Nathalie Péchalat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Péchalat and Bourzat at 2009 Skate Canada
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Country represented | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Rouen, France |
22 December 1983 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Fabian Bourzat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Julien Deheinzelin, Michael Zenezini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Igor Shpilband, Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov, Maxim Staviski, Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Anne Sophie Druet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Julien Cottereau, Laurie May Ayivigan, Kader Belmoktar, Pasquale Camerlengo, Ilia Constantin, Alexander Zhulin, Antonio Najarro, Mourad Merzouki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | Les Francais Volants Paris-Bercy Castres SG |
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Former training locations |
Novi, Michigan Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Moscow Lyon |
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Began skating | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 177.22 2014 Winter Olympics |
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Short dance | 72.78 2014 Winter Olympics |
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Free dance | 107.17 2014 Worlds |
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Medal record
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Nathalie Péchalat (born 22 December 1983) is a French ice dancer. With partner Fabian Bourzat, she is a two-time World bronze medalist (2012, 2014), a two-time European champion (2011–2012), and a five-time French national champion (2009, 2011-2014). They have won five medals at the Grand Prix Final (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and thirteen other Grand Prix medals, including three golds at Cup of China and two at Trophée Eric Bompard.
Nathalie Péchalat was born 22 December 1983 in Rouen, France. She has an older brother and two sisters. She obtained a BSc degree in sports management and later pursued graduate studies at Management School of Lyon. While training in Moscow, she studied at the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation, a prestigious Russian university for economics and finance. She intends to pursue a career in business after her competitive retirement, with a preference for a company involved in sports.