Lorine Schild (born 6 January 2005) is a French

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. She is the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup bronze medalist and the 2023 French national champion. On the junior level, she is the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival champion.

Personal life

Schild was born on 6 January 2005 in

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. She has a younger sister, Maëlle, who previously also competed in figure skating. As of 2022, Schild is a high school student.

Career

Early career

Schild began figure skating in 2009. She won her first national medal, a bronze, at the 2019 French Junior Championships.

2019–20 season

Schild made her

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debut at the 2019 JGP France, where she finished seventeenth. She would then go on to place fourth at the 2019 Master's de Patinage. Debuting at the 2020 French Championships on the senior level, Schild would go on to finish fourth as well as win a second consecutive bronze medal at the 2020 French Junior Championships. She closed the season with an eighth-place finish at the 2020 International Challenge Cup.

2020–21 season

Schild began her season with a silver medal at the 2020 Master's de Patinage. She went on to finish fourth at the 2021 French Championships for the second year in a row. She ended the season with a silver medal at the 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup.

2021–22 season

Schild started the season at the 2021 JGP Slovakia and the 2021 Master's de Patinage, where she placed twelfth and second, respectively. She would also go on to finish seventh at the

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. Competing at the 2022 French Championships, Schild won the silver medal at both the junior and senior championships. Schild went on to compete at the 2022 Bavarian Open, winning the bronze medal, before going on to win silver and bronze at the 2022 Dragon Trophy and the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup, respectively. She then won the gold medal at the

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, eleven points over silver medalist,

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. She concluded the season with a sixteenth-place finish at the 2022 World Junior Championships in

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2022–23 season

Schild began the season by finishing sixth at both the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and the 2022 JGP Slovakia. She then went on to win gold at the 2022 Master's de Patinage and place fourth at the

. At the 2023 French Championships, Schild won gold at the junior championships and silver at the senior championships. Schild went on to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in

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, where she placed eleventh. In addition, Schild was selected to compete at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama,

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, where she placed twenty-fifth in the short program, failing to qualify for the free skate segment of the competition. Schild then joined Team France at the 2023 World Team Trophy, where she was tenth in the short program and tenth in the free skate. Team France finished fifth overall.

2023–24 season

Beginning the season with two assignments on the Challenger circuit, Schild placed eighth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and seventh at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy. She was then invited to make her senior

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debut on home ice at the

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. She set new personal bests in the free skate and total score to finish eighth, and said she was "so happy" with her performance and the "supportive" audience in

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. She went on to place fifth at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, and said she would "never have imagined these good results," having already been "so happy" to get two assignments. Schild won the French senior national title for the first time at the championships in

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. Consequently, she was named to make her European Championship debut as the lone French women's entry at the 2024 edition in

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. Sixth in both segments of the competition, she finished fifth overall. Schild said she was "so happy" with the result, citing her pre-event goal of placing in the top ten.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schild, Lorine 2005 births Living people French female single skaters Sportspeople from Reims