The 2012
French Figure Skating Championships
The French Figure Skating Championships (french: Championnat de France Elite) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of France. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' ...
took place between 16 and 18 December 2011 at the Patinoire de la Cartonnerie in
Dammarie-lès-Lys
Dammarie-lès-Lys (; officially Dammarie-les-Lys) is a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region from the center of Paris.
History
During the French Revol ...
. Skaters competed in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
,
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
, and
synchronized skating
Synchronized skating is an ice skating sport where between 8 to 16 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork.
This complex sport originated in 1956 and was ...
on the senior level for the title of national champion of France. The results were among the criteria used to choose the French entries for the
2012 World Championships and the
2012 European Championships.
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]
Senior results
Men
Joubert won his 8th national title.[
]
Ladies
Silété won the ladies' title.[
]
Pairs
Popova / Massot won their first title.[
]
Ice dancing
Péchalat / Bourzat won their third national title.[
]
Junior results
The Junior Championships took place from 24 to 26 February 2012 in Charleville-Mézières
or ''Carolomacérienne''
, image flag=Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg
Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est.
Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. ...
.
Men
Ladies
Ice dancing
References
External links
* Results
Senior
{{2011–12 in figure skating
French Figure Skating Championships
Figure Skating Championships, 2012
2011 in figure skating