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 the French five-time World and 2022 Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron; and with Canadian three-time World champions and two-time Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. He has also coached the top-ranking American teams of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
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Haguenauer in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | France |
| Born | 16 July 1976 Lyon, France |
| 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 Jamal Othman, a former Swiss figure skater.[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. He had no regrets, as he had a strong interest in coaching.[1]
Results with Marianne Haguenauer
GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
| International[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, at the Gadbois Centre.[8]
His current students include (with medals won while coached by Haguenauer):
- Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (gold medalists in 2022 Olympics, silver medalists in 2018 Olympics, five World (since they won in 2022) and five European titles)[9]
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen[10]
- Madison Chock / Evan Bates[11] (bronze medallists in 2022 Worlds,[12] 4th place at 2022 Olympics)
- Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac[13]
- Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha[14]
- Sasha Fear / George Waddell[15]
- Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson[16] (British National Champions)
- Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker[17]
- Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto[18]
- Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu[19]
- Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho[20]
- Holly Harris / Jason Chan[21]
- Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming[22]
- Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer[23]
- Emmy Bronsard / Aissa Bouaraguia[24]
- Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius[25]
His former students include:
- Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus[26]
- Teodora Markova / Simon Daze [27]
- Ellie Fisher / Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette [28][29]
- Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder[30]
- Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat[31]
- Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost[32]
- Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones[2]
- Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon[2]
- Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart[33]
- Louise Walden / Owen Edwards[34]
- Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz[35]
- Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam[36]
- Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette[37]
- Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam[38]
- Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero[8][39]
- Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno[40]
- Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (Gold medal at the 2018 Olympics, Gold medal at the Grand Prix Final in 2017, Gold medal at the Worlds in 2017, and 2017 Four Continents title)
- Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (bronze medalists in 2022 Olympics, 4th place at 2018 Olympic games, silver medalists at 2018 Worlds,[41] silver medallists in 2022 Worlds[12])
- Olivia Smart / Adrià Díaz[42] (Spanish National Champions)
- Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal[43]
- Haguenauer has also choreographed programs for singles skaters, among them Alban Préaubert and Sonia Lafuente.[44]
References
- ^ a b c "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. from the original on 8 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Cowling, James (2011-09-22). "Romain Haguenauer: A Passion for Skating". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "International Figure Skating". Facebook. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Marianne HAGUENAUER / Romain HAGUENAUER". International Skating Union. 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). . Annecy Infosports (in French). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Luchianov, Vladislav (2012-06-07). "Creating programs: Haguenauer seeks 'balance'". Icenetwork.
- ^ a b Pratka, Ruby (28 July 2014). "Romain Haguenauer: A New Era". IFS Magazine.
- ^ Papadakis / Cizeron
- ^ Beaudry / Sørensen
- ^ Chock / Bates
- ^ a b "U.S. Skaters Win Three Medals on Final Day of World Championships".
- ^ Lauriault / Le Gac
- ^ Lajoie / Lagha
- ^ Fear / Waddll
- ^ Fear / Gibson
- ^ Hawayek / Baker
- ^ Komatsubara / Koleto
- ^ "Wang / Liu".
- ^ "Fukase / Cho".
- ^ "Harris / Chan".
- ^ "Chen / Sun".
- ^ "Fabbri / Ayer".
- ^ "Bronsard / Bouaraguia".
- ^ "Reed / Ambrulevicius".
- ^ Soucisse / Firus
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Moncton-born figure skater makes debut on world stage | CBC News".
- ^ 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. from the original on 19 April 2012.
- ^ Louise Walden / Owen Edwards at the International Skating Union
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ "Biography". www.isuresults.com.
- ^ Hubbell / Donohue
- ^ "Great Britain's Olivia Smart has teamed up with Spanish ice dancer Adrià Díaz". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Garabedian / Proulx-Sénécal
- ^ Peret, Paul (2011-02-02). "Préaubert Takes a Classical Approach". IFS Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-22.