# Arnaud Caffa

Arnaud Caffa (born 20 October 1998) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Natacha Lagouge, he is the 2025 French national bronze medalist, 2022 CS Ice Challenge silver medalist, 2022 International Challenge Cup champion, and 2023 World University Games bronze medalist.

## Career
### Early years

Caffa began skating as a ten-year-old and started training in ice dancing two years later. His first partnership fell apart after three years.
His second partner was Justine Scache. The two competed in the novice category during the 2013–14 season and moved up to the junior ranks the following season. In the 2016–17 season, Scache/Caffa received an ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment and finished eleventh at the event, which took place in September 2016 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Their partnership ended after four seasons when Scache retired from the sport.
Caffa teamed up with Canada's Maia Iannetta after a tryout in mid-May 2017 in Novi, Michigan. The two represented France in junior ice dancing at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and Ice Star.

### 2018–19 season

After a year of training in the United States, Caffa returned to France in June 2018. He contacted French ice dancer Natacha Lagouge soon after her first partnership ended in November 2018. After trying out together in Lyon in late November and again in Paris in December 2018, he moved to Lyon at the end of January 2019 to begin their partnership.

### 2019–20 season

Lagouge/Caffa made their competitive debut in September 2019, placing tenth at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial in Slovakia. In November, they won bronze at the Open d'Andorra and placed sixth at the Bosphorus Cup in Turkey. They were sixth at the French Championships.

### 2020–21 season

Many events were cancelled in the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lagouge/Caffa competed at only one international event, the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed fourth. They were coached by Olivier Schoenfelder, Muriel Zazoui, Marien de la Asuncion, Neil Brown, and Emi Hirai in Lyon, France.

### 2021–22 season

Lagouge/Caffa decided to train under Maurizio Margaglio and Neil Brown in Helsinki, Finland.
In November, they took silver at the 2021 NRW Trophy in Germany and finished tenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup in Poland. They placed fifth at the French Championships in December. In February, they won gold at the International Challenge Cup in the Netherlands.

### 2022–23 season

Lagouge/Caffa won silver at the Britannia Cup in August, bronze at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in October, and silver at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge in November. They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo in Finland, placing 10th.
At the 2023 French Championships, the duo would finish fourth. Selected to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games, Lagouge/Caffa won the bronze medal. They would then end their season with another bronze medal at the 2023 Bavarian Open.

### 2023–24 season

Lagouge/Caffa started the season by finishing eleventh at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They then won the bronze medal at the 2023 Master's de Patinage. Going on to compete at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy and the 2023 Mezzaluna Cup, the duo finished seventh and third, respectively.
Selected to compete at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, Lagouge/Caffa finished tenth. They then finished fifth at the 2024 French Championships before closing their season with a silver medal win at the 2024 Bavarian Open.

### 2024–25 season

Beginning their season at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy, Lagouge/Caffa finished in fourth place. They went on to finish fourth at the 2024 Master's de Patinage before finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.
In early November, the team competed at the 2024 Grand Prix de France, where they finished eighth. The following month, they won bronze at the 2025 French Championships.

## Programs
### Ice dance with Natacha Lagouge

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2024–2025 | Voulez-Vous Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA Boogie Wonderland by Earth, Wind & Fire choreo. by Laurie May | HOW ARE YOU? NO REALLY by Jake Isaac ft. Joshua Luke Smith The Ball from (Le Bal des Folles) by Asaf Avidan Si c'etait le dernier by Diam's choreo. by Laurie May |
| 2023–2024 | You Give Love a Bad Name Let's Make It Baby King of the Mountain by Bon Jovi choreo. by Massimo Scali | River by Bishop Briggs Best Song by Daniel Caesar & H.E.R. Never Tear Us Apart by INXS performed by Bishop Briggs choreo. by Massimo Scali |
| 2022–2023 | Cha Cha: Suavemente by Paul Cless Rhumba: Mil Pasos by Soha Cha Cha: Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez choreo. by Laurie May | Human performed by Sevdaliza What About Us performed by Pink choreo. by Laurie May |
| 2021–2022 | Pookie by Aya Nakamura Partition by Beyoncé Mi Gente by J Balvin, Willy William | Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 12 "La Follia": I. Adagio by Antonio Vivaldi |
| 2020–2021 | Swing: Jimmy's Rap Foxtrot: Love You I Do (from Dreamgirls) | Sposa son disprezzata (from Bajazet) by Antonio Vivaldi |
| 2019–2020 | Swing: Jimmy's Rap Foxtrot: Love You I Do (from Dreamgirls) | Caruso performed by Il Divo |

### Ice dance with Justine Scache

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| 2016–2017 | Proud Mary by John Fogerty | Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams |

## Competitive highlights

* GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
* WD – Withdrew from competition

### Ice dance with Natacha Lagouge

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| European Championships | | | | | | 16th |
| French Championships | 6th | | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd |
| GP Finland | | | | | 10th | |
| GP France | | | | | 10th | 8th |
| CS Budapest Trophy | | | | | 7th | |
| CS Ice Challenge | | | | 2nd | | |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | | | | 6th | | 4th |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | 4th | | | 11th | |
| CS Nepela Memorial | 10th | | | | | |
| CS Trophée Métropole Nice | | | 6th | 3rd | | 5th |
| Warsaw Cup | | | 10th | | | |
| Bavarian Open | | | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | |
| Bosphorus Cup | 6th | | | | | |
| Britannia Cup | | | | 2nd | | |
| Challenge Cup | | | 1st | | | |
| Master's de Patinage | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |
| Mezzaluna Cup | | | | | 3rd | |
| NRW Trophy | | | 2nd | | | |
| Open d'Andorra | 3rd | | | | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | | | | 2nd |
| Winter University Games | | | | 3rd | | |

### Ice dance with Maia Iannetta

International: Junior :
| Event | 2017–18 |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 8th |
| Ice Star | 6th |
| National ||
| French Championships | 5th J |
| Master's de Patinage | 4th J |

### Ice dance with Justine Scache

International: Junior :
| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| JGP Czech Republic | | | 11th |
| Denkova-Staviski Cup | | 4th | |
| GP Bratislava | | 2nd | |
| NRW Trophy | | | 13th |
| Open d'Andorra | 4th | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | 8th |
| Volvo Open Cup | 11th | | |
| National ||||
| French Championships | 7th J | 10th J | 7th J |
| Master's de Patinage | | 7th J | 6th J |

## Detailed results
### Ice dance with Natacha Lagouge

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 173.52 | 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| Rhythm dance | TSS | 69.30 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Rhythm dance | TES | 40.05 | 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| Rhythm dance | PCS | 29.50 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| Free dance | TSS | 104.94 | 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| Free dance | TES | 59.84 | 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| Free dance | PCS | 45.16 | 2024 Grand Prix de France |
Results in the 2024-25 season :
| Date | Event | SD | SD | FD | FD | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Sep 12–15, 2024 | 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy | 5 | 68.58 | 3 | 104.94 | 4 | 173.52 |
| Sep 26–28, 2024 | 2024 Master's de Patinage | 4 | 69.13 | 4 | 100.13 | 4 | 169.26 |
| Oct 16–20, 2024 | 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 5 | 69.30 | 5 | 102.90 | 5 | 172.20 |
| Oct 31 – Nov 3, 2024 | 2024 Grand Prix de France | 9 | 65.89 | 7 | 104.10 | 8 | 169.99 |
| Dec 20–21, 2024 | 2025 French Championships | 3 | 71.83 | 3 | 111.05 | 3 | 182.88 |
| Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 | 2025 European Championships | 15 | 65.60 | 16 | 101.49 | 16 | 167.09 |