The 2012
Trophée Éric Bompard the fifth event of six in the
2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy in
Paris on November 15–18.
[ Medals were awarded 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 ...
, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final.
Eligibility
Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.
Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):[
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Entries
The entries were as follows.
Italy's Carolina Kostner withdrew from the ladies' event due to insufficient fitness,[ the United States' Johnny Weir withdrew due to a right hip injury,][ and Germany's ]Aliona Savchenko
Aljona Savchenko ( uk, Олена Валентинівна Савченко, ''Olena Valentynivna Savchenko''; German Romanization: ''Aljona Sawtschenko'', sometimes ''Aliona Savchenko''; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pair ...
/ Robin Szolkowy withdrew as a result of Savchenko's severe sinus infection.[
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Overview
Jeremy Abbott
Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is a former American figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011) Four Continents bronze medalist, and a four-time (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) U.S. national champion. He repres ...
of the United States was first in the men's short program, followed by Japan's Takahito Mura and France's Brian Joubert.[ Mura was also second in the free skating but finished first overall and took his first Grand Prix title, while Abbott took silver, and France's Florent Amodio – 7th in the short – won the segment and rose to third overall.][ Jorik Hendrickx withdrew before the free skating due to a twisted ankle in an off-ice warm up.][
Despite spraining her right ankle before the start of the competition, Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya placed first in the ladies' short program ahead of the United States' ]Ashley Wagner
Ashley Elisabeth Wagner (born May 16, 1991) is an American former figure skater. She is the 2016 World silver medalist, a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, the 2012 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalis ...
and Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.["Trophee Eric Bompard 2012: Ashley Wagner second after short program, Julia Lipnitskaia first"]
''LifeSkate''. Retrieved 2015-7-15. Wagner won the free skating and her second Grand Prix title, Tuktamysheva rose to take the silver, and Lipnitskaia finished with the bronze.[
Russia's Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov won the pairs' short program by over four points ahead of Canada's Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford, with China's Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao in third.][ Kavaguti / Smirnov were second in the free skating but their lead from the short program took them to the gold medal, Duhamel / Radford were first in the free skating and finished second overall, and Italy's ]Stefania Berton
Stefania Berton (born 19 July 1990) is an Italian former competitive pair skater. With partner Ondřej Hotárek, she is the 2013 European bronze medalist, the 2013 Skate Canada International champion, and a three-time Italian national champion. ...
/ Ondrej Hotarek Ondrej is a Slovak male given name, equivalent to Andrew. Notable people with the name include:
* Ondrej Duda, Slovak football player
* Ondrej Otčenáš (1987), Slovak ice hockey player
* Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater
** Ondrej Nepela Arena
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rose to take the bronze medal despite placing 5th in the segment.[
France's ]Nathalie Pechalat
Nathalie is a female given name. It is a variant of the name Natalie/ Natalia which is found in many languages, and is especially common in French and English speaking countries.
Notable people with the name include:
* Nathalie, Italian singer ...
were first in the short dance, followed by Italy's Anna Cappellini
Anna Cappellini (born 19 February 1987) is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Luca Lanotte, she is the 2014 World champion, the 2014 European champion, the 2015 Cup of China champion and a thirteen-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and ...
/ Luca Lanotte and Russia's Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
Ilia Alexeyevich Tkachenko (russian: Илья Алексеевич Ткаченко, born 26 December 1986) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. Skating for Russia with Ekaterina Riazanova, he became the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard silve ...
.[ In the free dance, Pechalat / Bourzat maintained their lead and won the gold medal, Cappellini / Lanotte were fourth in the segment but held on to second place overall, and Riazanova / Tkachenko finished in third.][
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Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
External links
Entries
Detailed results
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