Lloyd Jones | |
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Jones with Carron in 2011
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Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Former country(ies) represented | Great Britain |
Born |
Cardiff, Wales |
1 August 1988
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Partner | Pernelle Carron |
Former partner | Danielle Bennett (GBR) Leigh Rogers (GBR) Lucy Strange (GBR) |
Coach | Barbara Fusar-Poli, Igor Shpilband, Marika Humphreys-Baranova |
Former coach | Natalia Linichuk, Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Karen Quinn, Monica Rich |
Choreographer | Pernelle Carron, Lloyd Jones |
Former choreographer | Marika Humphreys, L. Palou, R. Godoy, Natalia Linichuk, Romain Haguenauer |
Skating club | Club de Courchevel |
Former skating club | CSGL Lyon |
Training locations | Novi, Michigan |
Former training locations |
Aston, Pennsylvania Lyon |
Began skating | 1994 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 145.98 2013 Worlds |
Short dance | 60.58 2013 Worlds |
Free dance | 85.40 2013 Worlds |
Medal record
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Lloyd Jones (born 1 August 1988) is a Welsh ice dancer who has competed internationally for France since 2009. With Pernelle Carron, he is the 2011 Cup of China bronze medalist, 2013 Winter Universiade champion, 2010 Cup of Nice champion, three-time NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 French national champion. Earlier in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain.
Jones became a French citizen in October 2013.
Early in his career, Jones for Great Britain. Following a partnership with Lucy Strange, he teamed up with Leigh Rogers. They won two British national junior titles and competed twice at the World Junior Championships. His next partner was Danielle Bennett, with whom he won silver on the junior level at the 2009 British Championships.
In April 2009, Jones teamed up with Pernelle Carron to compete for France. They were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France at the start of their partnership.
In their first season together, Carron and Jones won the NRW Trophy and became the French national champions, a title they won in the absence of the higher ranked Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. Carron and Jones were 12th at the European Championships and at that season's World Championships.