Cédric Monod (born 10 November 1974) is a Swiss former

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. With his sister,

Leslie Monod Leslie Monod (born 1976) is a Swiss former pair skater. With Cédric Monod, she is a three-time Swiss national champion (1992–94) and placed as high as sixth at the European Championships (1993). Personal life Born 1976, Leslie Monod is ...

, he is a three-time Swiss national champion (1992–94) and placed as high as sixth at the European Championships (

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Personal life

Born 10 November 1974 in

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, Cédric Monod is the elder brother of

. He has three children – Ulysse, Louise, and Marcel. A graduate of the

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, Monod taught for six years at Collège Arnold Reymond de Pully before joining Gymnase Auguste Piccard in 2006. He is a geography and physical education teacher.

Skating career

After playing defense for an ice hockey team, Cédric Monod switched to figure skating, competing in

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on the junior level and then

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with his sister. They represented Switzerland internationally and CP Lausanne in domestic events. Their coaches included

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and

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. The Monod siblings won the first of their three Swiss national titles in 1992. They finished 8th at the 1992 European Championships in

and 12th at the 1992 World Championships in

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. The following season, they placed sixth at the 1993 European Championships in

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and 9th at the 1993 World Championships in

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. Their Worlds result allowed Switzerland to send two pair teams to the

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. In the 1993–94 season, the Monod siblings won their third national title but finished just out of the top ten, in 11th place, at the 1994 European Championships in

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. Following the Copenhagen result, the

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elected not to send them to the Olympics. The pair announced their competitive retirement on 3 February 1994. Cédric Monod has worked as a skating coach, coaching Stephane Lambiel from 2004 to 2005, and as a consultant for

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Programs

(with Leslie Monod)

Competitive highlights

(with Leslie Monod)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monod, Cedric 1974 births Swiss male pair skaters Living people Sportspeople from Lausanne University of Lausanne alumni Swiss figure skating coaches