Romain Ponsart (born 27 April 1992) is a retired French figure skater. He is the 2012 Triglav Trophy bronze medalist and 2015 Toruń Cup champion. He is a six-time French National medalist.
Romain Ponsart | |
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![]() Ponsart in 2018 | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born | (1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 30) Charleville-Mézières, France |
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 |
Retired | 2022 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 229.20 2018 Worlds |
Short program | 84.97 2018 Internationaux de France |
Free skate | 149.65 2018 Worlds |
Ponsart was born on 27 April 1992 in Charleville-Mézières, France.[1] He was previously engaged to American figure skater Mariah Bell.[2]
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]
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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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 | 11th | |||||
GP Skate America | 10th | WD | |||||||||||||
CS Golden Spin | WD | ||||||||||||||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 6th | ||||||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 4th | ||||||||||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 5th | 9th | 14th | 4th | 2nd | ||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 14th | ||||||||||||||
NRW Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Printemps | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
Toruń Cup | 1st | ||||||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||||||
Universiade | 9th | 11th | |||||||||||||
Tallink Hotels Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||||
Tayside Trophy | 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 | 4th | ||
Masters | 1st J | 2nd J | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 7th | 4th | 4th | |||
Team events | |||||||||||||||
World Team Trophy | 6th T 11th P | 6th T 12th P | |||||||||||||
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. |
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