Louis Thauron | |
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Abachkina/Thauron in December 2016
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Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born |
Paris, France |
5 August 1995
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Partner | Angélique Abachkina |
Former partner | Lindsay Pousset |
Coach | Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda |
Former coach | Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Olivier Schoenfelder, Diana Ribas, Christophe Lecomte, Benjamin Delmas, Martine Rudot |
Choreographer | Romain Haguenauer, Diana Ribas |
Skating club | Bercy |
Former skating club | CSG Lyon OCDV Viry-Châtillon |
Training locations | Novi, Michigan |
Former training locations |
Lyon Viry-Châtillon |
Began skating | 2000 |
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 |
Louis Thauron (born 5 August 1995) is a French ice dancer who competes with partner Angélique Abachkina. They have represented France at four World Junior Championships, reaching the top ten 2015–17.
Louis Thauron was born on 5 August 1995 in Paris. As of 2016, he is studying engineering.
Thauron began skating in 2000. He competed internationally on the novice level with Lindsay Pousset during the 2010–11 season. The following season, they received assignments to two ISU Junior Grand Prix events, in Austria and Italy. They were coached by Christophe Lecomte and Benjamin Delmas in Viry-Châtillon.
Thauron teamed up with Angélique Abachkina 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.