Ghislain Briand is a Canadian

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coach and former competitor. Among his students are

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, two-time Olympic silver medallist, and

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, two-time Olympic gold medallist.

Coaching career

His coaching career has evolved in the metropolitan area of Toronto. After retiring from his skating career, Briand ran clubs in

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and the Montreal area for 12 years before accepting a job at the

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. Until 2001, he had notably been working with

, two-time Olympic silver medallist (1994, 1998) and three-time

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(1994, 1995, 1997). In 2005, Ghislain Briand was hired by the

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. He was already transitioning to a position of financial adviser when he applied to the

, upon the invitation from long-time friend

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. He is working as a jump specialist. In this regard, he goes regularly to the Skating School of Switzerland to teach jumping technique during the off-season. At the

, he coached for a short time

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. Since 2014, he is coaching

, two-time Olympic gold medallist (2014, 2018) and two-time

(2014, 2017) after

asked him to supervise him a few weeks before the 2014 Olympic Games.''″I've always liked to push my analysis of jump biomechanics. I've developed my own way to work on it, which is a bit different from others and Yuzu (ie.

) adhered to my technique.″'' His current students include: *

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* An So-hyun *

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His former students include: *

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References

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