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Ponsero at the 2008 Skate Canada.
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Personal information | |
Full name | Yannick Ponsero |
Country represented | France |
Born | Annecy |
17 October 1986
Home town | Pringy |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Coach | Didier Lucine Sophie Golaz Claudie Lucine |
Choreographer | Amaury Reot Laurie May |
Skating club | SG Annecy |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 219.30 2009 Europeans |
Short program | 82.40 2010 Europeans |
Free skate | 151.85 2009 Europeans |
Yannick Ponsero (born 17 October 1986) is a French figure skater. He is the 2009 French national champion.
Personal life
Ponsero was born in Annecy, France. His sister Christina was also a skater, and after visiting her at the rink he began to skate as well. In addition to skating, Ponsero competed in skiing events until the age of 12. He studied to become a physiotherapist after retiring from skating.[1]
Career
Yannick Ponsero began skating at age 4. He represented the SG Annecy club and was coached by Didier Lucine for many years.
Ponsero won two medals at the World Junior Championships, a silver in 2005 and a bronze in 2006. Since the 2006-7 season, he has been skating only at senior events. He won the Coupe de Nice in 2007 and 2008.
For the 2008-9 Grand Prix series, Ponsero was assigned to Skate Canada and the NHK Trophy. He was first after the short program in Skate Canada but dropped to 4th overall due to mistakes in the long program. Ponsero then won his first Grand Prix medal, a bronze, at the NHK Trophy. He was an alternate for the Grand Prix Final. At the 2009 European Championships, Ponsero was 9th following the short program. He won the long program with a new personal best, but missed out on a medal by 0.06 of a point.[2]
At the 2010 European Championships, Ponsero was 3rd following the short program and 7th in the long program, finishing 6th overall. However, Ponsero did not compete at either the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver or the 2010 World Championships in Turin.
For the 2010-11 season, Ponsero was not entered into the Grand Prix series. In January 2011, he announced that he had decided to take time off from skating in order to focus on his studies.[3]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2010–2011 |
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2009–2010 [4] |
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2008–2009 [5] |
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2007–2008 [6] |
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2006–2007 [7] |
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2005–2006 [8] |
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2003–2004 [9] |
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2001–2003 [10][11] |
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Competitive highlights
Results[12] | ||||||||||
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International | ||||||||||
Event | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 |
Worlds | 14th | 18th | 16th | |||||||
Europeans | 12th | 12th | 4th | 6th | ||||||
GP Bompard | 5th | |||||||||
GP Cup of China | 7th | 5th | ||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 6th | |||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 7th | 3rd | ||||||||
GP Skate America | 5th | |||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 6th | 6th | 4th | |||||||
Coupe de Nice | 1st | 1st | WD | |||||||
Nebelhorn | 3rd | 6th | ||||||||
NRW Trophy | 1st | |||||||||
Universiade | 9th | |||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 8th | 14th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | |||||
JGP Czech | 5th | |||||||||
JGP France | 1st | |||||||||
JGP Germany | 5th | |||||||||
JGP Italy | 13th | 6th | ||||||||
JGP Netherlands | 9th | |||||||||
JGP Poland | 6th | |||||||||
JGP Slovakia | 3rd | |||||||||
EYOF | 2nd J. | |||||||||
National | ||||||||||
French Champ. | 14th | 10th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||
Master's | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | |||
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew |
References
- ^ Mittan, Barry (8 February 2008). "World Champion of Training". SkateToday. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "A new start for the French national champion". Icenetwork. January 30, 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO : I chose my studies over figure skating". annecy-infosports.com. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. "Interview Yannick PONSERO : « J’ai fait le choix des études »" (in French).
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 August 2007.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2003.
- ^ "Yannick PONSERO: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
- ^ "Competition Results: Yannick PONSERO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012.
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