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Gabriella Papadakis

French ice dancer

Gabriella Papadakis

Summary

French ice dancer

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height1.66 m
partnerGuillaume Cizeron (c. 2004–2024)
coachRomain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Catherine Pinard
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Gadbois Centre
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Gadbois Centre Gabriella Marie-Hélène Papadakis (born 10 May 1995) is a retired French ice dancer. With former partner, Guillaume Cizeron, she is a 2022 Olympic champion, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a five-time World champion (20152016, 20182019, 2022), a five-time consecutive European champion (2015–2019), the 2017 and 2019 Grand Prix Final champion, and a seven-time French national champion (2015–2020, 2022). They have won ten gold medals on the Grand Prix series. Earlier in their career, they won silver at the 2012 Junior Grand Prix Final and at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Papadakis and Cizeron have broken world records 34 times, which is in itself a record across all figure skating disciplines since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2004. They are the current and historical world record holders in the short dance, free dance, and combined total. They are the first team to have broken the 90-point barrier in the rhythm dance, 120-point and 130-point barriers in the free dance, and the first team to score above the 200-point, 210-point, and 220-point barriers in the combined total score.

The pair are recognized for their lyrical and musical style. Their programs, inspired by modern dance, have been described as lyrical, and commentators have frequently acclaimed the quality of their skating skills.

Personal life

Gabriella Papadakis was born on 10 May 1995 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She is the daughter of Catherine, a French skating coach, and Emmanuel, the owner of a food truck in Austin, Texas. Her father is from Korydallos, Greece, and his family has roots in Crete.

Catherine raised Papadakis as a single mother and in her memoir, Pour ne pas disparaître ("To Not Disappear"), Papadakis detailed their tumultuous relationship, describing Catherine as an "authoritarian mother" that was easy to anger. She further shared, "My mother and I became real enemies. She thought her strictness would save me from self-destruction. But I didn't know how to explain to her that I needed my mother, tenderness, and a break... I was suffocating from her pressure."

Growing up, Papadakis attended a music school, where she learned to play the violin.

In 2023, Papadakis came out as bisexual. In her memoir, Papadakis also shared that she was a sexual assault survivor, having been raped twice during her adolescence.

Career

Early career

Papadakis and Cizeron teamed up when they were about 9 or 10 years old in Clermont-Ferrand at the suggestion of her mother, Catherine Papadakis, who coached them from the beginning of their partnership. Many years later, Papadakis opened up about the negative aspects of this dynamic, alleging that her mother and Cizeron would constantly exclude her from decision-making, leading to her to gradually lose all self-confidence. She further detailed feeling that the only way her mother and Cizeron could get along was by "ganging up on her."

2009–10 season: Junior International Debut

They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2009–10, placing 15th at JGP United States. They were 22nd at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

2010–11 season

In 2010–11, Papadakis/Cizeron finished 4th at JGP France and then won bronze at their second event, in Austria. They advanced to 12th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

2011–12 season

In 2011–12, Papadakis/Cizeron finished 4th at both of their Junior Grand Prix events. They rose to 5th at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

2012–13 season: Junior World Silver & Coaching change

In mid-June 2012, Papadakis/Cizeron decided to move to Lyon to train with new coaches Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, and Olivier Schoenfelder. They competed in their fourth season of the Junior Grand Prix, winning their first title at JGP France and then taking another gold medal at JGP Austria, where they scored their personal best of 142.08 points. Their wins qualified them for the 2012–13 JGP Final in Sochi, Russia. Papadakis/Cizeron won the silver medal in Sochi behind Russian ice dancers Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin. At the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, the French placed second in the short dance. On the day of the free dance, Papadakis sprained her ankle in an off-ice warm-up before the morning practice. During the competition, she paused after 2:52 minutes and was allowed a medical break, after which she and Cizeron completed the dance. They placed third in the free dance and second overall, stepping onto the podium along with gold medalists Stepanova/Bukin and bronze medalists Aldridge/Eaton.

2013–14 season: Senior International Debut

Papadakis/Cizeron decided to move up to the senior level for the 2013–14 season. They made their senior international debut at the International Cup of Nice, winning gold. The duo then competed at two senior Grand Prix assignments, placing fifth at the 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard and seventh at the 2013 Rostelecom Cup. Initially named as alternates for the 2014 European Championships, they were called up when Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat withdrew. They placed 15th at the event, held in January in Budapest, and 13th at the 2014 World Championships, held in March in Saitama.

2014–15 season: World and European Champions & Re-location

In July 2014, Papadakis/Cizeron relocated with Haguenauer to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Pascal Denis joined Haguenauer as the duo's coaches. Their free dance was inspired by a ballet, Le Parc. The two began their season by winning an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic, where they defeated Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier. In November, Papadakis/Cizeron reached their first Grand Prix podium, winning gold at the 2014 Cup of China ahead of Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani and 2014 World champions Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte. Beating Gilles/Poirier again, they took their second GP title at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard and qualified for their first Grand Prix Final. At the latter event, held in December 2014 in Barcelona, they placed fifth in the short dance, third in the free dance, and third overall behind Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje and Madison Chock / Evan Bates.

In January 2015, Papadakis/Cizeron ranked first in both segments at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm and took the gold medal by a margin of 8.45 points over the World champions, Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte. In March, they competed at the World Championships in Shanghai, China. Ranked fourth in the short dance and first in the free dance, they finished first overall ahead of Madison Chock / Evan Bates, whom they outscored by 2.94 points. They were the first French skaters to win a World title since 2008 and the youngest World champions in ice dance in 49 years.

2015–16 season: World and European Champions a Second Time

On 28 August 2015, Papadakis sustained a cerebral concussion after a fall in practice. According to Dubreuil, "They clipped each other's blades, and she fell right on her head. The symptoms were instant. We could see she was walking wobbly; she had trouble putting words together." Subsequently, Papadakis/Cizeron withdrew from the Master's de Patinage in Orléans scheduled in the second week of October. On 12 November 2015, they withdrew from their Grand Prix events, the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard and 2015 NHK Trophy. Doctors were uncertain about how long her recovery would take. In March 2016, Papadakis said, "I couldn't go out, skate, read, or have a conversation with people. It was impossible to concentrate. I still have some symptoms."

Papadakis/Cizeron returned to competition in December to win their second national title. The following month, at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Papadakis/Cizeron placed second to Italy's Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte in the short dance. They were first in the free dance and won their second consecutive European title.

In March, a skate blade hit Papadakis' knee while she was practicing steps with Cizeron. The duo withdrew from their final competition of the season, the 2016 Team Challenge Cup in April 2016, because Papadakis had a mild case of mononucleosis.

2016–17 season: World Silver, European Champion x3

Competing in the 2016–17 Grand Prix series, Papadakis/Cizeron won gold at the 2016 Trophée de France and silver at the 2016 NHK Trophy, behind Canada's Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir. In December 2016, they received the silver medal at the Grand Prix Final in Marseille, France, finishing second again to Virtue/Moir. With numerous small mistakes popping up they were showing the most vulnerability since their rise to the top and were only 3rd in the short dance of this event behind Shibutani/Shibutani.

2018 Winter Olympics

In January 2017, Papadakis/Cizeron won their third continental title at the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, although they were only 3rd in the short dance behind Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev and Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte. At the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships they came in as underdogs after their previous defeats to Virtue/Moir. They won the free dance portion handily with a new personal best and free dance world record of 119.15 points, but due to another subpar performance in the short dance, lost for a 3rd straight time to Virtue/Moir, taking the silver medal.

2017–18 season: Olympic Silver, World Champion x3 European Champion x 4

For the 2017-18 Grand Prix season, Papadakis and Cizeron were assigned to the Cup of China and the Internationaux de France. At the Cup of China, they set their new short dance personal best of 81.10, a new free dance world record of 119.33 points, and a new overall world record becoming the first team to surpass 200 points with 200.43 points. At the 2017 Internationaux de France they set another short dance personal best of 81.40, a new free dance personal best and world record of 120.58 points, and a new overall world record of 201.98 points.

Papadakis and Cizeron won their first ever Grand Prix Final, setting another new short program personal best of 82.07 points, and a new overall world record of 202.16. They won their 4th consecutive European Championships ice dancing title, the first team to accomplish that since Marina Klimova/Sergei Ponomarenko from 1989 to 1992, handily winning both programs.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Papadakis and Cizeron finished second in the short dance with a score of 81.93 despite Papadakis suffering a wardrobe malfunction, and first in the free skate with a world record score of 123.35, to claim the silver medal. Papadakis and Cizeron finished the season at the World Championships, where claimed their third title with world record scores in the short dance, free dance, and overall.

2018–19 season: World Champion x4, European Champion x5

For the 2018-2019 Grand Prix Season, Papadakis and Cizeron were assigned to 2018 NHK Trophy and 2018 Internationaux de France. However, they had to withdraw from NHK Trophy because of Cizeron's injury to his back. Competing at the 2018 Internationaux de France in Grenoble, they won the gold medal and set new world records in both programs and overall. Cizeron stated: "I feel like we shared a very good moment with the audience. It was the first time we've done our free program this year, so we had a little bit of stress, but I feel the audience connected to it."

After winning their fifth consecutive French national title, Papadakis/Cizeron next competed at the 2019 European Championships, which they also won for the fifth straight time, setting new world records in the process. Cizeron expressed satisfaction with the free dance, which he called "almost technically perfect." They then went on to claim their fourth World title at the 2019 World Championships, again setting new world records in the rhythm dance, free dance, and overall score. Papadakis/Cizeron concluded the season at the 2019 World Team Trophy, setting new world records in both the free skating and overall score, while Team France finished fourth overall.

2019–20 season: European Silver

Eschewing the Challenger series, Papadakis/Cizeron debuted their programs at Master's de Patinage before making their first international appearance on the Grand Prix at the 2019 Internationaux de France. They set the world record in the rhythm dance again, eight points ahead of Chock/Bates in second place. They performed their free dance, performed mainly to spoken word poetry, and won the event by a wide margin. At 2019 NHK Trophy, they again set the world record for the rhythm dance with a score of 90.03, becoming the first couple ever in history to score over 90 points in the segment. Winning the free dance as well, they set another set of world records and qualified first to the Grand Prix Final.

Competing at the Grand Prix Final, Papadakis stumbled out of her twizzle in the rhythm dance's midline step sequence, leading to them scoring 83.83, their lowest rhythm dance score under the post-2018 judging system. They nevertheless placed first in that segment, albeit narrowly. They won the free dance decisively with close to their previous world record score, winning their second Grand Prix Final gold.

After collecting another French national title, Papadakis/Cizeron competed at the 2020 European Championships in Graz. After the rhythm dance, they were in first place, separated from Sinitsina/Katsalapov by only 0.05 points. In a close result, they lost the free dance and in the overall result finished behind by 0.14 points, winning the silver medal. This marked the first time anyone had beaten Papadakis/Cizeron since Virtue/Moir at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the first time they had been defeated in the free dance since the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final. The result was considered a major upset, with Katsalapov remarking "to get anywhere near Gabriella and Guillaume seemed impossible for all the skaters." Papadakis said "we can't always win and we accept that. It is a lesson for us that we probably needed. We knew the competition was very close, so yes, we knew we did not have room for mistakes, and we made them."

The European result generated immediate speculation that Sinitsina/Katsalapov could challenge Papadakis/Cizeron for gold at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

In her 2026 memoir, Papadakis revealed that she had been suffering with depression throughout the 2019–20 season following an abortion she had performed in early 2019. She further shared that shortly before the European Championships, she felt that she could no longer force herself to continue training. Despite allegedly voicing her concerns to Cizeron and her coaching team and informing them that she wanted to withdraw from the event, she ultimately decided to compete due to wanting appease her ice dance partner and coaches.

2020–21 season

With the pandemic affecting international travel, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location, but Papadakis/Cizeron were nonetheless assigned to the 2020 Internationaux de France, necessitating traveling from Canada to France. However, the Internationaux was ultimately cancelled due to the pandemic as well. Both skaters contracted COVID-19 in July 2020, after contact with a third individual, resulting in them being away from the ice for three weeks.

On 11 November 2020, L'Équipe reported that Papadakis/Cizeron would skip both the French and European championships for that season to focus on the World Championships in Stockholm, citing the difficulty of traveling back and forth between countries frequently.

On 20 January 2021, Papadakis/Cizeron announced that they would withdraw from the World Championships and would instead be focusing on the 2021/2022 season and the 2022 Olympics. Cizeron stated their reason: "We have never known such a long time without skating. The series of cancellations provoked a climate of uncertainty and doubt that is difficult for all top-level athletes to manage."

2021–22 season: Olympic Champions

Entering the Olympic season, Papadakis/Cizeron had not decided whether this would be their final competitive year, with Papadakis stating they were "both in that mindset of let's do this season, let's train for the Olympics and then we will see." For the street dance-themed rhythm dance, the duo enlisted outside choreographer Axelle Munezero to work on a program based on waacking, a dance style created in Los Angeles' LGBT clubs during the Disco Era. Papadakis and Cizeron spent six months studying the history of the dance before beginning the choreographic process, with Munezero saying she approached it as if she was "training dancers that wanted to become waackers and do that as a living."

The team began the year at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, winning the gold medal. Shortly afterward a controversy emerged relating to homophobic comments made by Russian skating judge Alexander Vedenin, who said that due to Cizeron's homosexuality there would always be a lack of chemistry between the partners. The French federation wrote a letter to the International Skating Union in response.

Papadakis/Cizeron were initially assigned to the 2021 Cup of China as their first Grand Prix, but after its cancellation, they were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia in Turin. They won both segments and the event, taking the gold medal. Cizeron cited improved levels on elements since the Finlandia Trophy as their main takeaway, while saying further improvement was necessary. At their second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, Papadakis/Cizeron again won gold. Performing at home in their own country, Papadakis said they "appreciate it now after the pandemic that it is possible to have an event with such a big audience." Their results qualified them for the Grand Prix Final, but it was subsequently cancelled due to restrictions prompted by the Omicron variant.

After winning the French national title again, Papadakis/Cizeron were named to the French Olympic team and opted to withdraw from the 2022 European Championships to avoid the risk of the Omicron variant prior to the Olympics.

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Papadakis/Cizeron began the dance event with a record-setting rhythm dance score of 90.83, 1.98 points ahead of Russian rivals Sinitsina/Katsalapov in second. Papadakis said they were "positively superstitious" about the Olympics as "we've always skated very well in China, and why should it be different this time?" They also went on to win the free dance, setting a new world record for total score (226.98). Cizeron said that "the silver four years ago made us to want the gold medal more than anything else. I think we've never worked that hard for a specific goal throughout our career. All the gold medals came one after the other without us really wanting them as a precise goal. This year we gathered the courage actually to want to win."

Papadakis and Cizeron concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held on home soil in Montpellier. Longtime rivals Sinitsina/Katsalapov were absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine. They won the rhythm dance by a world record score of 92.73, 3.01 points over training mates Hubbell/Donohue. In the free dance they set another world record (137.09) as well as a world record for total score (229.82), taking their fifth World title. With Hubbell/Donohue taking the silver medal and Chock/Bates the bronze, the entire podium consisted of skaters from the Ice Academy of Montreal. Papadakis remarked "we're so lucky to have been surrounded by our closest friends here on the podium. I think that's very rare and it's what makes it worth it – gold medals, and the event, and the work. I think friendship, in the end, is what stays."

In June 2022, Papadakis and Cizeron announced that they would take a one-year break from competition but would not rule out returning and pushing for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Cizeron said, "if we were stopping for good, we'd say it." On the possibility of continuing, Papadakis added "creating something new coupled with our will as artists would be a reason to come back. You need an inner fire to compete."

Papadakis and Cizeron extended their break for an additional season in April 2023. They officially announced their retirement as competitive ice dancing team on December 3, 2024. During a podcast interview with Championnes du Monde, Papadakis revealed that the main reason behind her and Cizeron's decision to split was due to her values no longer aligning with that of her partner's, her coaches, and the French Federation of Ice Sports. She further stated that she felt the Ice Academy of Montreal (IAM) no longer felt like a healthy environment for her to continue training in.

Post-competitive career

In 2023, Papadakis began choreographing competitive figure skating programs. She has most notably worked with French women's singles skaters, Lorine Schild and Léa Serna. In January 2025, she began working as an Ice Dance analyst for NBC Sports.

In a 2022 French documentary about Papadakis and former ice dance partner, Guillaume Cizeron, titled Le couple de feu ("The Fiery Couple"), Papadakis shared that she had gotten pregnant only weeks before the 2019 World Championships. She further opened up about feeling intense feelings of guilt over this as an elite athlete, alleging that after informing her coaching team at the Ice Academy of Montreal about her situation, they were unsympathetic and told her to "deal with it and come back," making her feel as though she had no other choice but to get an abortion. In her memoir, Papadakis further revealed that she suffered an on-ice miscarriage during her and Cizeron's exhibition performance at the 2019 World Championships due to a delayed effect of the abortion pill she had been given before the World Championships.

In 2024, Papadakis began advocating for the inclusion of same-sex partnerships in competitive figure skating. She shared that her goals for this initiative included creating more opportunities for female figure skaters, helping overcome problematic power imbalances in male-female partnerships, and promoting further creativity and representation in ice dance. Teaming up with close friend and former training mate, Madison Hubbell, the pair decided to begin skating together professionally. The duo debuted as a team at 2025 Art on Ice.

On 10 January 2026, Papadakis spoke with France Info, describing Cizeron as being a controlling, demanding, and critical ice dance partner. She further shared, "The idea of being alone with him terrifies me. His attitude throws me off balance. Sometimes he ignores me; sometimes he plays the best friend, as if nothing were wrong […] His coldness chills me to the bone." Papadakis also alleged that, one year before their final seperation, Cizeron had threatened to stop skating with her after she told him of her intention to file a complaint against a French figure skating coach that raped her during her teenage years while the couple trained in Lyon.

In her memoir, Pour ne pas disparaître ("To Not Disappear"), Papadakis went into further detail regarding her and Cizeron's split in her memoir, sharing that she had refused to continue training at IAM due to their continued association with fellow ice dancer, Nikolaj Sørensen, in spite of the sexual assault allegations that came out against him in late 2023. "I'm overcome with pure rage," she wrote, describing her reaction to Cizeron's refusal, "A rage I've never allowed myself to feel. I'm overcome with everything I held back when I personally experienced sexual assault. I'm sickened by the thought of being in the same photo with [Nikolaj], of being associated with him – given the protection the academy continues to provide him." The incident prompted Papadakis to leave IAM and cut ties with her former ice dance partner and coaches.

On 13 January 2026, two days before the Papadakis' memoir was released, Cizeron announced that his lawyers had sent a formal notice to Papadakis and her publisher. He further claimed that Papadakis' allegations against him were false and accused her of orchestrating a "smear campaign" against him. Following Cizeron's cease and desist, NBC Sports pulled Papadakis from doing commentary at the 2026 Winter Olympics, citing that her book created a "conflict of interest" due to Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry being assigned to the event.

World record scores

Combined total recordsDateScoreEventNoteFree dance recordsDateScoreEventNoteShort dance recordsDateScoreEventNote
26 March 2022229.822022 World ChampionshipsCurrent world record.
14 February 2022226.982022 Winter Olympics
22 November 2019226.612019 NHK Trophy
12 April 2019223.132019 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
23 March 2019222.652019 World ChampionshipsFirst couple to score over 220 points
26 January 2019217.982019 European Championships
24 November 2018216.782018 Internationaux de FrancePapadakis/Cizeron became the first-ever team to score a combined total of over 210.
24 March 2018207.202018 World ChampionshipsHistorical world record.
20 February 2018205.282018 Winter OlympicsBroken minutes later by Virtue/Moir.
20 January 2018203.162018 European Championships
9 December 2017202.162017–18 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
18 November 2017201.982017 Internationaux de France
4 November 2017200.432017 Cup of ChinaPapadakis/Cizeron became the first team to score above 200 points.
26 March 2022137.092022 World ChampionshipsCurrent world record.
23 November 2019136.582019 NHK Trophy
12 April 2019135.822019 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
23 March 2019134.232019 World Championships
26 January 2019133.192019 European Championships
24 November 2018132.652018 Internationaux de FrancePapadakis/Cizeron became the first-ever team to score over 130 in the free dance.
24 March 2018123.472018 World ChampionshipsHistorical world record.
20 February 2018123.352018 Winter Olympics
20 January 2018121.872018 European Championships
18 November 2017120.582017 Internationaux de FrancePapadakis/Cizeron became the first team to score above 120 points in the free dance.
4 November 2017119.332017 Cup of China
1 April 2017119.152017 World Championships
31 March 2016118.172016 World Championships
25 March 202292.732022 World ChampionshipsCurrent world record.
12 February 202290.832022 Winter Olympics
22 November 201990.032019 NHK Trophy
1 November 201988.692019 Internationaux de France
22 March 201988.422019 World Championships
25 January 201984.792019 European Championships
23 November 201884.132018 Internationaux de France
23 March 201883.732018 World ChampionshipsHistorical world record.

Programs

2018 European Championships
Papadakis/Cizeron at the [[2013 Trophée Éric Bompard

(with Cizeron)

SeasonShort danceFree danceExhibition2021–2022
2020–2021
2019–2020
2018–2019
2017–2018
2016–2017
2015–2016
2014–2015
2013–2014
2012–2013
2011–2012
2010–2011
Elvis Presley medley:

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Cizeron

InternationalEvent13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22NationalTeam events
Olympics2nd1st
Worlds13th1st1st2nd1st1stCWD1st
Europeans15th1st1st1st1st1st2ndWD
GP Final3rd2nd1st1stC
GP Cup of China1st1stC
GP France5th1stWD1st1st1st1stC1st
GP Italy1st
GP NHK TrophyWD2ndWD1st
GP Rostelecom7th
CS Autumn Classic1stWD
CS Finlandia1st1st
Cup of Nice1st
Golden Spin4th
French Champ.2nd1st1st1st1st1st1stWD1st
Masters3rd1st1st1st1st
World Team Trophy6th T
2nd P4th T
1st P
International: JuniorEvent09–1010–1111–1212–13National: Junior or Novice
Junior Worlds22nd12th5th2nd
JGP Final2nd
JGP Austria3rd1st
JGP Estonia4th
JGP France4th1st
JGP Poland4th
JGP USA15th
NRW Trophy2nd J
Trophy of Lyon1st J1st J1st J
Santa Claus Cup2nd
French Junior1st J1st J1st J
MastersWD1st J1st J1st J

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

Personal Bests are in bold. World record scores are in italics.

With Cizeron

|229.82|2022 World Championships |92.73|2022 World Championships |53.16|2022 World Championships |39.57|2022 World Championships |137.09|2022 World Championships |77.40|2019 NHK Trophy |59.70|2022 World Championships |207.20|2018 World Championships |83.73|2018 World Championships |44.37|2018 World Championships |39.36|2018 World Championships |123.47|2018 World Championships |63.98|2018 Winter Olympics |59.53|2018 World Championships

Senior career

Record in 2017-2018 Season marks the historical world records set before the introduction of the +5/-5 GOE judging system

2018 European Championships
2014–15 Grand Prix Final
DateEventRDFDTotal2019–20 seasonDateEventRDFDTotal2018–19 seasonDateEventRDFDTotal2017–18 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal2016–17 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal2015–16 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal2014–15 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal2013–14 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal
21–27 March 20222022 World Championships1
92.73 1
137.09 1
229.82
12–14 February 20222022 Winter Olympics1
90.831
136.151
226.98
16–18 December 20212022 French Championships1
94.481
132.481
226.96
19–21 November 20212021 Internationaux de France1
89.081
132.171
221.25
5–7 November 20212021 Gran Premio d'Italia1
87.451
132.611
220.06
7–10 October 20212021 CS Finlandia Trophy1
85.581
131.961
217.54
20–26 January 20202020 European Championships1
88.782
131.502
220.28
19–21 December 20192020 French Championships1
91.851
137.221
229.07
5–8 December 20192019–20 Grand Prix Final1
83.831
136.021
219.85
22–24 November 20192019 NHK Trophy1
90.031
136.581
226.61
1–3 November 20192019 Internationaux de France1
88.691
133.551
222.24
11–14 April 20192019 World Team Trophy1
87.311
135.824T/1P
223.13
22–23 March 20192019 World Championships1
88.421
134.231
222.65
21–27 January 20192019 European Championships1
84.791
133.191
217.98
13–15 December 20182019 French Championships1
85.891
135.061
220.95
23–25 November 20182018 Internationaux de France1
84.131
132.651
216.78
19–25 March 20182018 World Championships1
83.731
123.471
207.20
19–20 February 20182018 Winter Olympics2
81.931
123.352
205.28
15–21 January 20182018 European Championships1
81.291
121.871
203.16
14–16 December 20172018 French Championships1
79.011
123.101
202.11
7–10 December 20172017–18 Grand Prix Final1
82.071
120.091
202.16
17–19 November 20172017 Internationaux de France1
81.401
120.581
201.98
3–5 November 20172017 Cup of China1
81.101
119.331
200.43
6–8 October 20172017 CS Finlandia Trophy1
78.091
110.161
188.25
29 Mar. – 2 Apr. 20172017 World Championships2
76.891
119.152
196.04
25–29 January 20172017 European Championships3
75.481
114.191
189.67
15–17 December 20162017 French Championships1
82.031
120.601
202.63
8–11 December 20162016–17 Grand Prix Final3
77.862
114.952
192.81
25–27 November 20162016 NHK Trophy2
75.602
111.062
186.66
11–13 November 20162016 Trophée de France1
78.261
115.241
193.40
28 Mar. – 3 Apr. 20162016 World Championships1
76.291
118.171
194.46
26–31 January 20162016 European Championships2
70.741
111.971
182.71
17–19 December 20152016 French Championships1
73.601
110.301
183.90
16–19 April 20152015 World Team Trophy3
70.861
111.066T/2P
181.92
23–29 March 20152015 World Championships4
71.941
112.341
184.28
26 Jan. – 1 Feb. 20152015 European Championships1
71.061
108.911
179.97
18–21 December 20142015 French Championships1
71.401
109.831
181.23
11–14 December 20142014–15 Grand Prix Final5
61.483
100.913
162.39
21–23 November 20142014 Trophée Éric Bompard1
64.061
102.601
166.06
7–9 November 20142014 Cup of China3
62.121
98.001
160.12
15–16 October 20142014 SC Autumn Classic1
59.741
90.461
150.60
24–30 March 20142014 World Championships15
55.1113
86.3813
141.49
13–19 January 20142014 European Championships15
53.3314
78.2415
131.57
12–15 December 20142014 French Championships2
61.792
92.452
154.24
5–8 December 20142013 Golden Spin of Zagreb4
53.084
81.524
134.60
22–24 November 20132013 Rostelecom Cup8
44.497
79.787
124.27
15–17 November 20132013 Trophée Éric Bompard5
58.105
85.165
143.26
23–27 October 20132013 Cup of Nice1
60.051
87.881
147.93

Junior career

2012 World Junior Championships
2012–13 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal2011–12 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal2010–11 seasonDateEventSDFDTotal
27 Feb. – 3 Mar. 20132013 World Junior Championships2
61.583
81.682
143.26
11–13 January 20132012 Trophy of Lyon1
61.621
82.711
144.33
6–9 December 20122012 JGP Final2
54.792
84.422
139.21
2–4 November 20122012 NRW Trophy2
58.361
87.002
145.36
13–14 September 20122012 JGP Austria1
59.191
82.891
142.08
24–25 August 20122012 JGP France2
52.251
78.881
131.13
27 Feb. – 4 Mar. 20122012 World Junior Championships4
58.095
80.615
138.70
12–15 October 20112011 JGP Estonia5
49.893
72.905
122.79
14–17 September 20112011 JGP Poland3
52.135
68.695
120.82
28 Feb. – 6 Mar. 20112011 World Junior Championships15
43.979
71.5912
115.56
14–17 September 20112010 JGP Austria3
49.935
65.213
115.14
25–28 August 20102010 JGP France4
43.892
63.404
107.29

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