Romain Haguenauer
Romain Haguenauer (born 16 July 1976) is a French ice dancing coach, choreographer, and former competitor. He is best known for his work with the French five-time World and 2022 Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron; and with Canadian three-time World champions and two-time Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. He has also coached the top-ranking American teams of Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Personal life. Haguenauer was born on 16 July 1976 in Lyon, France. His mother, an elementary school teacher, and father, a lawyer , raised him in Ainay. After graduating in 1998 from Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 with a master's degree in science, sport and physical education (Capes d'éducation physique et sportive), he taught for a year at a secondary school, collège Jean-Monnet. In 2017, Haguenauer married Jamal Othman, a former Swiss figure skater. Competitive career. Haguenauer was coached from the age of five by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and competed with his sister, Marianne Haguenauer, for ten years. They placed eighth at the 1995 World Junior Championships in November 1994 in Budapest and won gold at the 1995 Ondrej Nepela Memorial . Due to his sister's health issues, he retired from competition at age 20. He had no regrets, as he had a strong interest in coaching. Results with Marianne Haguenauer. "GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)" Post-competitive career. Haguenauer worked as a part-time skating coach before becoming a certified coach in 1999. He has also served as a technical executive for the Pôle de Lyon. He has co-authored a children's book about skating, "Le p'tit ABC du patinage", with Alexandre Navarro. Haguenauer was formerly based in Lyon, France, working as a coach and choreographer in collaboration with  Zazoui. In July 2014, he moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada and began coaching alongside Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, at the Gadbois Centre. His current students include (with medals won while coached by Haguenauer): His former students include: