Antoine Dorsaz (born 2 March 1989 in Martigny, Valais) is a Swiss retired pair skater. With former partner Anaïs Morand, he is the 2008–2010 Swiss national champion.

Antoine Dorsaz
Morand & Dorsaz in 2010
Full nameAntoine Dorsaz
Born (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)
Martigny
HometownFully
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country Switzerland
Began skating1999
Retired2010

Career

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Morand and Dorsaz teamed up in 2005. They spent their first two seasons together on the junior circuit. In 2008-9 they competed in both juniors and seniors, finishing 12th at the European Championships and 10th at the World Junior Championships. They were not able to qualify a spot for Switzerland for the Winter Olympics.

Morand and Dorsaz began the 2009-10 season at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they qualified a spot for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] They continued to skate on the junior Grand Prix circuit and moved up to 8th at the European Championships. They were 15th at the Olympics and moved up to 13th at Worlds. Dorsaz retired from competitive skating after the 2010 season, citing lack of motivation.[2]

Programmes

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(with Morand)

Season Short programme Free skating
2008–2010
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2007–2008
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2006–2007
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Competitive highlights

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(with Morand)

Results[7]
International
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Olympics 15th
Worlds 14th 13th
Europeans 12th 8th
Nebehorn 5th
International: Junior or novice
Junior Worlds 11th 12th 10th
JGP Belarus 6th
JGP Czech Republic 10th 8th
JGP Estonia 15th
JGP Germany 4th
JGP Great Britain 14th
JGP Norway 9th
JGP USA 6th
National
Swiss Champ. 1st J. 1st 1st 1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Qualifying Competition – Oberstdorf (GER) - Review". International Skating Union. 27 Sep 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 27 Sep 2009.
  2. ^ Vernon, Nadin (2010). "Antoine Dorsaz: "Now I have one dream: I want to do shows"". Absolute Skating.
  3. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007.
  7. ^ "Competition Results: Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ". International Skating Union.
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