Anaïs Morand (born 10 March 1993) is a Swiss pair skater and

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competitor in the sport of ice cross downhill. Competing in pairs with

Antoine Dorsaz Antoine Dorsaz (born 2 March 1989 in Martigny, Valais) is a Switzerland, Swiss retired Pair skating, pair skater. With former partner Anaïs Morand, he is the 2008–2010 Swiss Figure Skating Championships, Swiss national champion. Career Mora ...

, she skated at seven ISU Championships, achieving their best result (8th) at the 2010 Europeans, and at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

(15th). In 2011 and 2012, she competed at three ISU Championships with

Timothy Leemann Timothy Leemann (born 22 April 1991) is a Swiss former competitive figure skater. Competing in pair skating with partner Anaïs Morand Anaïs Morand (born 10 March 1993) is a Swiss pair skater and Red Bull Crashed Ice competitor in the sport o ...

. She is the 2018 Crans-Montana Riders Cup Ice Cross champion.

Career

Figure skating

Morand teamed up with Antoine Dorsaz in 2006. They spent their first two seasons together on the junior circuit. In 2008–09 they competed in both juniors and seniors, finishing 12th at the

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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 The 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy was held between September 23 and 26, 2009 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It served as the final Olympic qualifier to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skatin ...

, where they qualified a spot for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics. They continued to skate on the junior Grand Prix circuit and moved up to 8th at the

. 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. It was then announced that Morand would compete in ladies' single skating until she found a new partner. She later teamed up with Timothy Leemann, but did compete in the ladies' event at the Junior Grand Prix Austria in Graz, finishing in 25th place. In July 2012, it was reported that their partnership had ended.

Ice cross

In 2015, Morand began competing in ice cross downhill.

Programs

With Leemann

Singles career

With Dorsaz

Competitive highlights

''JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

Single skating

Pair skating with Leeman

Pair skating with Dorsaz

References

External links

Anaïs Morand
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