Our Training Team

Our training team includes former national level skaters and a former Olympian.
Our aim is to grow and improve our coaching by bringing in new experts and helping our team to improve their own training and qualifications. Each year we continue to train our coaches and introduce new members to the training team.

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The Team

Head Coach            
​Catherine Duret Chamel
DEJEPS state certified Figure Skating trainer 
Catherine Duret Chamel is our Head Coach and brings a wealth of experience to the role.  She has coached our team for 30 years and her focus is on building technical excellence and helping our skaters achieve their best possible scores at competition level                          More...

Coach
Clémence Chamel
DEJEPS state certified Figure Skating trainer
Clémence has skated with the club from the age of four, she is also qualified as a judge on the regional competition circuit.  This gives her a unique insight into the world of competitions, one that she uses to help our competition skaters progress and reach their full potential.           
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Certified BF2 Trainers
Molly Voyer and Guia Tagliapietra
Molly is a skater from our competition group who continues to develop by competing at both regional and national level.  Guia is a former competition level skater.. They both qualified this season with a BF level 2 qualification.
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Certified BF1 Trainers
Maëlle Lacassagne-Vanel and Corentine Mesnil
Maëlle and Corentine  skate in our competition group and have both passed their BF1 exams and are qualified to help teach and share their passion with our more junior skaters.
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Certified BIF and BAF Trainers
Nancy Santi (BIF & BAF) and Barbara Arbellin (BIF) 
Nancy and Barbara are experienced adult skaters who also skate in our adult synchronised skating team, the Cosmiques and who share their experience by teaching our younger skaters.

Training for the BF1 qualification
Janey Segal, Sacha Bozon, Meije Herry, Capucine Mesnil, Lily Segal, Ninon Tran and Olivia Svensson
Janey is a member of our adult synchronised skating team, Les Cosmiques.  Sacha, Meije, Capucine, Ninon and Olivia are young skaters in our competition section and Lily an ex-compeition skater who has returned to help our younger students.  All seven of them will be training throughout this year for their BF1 qualifications.  

Physical Training  and DEJEPS state certified Skating Trainer
Fred Ancey
Fred is the physical fitness trainer for our competition groups.  He is a qualified sports coach and former Olympic speed skater.  He has a fun approach to training and enjoys coming up with inventive ways to develop our skaters’ stamina and flexibility. 
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Suppleness and Posture
Charlotte Maussion
A former gymnast, Charlotte is a gymnastics trainer and judge who helps our skaters improve their flexibility and posture.

Physical Training and Mental Preparation
Thomas Rivo
Thomas is in charge of summer PT training and running sessions to help our athletes with mental preparation, believing strongly that personal development and enjoyment of sport are key to success

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