Isabelle Delobel | |
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Delobel and Schoenfelder at the 2008 Skate America.
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Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born | 17 June 1978 |
Residence | Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Partner | Olivier Schoenfelder |
Former coach | Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Tatiana Tarasova, Lydie Bontemps |
Former choreographer | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, O. Biollet, Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov |
Skating club | CSG Lyon |
Began skating | 1984 |
Retired | February 2010 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 212.94 2008 Worlds |
Comp. dance | 41.25 2008 Europeans |
Original dance | 67.25 2008 Worlds |
Free dance | 110.39 2005 Worlds |
Medal record
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Isabelle Delobel (born 17 June 1978) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With partner Olivier Schoenfelder, she is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European champion, and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion.
Delobel and Schoenfelder retired from competitive skating following the 2010 Winter Olympics, having skated together for two decades.
Delobel began skating at age six and began ice dancing after only a year in singles. She skated with her brother, Laurent, for three years. She later moved to train in Lyon.
Delobel and Schoenfelder were paired together in 1990 by coach Lydie Bontemps on the suggestion of Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov. They won a silver medal at 1996 Junior Worlds before turning senior prior to the 1996–97 season. They won their first Grand Prix medal at the 1999 Skate Canada. Early in their career, they were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui in Lyon, France. Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov were their choreographers from 1998–2002 and their coaches from 2000–2002 in Newington, Connecticut. While practising a lift at French Nationals in December 2001, Delobel tore an abdominal muscle, keeping her off the ice for six weeks and forcing the team to miss the European Championships. Feeling more comfortable in France, Delobel and Schoenfelder decided to return to Lyon and Boucher-Zazoui after the 2001–2002 season.
They won their first national championship in the 2002–2003 season. Delobel and Schoenfelder worked with choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo for the 2005-2006 season.