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Angélique Abachkina

Angélique Abachkina
2016 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Angélique Abachkina Louis Thauron IMG 2920.jpg
Abachkina/Thauron in December 2016
Personal information
Native name Анжелика Абашкина
Alternative names Anzhelika Abachkina
Country represented France
Born (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 17)
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 12 in)
Partner Louis Thauron
Coach Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda
Former coach Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Olivier Schoenfelder, Diana Ribas
Choreographer Romain Haguenauer, Diana Ribas
Skating club Paris Bercy
Former skating club CSG Lyon
Training locations Novi, Michigan
Former training locations Lyon, France
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 152.17
2016 JGP France
Short dance 61.11
2016 JGP France
Free dance 91.06
2016 JGP France

Angélique Abachkina (born 26 January 2000) is an ice dancer who competes for France with partner Louis Thauron. They have represented France at two World Junior Championships, reaching the top ten in 2015 and 2016.

Angélique Abachkina was born on 26 January 2000 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Abachkina teamed up with Louis Thauron in 2012. The duo debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2013, placing eighth in Estonia and tenth in Poland. In 2014, they were named in the French team for the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Abachkina/Thauron placed 19th in the short dance, 15th in the free dance, and 18th overall. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Olivier Schoenfelder, and Diana Ribas in Lyon, France during the 2013–14 season.

Abachkina/Thauron changed coaches prior to the 2014–15 season, joining Igor Shpilband and Fabian Bourzat in Novi, Michigan. They placed seventh at both of their 2014 JGP events. Ranked eighth in the short dance and seventh in the free, they finished eighth overall at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Competing in the 2015 JGP series, Abachkina/Thauron won the silver medal in Riga, Latvia, and placed fourth in Zagreb, Croatia. They finished 7th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.


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