Brian Joubert

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Brian Joubert

Joubert at the 2004 World Championships
Personal Info
Country:	France
Residence:	Poitiers, France
Height:	179 cm
Coach:	Jean-Christophe Simond
Skating Club:	Club France F.F.S.G.
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	237.83	2006 Cup of Russia
Short Program:	80.75	2006 Grand Prix Final
Free Skate:	160.13	2006 Cup of Russia

Most Recent Results :
Event	Points	Finish	Year
2006 Cup of Russia	237.83	1st	2006
World Championships	270.83	2nd	2006
Olympic Winter Games	212.89	6th	2006
European Championships	222.95	3rd	2006
National Championships	-	1st	2006
Grand Prix Final	233.46	1st	2006-07

Brian Joubert (born September 20, 1984 in Poitiers, France) is a French figure skater. He is a four-time National Champion and two-time World silver medalist. He is also the current Grand Prix champion.

For the 2006-2007 Grand Prix season, Joubert was assigned to compete in Trophée Eric Bompard and Cup of Russia, and placed first in both events. His placement at these two events has earned him 30 points and qualified him for the Grand Prix Final.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Coaching Changes 1.2 Career Highlights and Trademarks 2 Competitive Results 3 See also 4 External links 5 References 6 Navigation

[edit] Biography

Joubert was born in Poitiers, France to Jean-Michel and Raymonde Joubert. He suffered a life-threatening illness at the age of 11 months, which led to the removal of one kidney. Because of this illness, Joubert chose figure skating over more violent sports that he favored. He began skating at the age of four with his two older sisters. The siblings started out with ice-dancing, but Joubert became fascinated with the jumping aspect of singles skating and switched disciplines.

Joubert has been considered somewhat of a heartthrob in his native country, France. This reputation has been contributed to by Joubert's short relationship with Lætitia Bléger in 2004.

Joubert is a sponsor for an association for children with Williams syndrome. In March 2006, Joubert published his biography, "Brian Joubert: le feu de la glace", in French.

[edit] Coaching Changes

Joubert trained for 15 years with Veronique Guyon because of his desire to remain close to his family in Poitiers. Guyon resigned from her position in the summer of 2003 due to her desire to spend more time with her family. Joubert then started training for the 2003-04 season with Laurent Depouilly, and took on Alexei Yagudin as his 'advisor'. Joubert parted ways with Yagudin because of Yagudin's dislike of Nikolai Morozov, Joubert's choreographer.

Because of a lack of support from his current coach, Joubert fired Depouilly and returned to Guyon for a brief period of time. However, Guyon's demands that Joubert stop working with his mother and that she should get paid by receiving 10% of his prize money from the 2005-06 season caused their relationship to further deteriorate, and Joubert parted ways with Guyon on October 2003. Joubert switched to Andrei Berenzitsev, but as of September 2006, is coached by Jean-Christophe Simond.

Joubert has also received criticism over his association with Didier Gailhaguet, the former head of the French skating organization. However, Joubert credits Gailhaguet as having helped his career enormously.

[edit] Career Highlights and Trademarks

In his debut at the 2002 European Championships, Joubert won the bronze medal. In 2004, Joubert became the first French European Champion in 40 years. At his second Olympic Games, the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, he finished sixth overall. He has also won the silver medal in the World Championships in 2004 and 2006. He won the ISU Grand Prix final for the 2006-2007 season in St. Petersburg.

Joubert is known for his strong jumping ability, being able to complete two quadruple toe loops, one in combination with a triple toe loop, in his long program. He also has a consistent quadruple salchow. Joubert has been criticized for the lack of variety in his spins, but the 2005-2006 season has shown a marked improvement in this area because of Joubert's work with Swiss skater Lucinda Ruh.

[edit] Competitive Results

Event	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games			14th				6th
World Championships			13th	6th	2nd	6th	2nd
European Championships			3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd
French Championships	10th	14th	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
French Masters				3rd	1st	3rd	1st	1st
Grand Prix Final				3rd		5th		1st
Trophee Eric Bompard				5th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st
Skate America			9th	1st		1st	3rd
NHK Trophy					4th
Cup of China					2nd
Cup of Russia								1st
World Junior Championships	15th
French Junior Championships	2nd	4th
Junior Grand Prix, France		4th
Junior Grand Prix, Poland		4th

[edit] See also

• World Figure Skating Championships
• European Figure Skating Championships
• Figure skating

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Brian Joubert Discussion Group
• ISU Biography Page

[edit] References

• NBC Olympics. Brian Joubert. Accessed 23 August 2006. Olympic Athletes
• Joubert, Brian, and Céline Longuèvre. Brian Joubert: le feu de la glace, Jacob-Duvernet (March 2006). ISBN 2-84724-105-1

[edit] Navigation