Geoffrey Brissaud
Lopareva / Brissaud at 2019 Junior Worlds
Born (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998
Limoges, France
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFrance France
PartnerEvgeniia Lopareva
CoachRoxane Petetin, Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis
Skating clubLyon Glace Patinage
Began skating2000

Geoffrey Brissaud (born 23 March 1998) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Evgeniia Lopareva, he is a two-time French national champion, a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a two-time ISU Challenger Series silver medalist, and a two-time International Challenge Cup champion (2021 and 2023). Earlier in their career they finished in the top ten at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

With his former skating partner, Sarah-Marine Rouffanche, Brissaud competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. They qualified for the free dance and finished fifteenth overall.[1]

Personal life

Brissaud was born on 23 March 1998 in Limoges, France. He was engaged to former Azerbaijani single skater Ekaterina Ryabova.[2]

Career

2018–19 season

Before the start of the 2018–19 season, Brissaud teamed up with Russian ice dancer Evgeniia Lopareva to compete for France. The new team received two international assignments - the 2019 Egna Dance Trophy, where they took silver in the junior division, and the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where they placed tenth.[3]

2019–20 season: Senior international debut

Lopareva/Brissaud made their senior international debut in September at their first assignment of the 2019–20 season, the 2019 CS Nepela Memorial Trophy. Here, the team placed eighth in the rhythm dance but made a comeback in the free dance (fourth) to finish sixth overall. The pair also set new personal bests in all three segments at the event.[3]

At their next Challenger Series assignment, 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, Lopareva/Brissaud again set another personal best in the rhythm dance. After taking the bronze medal at the senior French championships, they competed at the European Championships for the first time, placing fifteenth.[3]

2020–21 season: World Championship debut

Lopareva/Brissaud were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They made their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing seventeenth.[3] Their placement, combined with the sixteenth-place finish of the other French dance team competing at the championships, qualified a single berth for France at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the following year's world championships.[4]

2021–22 season

Lopareva/Brissaud made their seasonal Challenger debut at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, placing eighth. They were initially assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Cup of China, but following its cancellation, they were reassigned to the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia. They placed sixth at the event, setting new personal bests in the free dance and total score. They finished in fourth place at the 2021 Internationaux de France, setting new personal bests in the rhythm dance and total score. Lopareva said they were "very happy with the result" of their first Grand Prix season.[3]

After winning a silver medal at the International Cup of Nice, Lopareva/Brissaud won their second consecutive national silver medal. They were assigned to the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, where they finished ninth.[3]

2022–23 season: Challenger and Grand Prix medals

Lopareva/Brissaud won the silver medal at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy in their first international appearance of the season.[3] With Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron sitting out at least the season, Lopareva/Brissaud, were the most senior French team assigned to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, where they won the bronze medal, their first on the Grand Prix.[5] They finished fifth at the 2022 NHK Trophy.[6]

At the French championships in Rouen, Lopareva/Brissaud won the national title for the first time in their career.[7] At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, they finished sixth in the rhythm dance, missing the final flight of the free dance by 0.42 behind Czechs Taschlerová/Taschler.[8] They overtook the Czechs in the free dance, finishing fifth overall.[9] They finished twelfth at the 2023 World Championships.[3] Lopareva/Brissaud then joined Team France for the 2023 World Team Trophy, finishing fifth in the rhythm dance and fourth in the free dance.[10][11] Team France finished in fifth place.[12]

2023–24 season

For the 1980s-themed rhythm dance, Lopareva and Brissaud desired to skate to a less conventional choice, and took their coach's recommendation of the work of French synth-pop singer Mylène Farmer. Their free program was a "biographical" story using the music of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, with Brissaud playing Rachmaninoff and Lopareva his "muse and inspiration."[13]

Lopareva/Brissaud began the season at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International, winning the silver medal. They were invited to participate in the Shanghai Trophy, earning a second silver medal.[3] They started on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where they finished third in the rhythm dance, only 0.60 points behind Canadian training mates Lajoie/Lagha.[14] They were third in the free dance as well, albeit slightly further behind second-place, and won the bronze medal. Lopareva called the result "very, very special" given the strong field.[13]

Programs

With Lopareva

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2023–2024
[15]
2022–2023
[16]
2021–2022
[17]
  • Adagio In Sol Minores Mi 26
    by Hauser
  • Allegretto
    by Karl Jenkins
2019–2021
[18][19]
2018–2019
[20]

With Rouffanche

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–17
[21]
2015–16
[22]
  • Waltz: Valse Parisienne
    by Ian Hugues
  • Slow fox: For Me Formidable
    by Charles Aznavour, Jacques Plante
2014–15
[23]
2013–14
[24]
2011–12
[25]

    Competitive highlights

    CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    With Lopareva

    International[3]
    Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
    Worlds17th12thTBD
    Europeans15th9th5th4th
    GP Italy6th
    GP FranceC4th3rd3rd
    GP NHK Trophy5th
    GP Skate America3rd
    CS Autumn Classic2nd
    CS Budapest2nd
    CS FinlandiaWD
    CS Lombardia8th
    CS Nepela Memorial6th
    CS Warsaw Cup4th1st
    Challenge Cup1st1st
    Cup of Nice2nd
    Shanghai Trophy2nd
    International: Junior[3]
    Junior Worlds10th
    Egna Trophy2nd
    National[3]
    French Champ.3rd2nd2nd1st1st
    French Junior2nd
    Masters2nd J4th1st2nd1st1st
    Team events
    World Team Trophy5th T
    5th P
    TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
    Levels: J = Junior
    T = Team Result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

    With Rouffanche

    International: Junior[1]
    Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
    Junior Worlds15th
    JGP Estonia8th6th
    JGP France6th
    JGP Poland8th
    JGP Slovakia14th
    JGP Slovenia7th
    JGP United States8th
    NRW Trophy7th16th
    Santa Claus Cup2nd4th4th
    Tallinn Trophy3rd
    International: Advanced novice
    NRW Trophy10th
    Trophy of Lyon3rd1st
    National[1]
    French Champ.1st N2nd N6th J2nd J3rd J2nd J
    Masters5th J2nd J3rd J4th J
    Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.
    2. ↑ "Shifting Sands: Off-Season News Briefs". International Figure Skating Magazine. 25 April 2022.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Competition Results: Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020.
    4. ↑ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021.
    5. ↑ Slater, Paula (5 November 2022). "Guignard and Fabbri golden at Grand Prix de France". Golden Skate.
    6. ↑ "Ice Dance favorites floored as Fournier Beaudry/Soerensen (CAN) grab maiden Grand Prix gold at NHK Trophy". International Skating Union. 19 November 2022.
    7. ↑ Nony, Céline (27 January 2023). "Evguenia Lopareva et Geoffrey Brissaud près du podium au Championnat d'Europe" [Evgenia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud near the podium at the European Championship]. L'Equipe (in French).
    8. ↑ Slater, Paula (27 January 2023). "Guignard and Fabbri take slight lead at Europeans". Golden Skate.
    9. ↑ Slater, Paula (28 January 2023). "Guignard and Fabbri grab elusive gold in Espoo". Golden Skate.
    10. ↑ Mitsuoka, Maria-Lauria (13 April 2023). "Team USA takes lead at World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.
    11. ↑ Mitsuoka, Maria-Lauria (14 April 2023). "Team USA maintains lead in Tokyo; Korea and Japan follow". Golden Skate.
    12. ↑ Mitsuoka, Maria-Lauria (16 April 2023). "Team USA takes fifth World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.
    13. 1 2 Slater, Paula (23 October 2023). "Chock and Bates win fourth Skate America gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    14. ↑ "World Champs Chock/Bates (USA) rock Rhythm Dance at Skate America". International Skating Union. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    15. ↑ "Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023.
    16. ↑ "Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.
    17. ↑ "Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021.
    18. ↑ "Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019.
    19. ↑ "Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021.
    20. ↑ "Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.
    21. ↑ "Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
    22. ↑ "Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
    23. ↑ "Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
    24. ↑ "Sarah Marine ROUFFANCHE / Geoffrey BRISSAUD: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014.
    25. ↑ "Programme" [Programs] (in French). Official website of Rouffanche and Brissaud. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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