Benoît Richaud

Competitive career

Richaud was a former student of (a school in Lyon). He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet.

From 2005 to 2007, he skated with Élodie Brouiller. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006. They ended their partnership in 2007.

Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's Terra Findlay in November 2007. During the 2008–2009 season, they placed 10th at the World Junior Championships. Their partnership concluded at the end of the season.

Post-competitive career

Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Richaud has been working as a coach and choreographer in Nice. In an interview in February 2024, he talked about how he assisted his students during competitions. He was nominated for and won the "Best Figure Skating Choreographer" at the 2024 ISU Skating awards. He was also nominated in 2025.

As a coach, his students have included:

• CHN An Xiangyi
• USA Alina Bonillo
• BUL Alexandra Feigin
• CAN Stephen Gogolev
• USA Maxim Naumov
• FRA Adam Siao Him Fa
• USA Bradie Tennell

Skaters he has choreographed for include:

• USA Jeremy Abbott
• CHN An Xiangyi
• SUI Olivia Bacsa
• TUR Güzide Irmak Bayır
• FRA Chafik Besseghier
• USA Alina Bonillo
• SUI Anastasia Brandenburg
• CZE Eliška Březinová
• CZE Michal Březina
• MEX Donovan Carrillo
• CHN Chen Yuxuan/Dong Yinbo
• SUI Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer
• GEO Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin
• FRA Loïcia Demougeot/Théo Le Mercier
• HUN Polina Dzsumanyijazova
• GEO Nika Egadze
• BUL Alexandra Feigin
• USA Kate Finster/Balázs Nagy
• ITA Gabriele Frangipani
• FRA Julie Froetscher
• GER Genrikh Gartung
• CAN Stephen Gogolev
• LTU Aleksandra Golovkina
• SUI Anthea Gradinaru
• ITA Daniel Grassl
• GER Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin
• MON Davide Lewton Brain
• ESP Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté
• JPN Wakaba Higuchi
• JPN Moa Iwano
• CHN Jin Boyang
• FIN Janna Jyrkinen
• SUI Livia Kaiser
• CRO Jari Kessler
• JPN Rika Kihira
• EST Eva-Lotta Kiibus
• USA Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson
• USA Gabriella Izzo
• KOR Kim Chae-Yeon
• KOR Kim Hyun-gyeom
• CYP Marilena Kitromilis
• USA Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim
• LAT Angelīna Kučvaļska
• POL Ekaterina Kurakova
• EST Arlet Levandi
• RUS Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd
• AUT Luc Maierhofer
• FRA Maïa Mazzara
• FRA Maé-Bérénice Méité
• GEO Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava
• JPN Mai Mihara
• JPN Kao Miura
• JPN Satoko Miyahara
• MEX Andrea Montesinos Cantú
• RUS Sofia Muravieva
• HUN Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley
• USA Maxim Naumov
• SWE Andreas Nordebäck
• JPN Nobunari Oda
• TUR Başar Oktar
• FIN Oona Ounasvuori
• HUN Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko
• BEL Nina Pinzarrone
• FRA François Pitot
• POL Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin
• CAN Aleksa Rakic
• BEL Lilou Remeysen
• SUI Naoki Rossi
• JPN Kaori Sakamoto
• JPN Shun Sato
• GER Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot
• ISR Mariia Seniuk
• FRA Adam Siao Him Fa
• FRA Lorine Schild
• POL Noelle Streuli
• FIN Makar Suntsev
• JPN Daisuke Takahashi
• KAZ Denis Ten
• USA Bradie Tennell
• USA Lindsay Thorngren
• HUN Ivett Tóth
• RUS Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
• NED Lindsay van Zundert
• LAT Deniss Vasiljevs
• CHN Wang Yihan
• JPN Sōta Yamamoto
• JPN Hana Yoshida
• CHN Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao
• CHN Zhang He
• CHN Zhang Jiaxuan/Huang Yihang
• CHN Zhu Yi
• USA Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik

Results

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

With Findlay

With Brouiller

References

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