# Flavien Giniaux

Flavien Giniaux (born 25 June 2002) is a French pair skater. With his former partner, Oxana Vouillamoz, he is the 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur bronze medalist and placed tenth at the 2022 World Junior Championships.

## Personal life

Flavien Giniaux was born on 25 June 2002 in Le Chesnay and resides in Caen, France.

## Career
### Early years

Giniaux placed tenth in junior men's singles at the French Junior Championships in February 2020.
He teamed up with Switzerland's Oxana Vouillamoz at the suggestion of Bruno Massot. Coached by Massot, they began skating together in August 2020 at the Tissot Arena in Bienne, Switzerland. Vouillamoz/Giniaux trained but did not compete in their first season together.

### 2021–22 season

By the 2021–22 season, Vouillamoz/Giniaux had relocated with Massot to Caen and had decided to skate for France. The two made their competitive debut in early September, placing tenth at the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Košice, Slovakia. After winning medals at a few minor international junior events, they won the French junior national title.
In April, Vouillamoz/Giniaux finished tenth at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

### 2022–23 season

Beginning their season on the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Vouillamoz/Giniaux placed fifth in the Czech Republic and fourth in Poland. They made their senior international debut in October, winning bronze at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. They then made their Challenger series debut, finishing eighth at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. Vouillamoz/Giniaux won a second consecutive French junior national title, and then took the silver medal at the senior national championships.
At their final junior event, the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Vouillamoz/Giniaux finished second in the short program, setting a new personal best and winning a silver small medal. Giniaux called the result "amazing. We've worked hard. We have a great team at Caen, with our coach, Oxana, our staff we worked together, and we enjoy every day even if it was hard sometimes." They struggled in the free skate, sixth in that segment and dropping to fifth overall, finishing 5.80 points behind bronze medalists Sierova/Khobta of Ukraine.
Vouillamoz/Giniaux made their senior World Championship debut at the 2023 edition in Saitama. They qualified to the free skate and placed fifteenth overall.

### 2023–24 season

Vouillamoz/Giniaux won gold at the Trophée Métropole Nice, before being invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Grand Prix de France. They came seventh.
On December 5, Giniaux announced that Vouillamoz had ended their partnership.

### 2024-25 season

In April, it was announced that Giniaux had teamed up with Canadian Chloe Panetta to compete for France. The partnership didn't last, though, as at the end of June it was announced that Panetta had retired, ending their parnternship.

## Programs
### With Vouillamoz

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2023–2024 | Fortitude by Haevn choreo. by Karine Arribert, Pierre-Loup Bouquet | Valhalla Calling by Miracle of Sound choreo. by Karine Arribert, Pierre-Loup Bouquet |
| 2022–2023 | Inside by Chris Avantgarde, Red Rosamond arranged by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Bruno Massot, Pierre-Loup Bouquet | Between These Hands by Asaf Avidan arranged by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Bruno Massot, Pierre-Loup Bouquet |
| 2021–2022 | Men Should Never Fall In Love by Grandgeorge arranged by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Bruno Massot, Pierre-Loup Bouquet | Between these Hands by Asaf Avidan arranged by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Bruno Massot, Pierre-Loup Bouquet |

## Competitive highlights

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

### Pair skating with Oxana Vouillamoz

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
| World Championships | 15th | |
| French Championships | 2nd | |
| GP France | | 7th |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | WD |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 8th | |
| Master's de Patinage | | 3rd |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 3rd | 1st |
Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
| World Junior Championships | 10th | 5th |
| French Championships | 1st | 1st |
| JGP Czech Republic | | 5th |
| JGP Poland | | 4th |
| JGP Slovakia | 10th | |
| Ice Challenge | 1st | |
| Master's de Patinage | 1st | 1st |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 1st | |
| Winter Star | 3rd | |

### Single skating

International: Junior :
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| Volvo Open Cup | 11th | |
| National |||
| French Champ. | | 10th J |
| J = Junior |||