17th.
In the 2011–12 season, Ponsart received his first senior Grand Prix assignment, the 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard, and placed eighth. At the end of the season, he won his first senior international medal, bronze at the 2012 Triglav Trophy. The following season, he struggled with injuries.
In October 2013, Ponsart injured his ankle at the Master's de Patinage, causing him to withdraw from the 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard.[3]
In August 2015, Ponsart relocated to Poitiers to train with new coach Brian Joubert.[4] However, the two had disagreements regarding training and ended the coaching relationship in November of that year.[5]
In 2016, Ponsart began training under his new coach, Rafael Arutyunyan.[6]
Programs[]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2019–2020 |
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2018–2019 |
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2015–2016 [1] |
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2014–2015 [7] |
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2012–2013 [8] |
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2011–2012 [9][10] |
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2010–2011 [11] |
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2008–2009 [12] |
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Competitive highlights[]
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[13] | |||||||||||||||
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Event | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20-21 | 21–22 |
Worlds | 16th | ||||||||||||||
Europeans | 14th | ||||||||||||||
GP France | 8th | WD | WD | 11th | WD | 11th | 6th | 9th | C | TBD | |||||
GP Skate America | 10th | WD | |||||||||||||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 6th | ||||||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 4th | ||||||||||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 5th | 9th | 14th | 4th | |||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 14th | ||||||||||||||
NRW Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Printemps | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Toruń Cup | 1st | ||||||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Universiade | 9th | 11th | |||||||||||||
Tallink Hotels Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
Volvo Cup | 4th | ||||||||||||||
International: Junior[13] | |||||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 17th | ||||||||||||||
JGP Belarus | 6th | ||||||||||||||
JGP Croatia | 6th | ||||||||||||||
JGP France | 5th | ||||||||||||||
JGP Germany | 5th | ||||||||||||||
National[13] | |||||||||||||||
French Champ. | 11th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | WD | 3rd | 3rd | |||
Masters | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 7th | 4th | ||||||||||
Team events | |||||||||||||||
World Team Trophy |
6th T 11th P |
6th T 12th P |
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TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Romain PONSART: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Meet "The Trio": Mariah Bell, Nathan Chen, and Romain Find Family in Figure Skating". USFSA. November 11, 2020.
- ^ Nony, Céline (13 November 2013). "Sans Besseghier, ni Ponsart" [Besseghier and Ponsart withdraw from Bompard]. L'Équipe (in French).
- ^ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (19 October 2015). "Career path takes Joubert to other side of boards". Ice Network.
- ^ Joubert-Ponsart, this is the end in French
- ^ Lesson, The Skating (2016-08-23). "Mariah Bell and Romain Ponsart have moved to Rafael". @SkatingLesson. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ "Romain PONSART: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Romain PONSART: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Romain PONSART: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Romain PONSART: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Romain PONSART: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Romain PONSART: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Competition Results: Romain PONSART". International Skating Union.
External links[]
Media related to Romain Ponsart at Wikimedia Commons
- 1992 births
- French male single skaters
- Living people
- People from Charleville-Mézières
- Sportspeople from Ardennes (department)
- Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade