# Benoît Richaud

Benoît Richaud (born 16 January 1988) is a French figure skating coach, choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. He has competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh.

## Competitive career

Richaud was a former student Boucher-Zazoui (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.
As a coach, his students have included:
* An Xiangyi
* Alexandra Feigin
* Stephen Gogolev
* Adam Siao Him Fa
* Bradie Tennell
Skaters he has choreographed for include:
* Jeremy Abbott
* An Xiangyi
* Olivia Bacsa
* Güzide Irmak Bayır
* Chafik Besseghier
* Anastasia Brandenburg
* Eliška Březinová
* Michal Březina
* Donovan Carrillo
* Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer
* Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin
* Loïcia Demougeot/Théo Le Mercier
* Polina Dzsumanyijazova
* Alexandra Feigin
* Gabriele Frangipani
* Julie Froetscher
* Stephen Gogolev
* Aleksandra Golovkina
* Anthea Gradinaru
* Daniel Grassl
* Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin
* Davide Lewton Brain
* Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté
* Wakaba Higuchi
* Moa Iwano
* Jin Boyang
* Janna Jyrkinen
* Livia Kaiser
* Jari Kessler
* Rika Kihira
* Eva-Lotta Kiibus
* Jessica Calalang/Brian Johnson
* Gabriella Izzo
* Kim Chae-Yeon
* Kim Hyun-gyeom
* Marilena Kitromilis
* Alexa Knierim/Chris Knierim
* Angelīna Kučvaļska
* Ekaterina Kurakova
* Arlet Levandi
* Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd
* Luc Maierhofer
* Maïa Mazzara
* Maé-Bérénice Méité
* Mai Mihara
* Kao Miura
* Satoko Miyahara
* Andrea Montesinos Cantú
* Lucie Mysliveckova/Lukas Csolley
* Andreas Nordebäck
* Nobunari Oda
* Başar Oktar
* Oona Ounasvuori
* Nina Pinzarrone
* Justyna Plutowska/Jérémie Flemin
* Aleksa Rakic
* Naoki Rossi
* Kaori Sakamoto
* Shun Sato
* Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot
* Adam Siao Him Fa
* Lorine Schild
* Noelle Streuli
* Makar Suntsev
* Daisuke Takahashi
* Denis Ten
* Bradie Tennell
* Lindsay Thorngren
* Ivett Tóth
* Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
* Lindsay van Zundert
* Deniss Vasiljevs
* Sōta Yamamoto
* Hana Yoshida
* Yu Xiaoyu/Zhang Hao
* Zhang He
* Zhu Yi
* Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik

## Results

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

### With Findlay

International :
| Event | 2008–09 |
| European Championships | 19th |
| International: Junior ||
| World Junior Championships | 10th |
| JGP Belarus | 3rd |
| JGP France | 4th |
| National ||
| French Championships | 3rd |

### With Brouiller

International :
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 |
| World Junior Championships | 13th | 7th |
| JGP Final | | 7th |
| JGP Estonia | 5th | |
| JGP France | | 3rd |
| JGP Japan | 4th | |
| JGP Mexico | | 2nd |
| National |||
| French Championships | 1st J | 2nd J |
| Masters | 2nd J | 2nd J |
| J. = Junior level |||