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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 five-time French national champion (2017, 2019–2022).

Kévin Aymoz
Personal information
Coach	Françoise Bonnard
Choreographer	John Zimmerman Silvia Fontana Renée Roca
Skating club	GIMP Grenoble
Training locations	Wesley Chapel, Florida Grenoble, France
Former training locations	Paris, France Annecy, France
Began skating	2003
World standing	12 (2020–21) 17 (2019–20) 27 (2018–19) 98 (2017–18) 29 (2016–17) 39 (2015–16) 90 (2014–15)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	275.63 2019 Grand Prix Final
Short program	96.71 2019 Grand Prix Final
Free skate	178.92 2019 Grand Prix Final
Medal record Representing  France Men's singles figure skating Grand Prix Final 2019–20 Torino Men's singles

Career

Early years

Aymoz began learning to skate in 2003.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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 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.[9]

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.[10] He placed second in the free skate, behind Chen, winning the bronze medal overall.[11] 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.[12][13] 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.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] He placed twenty-sixth in that segment, failing to qualify for the free skate, to the "shock" of much of the audience.[17] 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.[18]

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.[19] In February, Aymoz won his fourth national title.[20] On March 1, he was named to the team for the 2021 World Championships.[21]

Competing in Stockholm, Aymoz placed ninth in the short program.[22] Ninth in the free skate as well, he held ninth place overall.[23] 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.[24] He was subsequently announced as part of the French team for the 2021 World Team Trophy.[25] On April 8, 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.[26][27][28]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

Aymoz recruited hip hop choreographer Mehdi Kerkouche to work on his programs for the new season, seeing someone from outside the skating world to bring an "unexpected" perspective. Due to a case of athletic pubalgia, he was unable to practice on ice for two months, resuming training three weeks before Master's de Patinage, where he attempted less than his normal technical difficulty and won the bronze medal.[29] He subsequently attempted to compete at the 2021 Skate America, but withdrew after falling on all three jumping passes in the short program, citing his injury.[30] He was ninth at the 2021 Internationaux de France, skating with reduced technical content.[31] 

After winning the French national title, Aymoz was named to the French Olympic team. Competing at the 2022 European Championships, he was tenth in the short program but rose to fourth in the free skate, finishing seventh overall.[32]

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Aymoz placed tenth in the short program of the men's event, despite tripling a planned quad Salchow jump.[33] Jump errors in the free skate saw him rank fifteenth in that segment, but he finished twelfth overall.[34] He was eleventh at the 2022 World Championships to conclude the season.[35]

Personal life

Aymoz is openly gay and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.[36]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2021–2022 [37]	Euphoria: Still Don't Know My Name Nate Growing Up by Labrinth
2021–2022 [37]	The Question of U by Prince choreo. by Silvia Fontana, John Zimmermann, Renée Roca	Outro by M83 choreo. by Silvia Fontana
2020–2021 [38]	Indigene by Maxime Rodriguez Gorilla et Kabila by Lord Kra Ven choreo. by Silvia Fontana	Lighthouse by Patrick Watson choreo. by Silvia Fontana, John Zimmermann, Renée Roca
2019–2020 [39]	The Question of U by Prince choreo. by Silvia Fontana, John Zimmermann, Renée Roca	Lighthouse by Patrick Watson choreo. by Silvia Fontana, John Zimmermann, Renée Roca
2018–2019 [1][40]	Horns by Lick Twist, Bryce Fox choreo. by John Zimmermann, Silvia Fontana	In This Shirt by The Irrepressibles choreo. by John Zimmermann, Silvia Fontana, Kevin Aymoz	I Found by Amber Run
2017–2018 [7]	Wicked Game performed by James Vincent McMorrow arranged by Maxime Rodriguez	O by Coldplay Conquest of Spaces by Woodkid Run Boy Run by Woodkid arranged by Maxime Rodriguez
2016–2017 [5][41]	Radioactive by Imagine Dragons Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen	Condolence by Benjamin Clementine Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine	Le Portrait by Calogero
2015–2016 [4]	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

International[35]
Event	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Olympics										12th
Worlds							11th	C	9th	11th
Europeans					15th		4th	26th		7th
GP Final								3rd
GP Finland											TBD
GP France						10th	5th	3rd	C	9th	TBD
GP NHK Trophy								2nd
GP Skate Canada							7th
CS Autumn Classic							5th	2nd
CS Budapest											WD
CS Cup of Austria										WD
CS Golden Spin				12th						7th
CS Tallinn Trophy				7th
CS U.S. Classic											2nd
CS Warsaw Cup					10th				C
Denkova-Staviski						1st
Golden Bear					1st
Lombardia Trophy				3rd
NRW Trophy			8th
Printemps			2nd
Winter Star									1st
International: Junior[35]
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[35]
French Champ.	6th	5th	5th		1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
French Junior	3rd	3rd	1st	1st
Masters	4th J	WD	2nd J	1st J	5th		1st	1st	1st	3rd	WD
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

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
September 13–16, 2022	2022 CS U.S. Classic	1 83.52	2 152.65	2 236.17
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	15 85.26	12 160.20	11 245.46
February 8–10, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	10 93.00	15 161.80	12 254.80
January 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	10 80.39	4 171.82	7 252.21
December 16–18, 2021	2022 French Championships	2 86.57	1 191.07	1 277.64
December 9–11, 2021	2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	14 70.35	6 159.07	7 229.41
November 19–21, 2021	2021 Internationaux de France	12 63.98	8 164.10	9 228.08
October 22–24, 2021	2021 Skate America	11 58.14	WD	WD
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 15–18, 2021	2021 World Team Trophy	4 94.69	4 169.13	5T/4P 263.82
March 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	9 88.24	9 166.28	9 254.52
February 5–6, 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
December 19–21, 2019	2020 French Championships	1 97.73	1 188.72	1 286.45
December 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Grand Prix Final	3 96.71	3 178.92	3 275.63
November 22–24, 2019	2019 NHK Trophy	2 91.47	3 158.55	2 250.02
November 1–3, 2019	2019 Internationaux de France	3 82.50	2 172.14	3 254.64
September 12–14, 2019	2019 Autumn Classic International	2 94.76	2 167.71	2 262.47
2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 11–14, 2019	2019 World Team Trophy	8 85.22	10 153.83	4T/9P 239.05
March 18–24, 2019	2019 World Championships	7 88.24	12 159.23	11 247.47
January 21–27, 2019	2019 European Championships	4 88.02	4 158.32	4 246.34
December 13–15, 2018	2019 French Championships	1 95.40	1 167.25	1 262.25
November 23–25, 2018	2018 Internationaux de France	6 81.00	5 150.16	5 231.16
October 26–28, 2018	2018 Skate Canada International	10 78.83	7 151.26	6 230.09
September 20–22, 2018	2018 Autumn Classic International	8 64.19	3 162.93	5 227.12
2017–18 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
December 14–16, 2017	2018 French Championships	5 67.57	2 148.93	2 216.50
November 17–19, 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

References

External links

• Kevin Aymoz at the International Skating Union

На других языках

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[de] Kévin Aymoz

Kévin Aymoz (* 1. August 1997 in Échirolles) ist ein französischer Eiskunstläufer, der im Einzellauf startet.

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- [en] Kévin Aymoz

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[ru] Эймоз, Кевин

Кевин Эймоз[1] (фр. Kévin Aymoz; французское произношение: ​[ke.vin e.moz], Кеви́н Эмо́з; род. 1 августа 1997 года) — французский фигурист, выступающий в одиночном катании. Бронзовый призёр финала Гран-при (2019), пятикратный чемпион Франции (2017, 2019—2022).

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