# Lloyd Jones (figure skater)

Lloyd Jones (born 1 August 1988) is a Welsh-French former competitive ice dancer. He represented France from 2009 to 2014. With Pernelle Carron, he is the 2011 Cup of China bronze medalist, 2013 Winter Universiade champion, 2010 Cup of Nice champion, three-time NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 French national champion. The two competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Earlier in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain.

## Personal life

Jones was born on 1 August 1988 in Cardiff, Wales. He became a French citizen in October 2013.

## Career
### Early partnerships

Early in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain. Following a partnership with Lucy Strange, he teamed up with Leigh Rogers. They won two British national junior titles and competed twice at the World Junior Championships. His next partner was Danielle Bennett, with whom he won silver on the junior level at the 2009 British Championships.

### Partnership with Pernelle Carron

In April 2009, Jones teamed up with Pernelle Carron to compete for France. They were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France, at the start of their partnership.
In their first season together, Carron and Jones won the NRW Trophy and became the French national champions, a title they won in the absence of the higher ranked Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. Carron and Jones were 12th at the European Championships and at that season's World Championships.
In the 2010–2011 season, they again won the 2010 NRW Trophy, as well as the 2010 Coupe de Nice, and finished 5th and 4th in two Grand Prix assignments, 2011 Skate Canada and the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, respectively. They were unable to defend their national title, finishing with a silver medal behind Pechalat and Bourzat. They moved up to 9th at the European Championships and again finished 12th at Worlds. After the season ended, they moved to the United States to be coached by Natalia Linichuk.
In 2011–12, Carron and Jones began their season by taking silver at the 2011 Cup of Nice. They then won their first Grand Prix medal together, bronze, at the 2011 Cup of China. At the end of the season, they moved to the UK to be coached by Marika Humphreys.

## Programs
### With Carron

| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
| 2013–2014 | Foxtrot: De-Lovely by Cole Porter Quickstep: Anything Goes by Cole Porter | Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky | |
| 2012–2013 | Polka: Cotton Eyed Joe Waltz: Tennessee Waltz Polka: Cotton Eyed Joe | La Chanson des Vieux Amants by Jaques Brel | |
| 2011–2012 | Mambo Historia de un amor by Perez Prado Mambo No. 8 | Jazz Night | Buona Sera Signorina by Louis Prima |
| 2010–2011 | La Valse A Mille Temps by Jacques Brel | George Gershwin medley Paint It Black Angie by The Rolling Stones | Seaside Rendez Vous by Queen |
| | Original dance | | |
| 2009–2010 | Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman | Adagio by Il Divo | Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman |

### With Rogers

| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
| 2006–2007 | La cumparsita by Ástor Piazzolla Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla | The Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman Corpse Bride by Danny Elfman |
| 2005–2006 | Samba: Loona Viva El Amor by Dj Sammy Rhumba: Con Los Anos Que Me Queden by Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr. Samba: Laundry Service by Shakira, Gloria Estefan | Hi De Ho by various artists Gee Baby Aint I Good to You by D. Redman and A Razel Hey Pachuco by E. Nichols |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### With Carron for France

International :
| Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
| Winter Olympics | | | | | 15th |
| World Champ. | 12th | 12th | 21st | 12th | |
| European Champ. | 12th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 13th |
| GP Bompard | 9th | 4th | | 8th | |
| GP Cup of China | | | 3rd | | 4th |
| GP Rostelecom | | | 6th | | |
| GP Skate America | | | | | 6th |
| GP Skate Canada | | 5th | | 7th | |
| Cup of Nice | | 1st | 2nd | | |
| Golden Spin | | | | | 2nd |
| Ice Challenge | 6th | | | | |
| NRW Trophy | 1st | 1st | | 1st | |
| Winter Universiade | | | | | 1st |
| National ||||||
| French Champ. | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Masters | 3rd | 2nd | | | |
| Team events ||||||
| World Team Trophy | | | | 6th T 5th P | |
| T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only. ||||||

### With Bennett for Great Britain

National :
| Event | 2008–2009 |
| British Championships | 2nd J |
| J = Junior level ||

### With Rogers for Great Britain

International :
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 |
| World Junior Championships | 20th | 17th | |
| JGP Bulgaria | | | 12th |
| JGP Czech Republic | | 9th | |
| JGP Netherlands | | 12th | |
| JGP Romania | 14th | | |
| JGP United Kingdom | | | 11th |
| Grand Prize SNP | 4th | | |
| National ||||
| British Championships | 1st J | 1st J | |
| J = Junior level ||||