Cléo Hamon
Cléo Hamon (born 25 November 2001) is a French pair skater. With her former skating partner, Denys Strekalin, she is a two-time French national champion (2020, 2021), 2018 Volvo Open Cup champion, and has competed in the final segment at three World Junior Championships (2017–2019).
| Cléo Hamon | |
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Hamon / Strekalin at the 2020 European Championships | |
| Born | 25 November 2001 Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France |
| Hometown | Montlignon, France |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | France |
| Coach | Claude Thévenard |
| Skating club | Club Olympique de Courbevoie |
| Began skating | 2006 |
Personal life edit
Cléo Hamon was born on 25 November 2001 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France.[1] Her brother, Axel, is a triathlete.[2]
Career edit
Single skating edit
Hamon began learning to skate in 2006.[1] Competing in ladies' singles, she won silver in the advanced novice category at the Rooster Cup in April 2016. She appeared once on the junior level, placing 13th at the Golden Bear of Zagreb in October 2016.[3]
Early partnerships edit
In the 2014–2015 season, Hamon competed in partnership with Xavier Vauclin. The two became the French national novice champions in March 2015.[4]
Hamon also skated with Brice Panizzi.[5]
Partnership with Strekalin edit
Early seasons edit
In August 2016, Hamon teamed up with Ukraine's Denys Strekalin to compete for France in pairs.[1] Coached by Mehdi Bouzzine in Courbevoie, they made their international debut in February 2017, placing seventh in junior pairs at the Bavarian Open. In March, they placed fourteenth at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[5]
In September 2017, Hamon/Strekalin debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing eighth in Riga, Latvia. In December, appearing on the senior level, they won silver at the French Championships, behind Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov. In March, they finished eleventh at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Competing in the 2018 JGP series, Hamon/Strekalin placed sixth in Linz, Austria, and fifth in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Making their senior international debut, the pair took gold at the Volvo Open Cup in November 2018. In March 2019, they finished ninth at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
2019–20 season edit
After placing eighth at the 2019 JGP United States, Hamon/Streklain debuted on the senior Challenger series with a seventh-place finish at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. They would go on to place tenth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, and ninth at their first European Championships.[6] Hamon/Strekalin also won the French senior national title for the first time, due to the absence of James/Cipres from the competition season. They finished the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they placed fifth.[7] Hamon/Strekalin were scheduled to participate in the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, which would have been their senior World debut, but these were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
2020–21 season edit
With the pandemic ongoing, Hamon/Strekalin began the new season at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where only pairs training in Europe competed.[9] They were fourth after the short program, and after the top-ranked Hase/Seegert withdrew, they placed third in the free and won the bronze medal.[10]
Hamon/Strekalin were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.[11]
In February, they won their second straight National title.[12] Later that month, they competed at the International Challenge Cup, placing fifth. On March 1, they were named to the team for the 2021 World Championships.[13] They placed twentieth in their World Championship debut.[14] Hamon/Strekalin finished the season at the 2021 World Team Trophy, where they finished fifth in both segments and Team France finished in fifth place overall.[15][16][17]
2021–22 season edit
Hamon/Strekalin began the season at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, where they finished in fourth place.[18]
They were originally scheduled to compete at the Nebelhorn Trophy, where the final Olympics spots would be decided, but were later replaced by Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre. It was later announced that Hamon would be taking a break from figure skating, due to health issues from a burnout, and that had been the reason for them being replaced at the Nebelhorn Trophy. [19] The team later split, and Strekalin began looking for a new partner in October.
Programs edit
(with Strekalin)
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2021–2022 [20] |
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| 2020–2021 [21] |
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| 2019–2020 [22] |
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| 2018–2019 [1] |
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| 2017–2018 [23] |
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| 2016–2017 [5] |
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Competitive highlights edit
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pairs with Strekalin edit
| International[24] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Worlds | C | 20th | ||||
| Europeans | 9th | |||||
| GP France | C | WD | ||||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 7th | |||||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 4th | |||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | WD | ||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 10th | |||||
| Challenge Cup | WD | |||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 1st | |||||
| International: Junior[24] | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 14th | 11th | 9th | 5th | ||
| JGP Austria | 6th | |||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 5th | |||||
| JGP Latvia | 8th | |||||
| JGP Poland | 15th | |||||
| JGP United States | 8th | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 7th | |||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| National[24] | ||||||
| French Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| French Junior | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Masters | 1st J | 1st | ||||
| Team events | ||||||
| World Team Trophy | 5th T 5th P | |||||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||||
Pairs with Vauclin edit
| National[4] | |
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| Event | 2014–15 |
| French Championships: Minimes | 1st N |
| N = Novice level | |
Ladies' singles edit
| International[3] | ||||
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| Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | 13th J | |||
| Bavarian Open | 15th N | |||
| Crystal Skate of Romania | 1st N | |||
| Grand Prix of Bratislava | 2nd N | |||
| Rooster Cup | 3rd A | 1st A | 2nd N | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 2nd A | 18th N | ||
| National[3] | ||||
| French Youth Champ. | 3rd S | 7th N | 9th N | |
| Levels: S = Silver; A = Basic novice A; N = Advanced novice; J = Junior | ||||
References edit
- ^ a b c d . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Course des Coteaux à Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (5 km) : duel au sommet". sportspassion95.fr (in French). 25 March 2018. from the original on 11 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Cléo HAMON". rinkresults.com.
- ^ a b "CHAMPIONNATS DE FRANCE 2015 - MINIMES" (in French). Fédération Française des Sports de Glace. 22 March 2015. from the original on 13 March 2017.
- ^ a b c . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
- ^ "2020 ISU European Figure Skating Championships Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (March 5, 2020). "Panfilova and Rylov claim Pairs' title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
- ^ . International Figure Skating. September 19, 2020. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ "ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Grand Prix of France figure skating event canceled due to coronavirus". Olympic Channel. 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Championnat de France ELITE". February 6, 2021.
- ^ [Worlds: The French Selection] (in French). Fédération Française des Sports de Glace. March 1, 2021. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (April 15, 2021). "2021 World Team Trophy: Day 1". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (April 16, 2021). "2021 World Team Trophy: Day 2". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (April 17, 2021). "2021 World Team Trophy: Day 3". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
- ^ @cleo_denys.sk8 (September 20, 2021). "Bonjour à tous. Cléo et Denys ne seront pas à Oberstdorf cette semaine pour le challenger séries" [Hello everyone. Cléo and Denys will not be in Oberstdorf this week for the series challenger.] – via Instagram.
- ^ "Cleo HAMON / Denys STREKALIN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. from the original on 14 September 2021.
- ^ . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
- ^ . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019.
- ^ . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Cleo HAMON / Denys STREKALIN". International Skating Union. from the original on 11 November 2018.
External links edit
- Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin at the International Skating Union