Gwendal Peizerat
 Peizerat and partner Marina Anissina compete in 2001. |
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| Country represented |  France |
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| Born | April 21, 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Marina Anissina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Marina Morel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Muriel Boucher-Zazoui | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | CSG Lyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Competitor for France |
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| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | Ice dancing |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice dancing |
Gwendal Peizerat (born April 21, 1972 in Bron, France) is a French ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World Champion, and a six-time French National Champion.
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[edit] Biography
Peizerat started skating at age four when he and his sister, then six, followed their parents to the skating club at the rink. He went into ice dancing straight away. He was coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui since the age of six and throughout his entire career.[1][2] She paired seven-year-old Peizerat with his first partner, French skater Marina Morel, who was the same age as him; Morel and Peizerat skated together for fourteen years.[2] They won bronze at the 1990 World Junior Championships and then silver the following year. Morel retired in 1992 so Peizerat responded to a letter he had received a few months earlier from Russian World Junior champion Marina Anissina, who chose him after watching competitions on video.[2]
Anissina arrived in Lyon in February 1993 and wanted to take him to Russia but his family objected.[2] She settled in France, focusing intensely on skating and insisting her partner, who was dividing his time between skating and his education, be equally focused on their career.[2] Their first year together was difficult; they had major quarrels and came close to splitting up.[2] Nevertheless, their coach Muriel Boucher-Zazoui immediately felt it was a promising partnership, saying "They are like fire and ice".[1]
Anissina and Peizerat won the 1998 Olympic bronze medal and 1998 and 1999 World silver medals behind Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov. The Russians retired due to injury and Anissina and Peizerat then developed a rivalry with the Italians Barbara Fusar-Poli and Maurizio Margaglio. The French won the 2000 European and World Championships.[3] In 2001, Anissina and Peizerat won European and World silver behind the Italians but surged past them in 2002 to reclaim their European title and become the Olympic Champions. At the 2002 Olympics, they led after the compulsory dances and the original dance. Their free dance, Liberty, mixed music with sections from the famed freedom speech by Martin Luther King Jr.; a 5-4 split of the judges' panel had them in first place in this segment ahead of Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh, and they became the first French ice dancers to win the Olympic gold medal.[4]
After the Olympics, Anissina and Peizerat ended their competitive skating careers. The two continued skating together for many years in shows around the world.[5] Both have also worked as choreographers.[6]
They skated for the club Lyon TSC. Their signature move is a "reverse lift", wherein Anissina lifts Peizerat off the ice, rather than vice versa. This set the two apart from other dance couples, as most lifts in ice dance involve the man lifting the woman.
[edit] Post-skating career
In 2010, Gwendal Peizerat was elected regional councillor on the list of the Socialist Party in the Rhone Alpes region and was subsequently appointed Councillor Delegate in charge of sports in the Regional Executive headed by Jean-Jack Queyranne.
[edit] Programs
| Season | Original dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 1993–1994 | Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) by Osvaldo Farrés |
Borrasca by Ottmar Liebert |
J'en ai Marre by Hugues Le Bars Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps |
| 1994–1995 | Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima |
Tango by Astor Piazolla |
Still Loving You by Scorpions J'en ai Marre by Hugues Le Bars |
| 1995–1996 | Ay Mi Sombrero by Genaro Monreal |
Latin mix by Xavier Cugat |
Kozachok |
| 1996–1997 | Docteur Petiot (1990 film) by Michel Portal |
Ahla Leila by Muhammad Sultan |
Kozachok
I'm Sorry performed by Brenda Lee |
| 1997–1998 | Snatch and Grab It performed by Dana Gillespie |
Romeo and Juliet: "The Montagues and the Capulets" and "Death of Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev |
Time To Say Goodbye performed by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli |
| 1998–1999 | Masquerade Suite Waltz by Aram Khachaturian Waltz from My Sweet and Tender Beast A Hunting Accident (Мой ласковый и нежный зверь) by Eugen Doga |
The Man in the Iron Mask: "Heart of a King" and "Surrounded" soundtrack by Nick Glennie-Smith |
Time To Say Goodbye performed by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli |
| 1999–2000 | Black Machine by Jazz Machine Feeling the Passion by Latin Drums Tres Deseos by Gloria Estefan Black Machine by Jazz Machine Nostalgia de Palmeras by Celia Cruz Tres Deseos by Gloria Estefan |
Carmina Burana: "O Fortuna imperatrix munda" and "Fortune plango vulnera" by Carl Orff |
Danse mon Esmeralda from Notre-Dame de Paris (musical) sung by Garou |
| 2000–2001 | More by Nat King Cole Dancing Fool Mr Pinstripe Suit by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy More by Nat King Cole |
Beethoven's Last Night: "Overture", "Ode to Joy", "Dreams of Candlelight" and "Beethoven" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
Susanna by VOF de Kunst |
| 2001–2002 | Malagua Tango de Guell |
Non Merci from Cyrano de Bergerac soundtrack by Jean-Claude Petit Canone Inverso by Ennio Morricone |
Susanna by VOF de Kunst |
[edit] Competitive highlights
[edit] With Anissina
| Event | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 3rd | 1st | |||||||
| World Championships | 10th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| European Championships | 12th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
| French Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Grand Prix Final | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| Trophée Lalique | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| NHK Trophy | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Skate Canada | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
| Skate America | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| Sparkassen Cup | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 1st | ||||||||
| Pirouetten | 5th |
[edit] With Morel
| Event | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 |
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| European Championships | 12th | ||||
| World Junior Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| French Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| Grand Prix Internationale de Paris | 7th | 6th |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lecaudey, Martine (2 April 2000). "Marina a choisi Gwendal sur une vidéo [Marina chose Gwendal after watching him on video]" (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2000/04/02/93196-Marina-a-choisi-Gwendal-sur-une-video.html. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Anissina-Peizerat, un couple de glace [Anissina-Peizerat, an ice couple]" (in French). Le Point. 1 March 2002. http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-societe/2002-03-01/anissina-peizerat-un-couple-de-glace/920/0/120405. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Lecaudey, Martine (1 April 2000). "Anissina-Peizerat enfin au sommet [Anissina-Peizerat finally at the top]" (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2000/04/01/84163-Anissina-Peizerat-enfin-au-sommet.html. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "France's Anissinal, Peizerat claim ice dancing event". Associated Press (Sports Illustrated). 18 February 2002. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/18/ice_dancing_ap/. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "L'œil de Marina Anissina [Under the eye of Marina Anissina]". Sud-Ouest (newspaper). 5 October 2011. http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/10/05/l-oeil-de-marina-anissina-517666-2780.php. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ^ Bangs, Kathleen (15 September 2003). "Peizerat still 'Peaking'". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2003/091503.shtml. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gwendal Peizerat |
- Gwendal Peizerat at the International Skating Union
- http://figureskating.online.fr/anissina-peizerat.htm (English)
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