Yannick Bonheur (born 18 May 1982) is a French former competitive

pair skater 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 ...

. He is a five-time French National Champion with three different partners: Marylin Pla,

Vanessa James Vanessa James (born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian retired pair skater. Representing France with her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European bronze meda ...

, and

Adeline Canac Adeline Canac (born 20 May 1990 in Lagny-sur-Marne) is a French retired pair skater. She is a three-time French champion, twice with Maximin Coia and once with Yannick Bonheur. Career Canac competed internationally as a single skater, and her ...

Career

Partnership with Marylin Pla

Bonheur competed with Marylin Pla from 2002 until 2007. They won the French National Championships three times and placed 14th at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

. In the 2006–2007 season, they missed the Grand Prix series as a result of Bonheur's hand injury, which occurred while practicing the triple twist and led to surgery.

Partnership with Vanessa James

Bonheur teamed up with Canadian/American/French skater

in December 2007. They began competing together internationally in 2008. James / Bonheur made their Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard, where they placed 7th. They placed 10th at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships and 12th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships. In the 2009–2010 season, they placed 6th 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 skat ...

, 8th at the 2009 Cup of China, and 8th at the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. At the 2010 French Figure Skating Championships, they placed second in the short program and won the free skating to win the title overall. As a result, they were sent to both the Olympics and Worlds, where they finished 14th and 12th, respectively. James and Bonheur were the first black pair to compete at the Olympics. They ended their partnership following the 2009–2010 season.

Partnership with Adeline Canac

Bonheur teamed up with

in spring 2010. Canac and Bonheur's first competition together was the 2010

Master's de Patinage The Master's de Patinage is an annual figure skating test competition held in September in Villard de Lans, France. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes refe ...

, which they won. They went on to win bronze at the

2010 NRW Trophy The 2010 NRW Trophy was held in two parts, with ice dancers competing separately from the singles disciplines and pair skating. Both competitions were held at the Eissportzentrum Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. The ice dancing competition was held ...

and claimed their first national title together in December 2010. They then finished 9th at their first Europeans together and 18th at Worlds. In July 2011, it was reported that Canac and Bonheur had split.

Post-competition career

In 2013, Bonheur began a partnership with

Annette Dytrt Annette Dytrt, also Dytrtová, (born 7 September 1983) is a German former competitive figure skater who also competed internationally for the Czech Republic. She is the 1999 Czech national champion and the 2003–06 German national champion. P ...

to work as an adagio pair in ice shows.

Programs

With Canac

With James

With Pla

With Stadelman

Competitive highlights

With Adeline Canac

With Vanessa James

Vanessa James and Yannick Bonheur at 2010 European Championships

With Marylin Pla

With Lucie Stadelman

References

External links

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at Tracings {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonheur, Yannick 1982 births Living people People from Ivry-sur-Seine French people of Martiniquais descent French male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of France Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics