Alban Préaubert
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Préaubert at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard.
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | France |
| Born |
20 September 1985 Grenoble, France |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Former coach | Annick Dumont, Pierre Trente, Thierry Gasc, Alain Fusco, Elena Issatchenko, Philippe Pélissier |
| Former choreographer | Romain Haguenauer, Pasquale Camerlengo, Karine Arribert, Corinne Meunier, Nikolai Morozov, Muriel Zazoui |
| Skating club | CMSG Charleville Mezieres |
| Training locations |
Champigny-sur-Marne Courchevel |
| Began skating | 1991 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 222.44 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard |
| Short program | 76.37 2010 Europeans |
| Free skate | 149.20 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard |
Alban Préaubert (born 20 September 1985) is a French former competitive figure skater. He won six ISU Grand Prix medals and five French national bronze medals (2006, 2008–11).
Alban Préaubert was born on 20 September 1985 in Grenoble, France. His studies focused on economy and management. He graduated with an MBA from ESCP Europe in May 2010. He expressed interest in sports management. As of 2011, he works for an asset management company in Paris. He has a red belt in judo.
Préaubert began skating in 1991. He was immediately attracted to skating after his father brought him to an ice rink to improve his balance for skiing.
Early in his career, he trained with Elena Issatchenko, champion of the USSR in 1965 and 1966, at Charleville-Mezieres. He later moved to work with coach Annick Dumont. Préaubert won the French junior national title and a medal on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. He skated at both junior and senior events in 2004–05.
Préaubert had a successful season in his first full year as a senior, with a podium finish at the 2006 French nationals, a 6th place showing at his first Europeans, and an 8th place in his World Championships debut.
For the 2006–07 Grand Prix season, Préaubert was assigned to 2006 Skate America and the 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard; he won the bronze and silver medals, respectively, qualifying him for the Grand Prix Final, where he finished fourth. He again finished sixth at the European Championships, but dropped out of the top ten at Worlds.
In 2007–08, Préaubert was again assigned to Skate America and the Trophée Eric Bompard; a fifth-place finish at Skate America dropped him out of contention for the Grand Prix final. He was tenth at the European Championships and was forced to withdraw from Worlds due to a back injury.
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