Nicolas Pétorin (born 24 June 1972) is a French former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

. He is the 1991 World Junior bronze medalist, a two-time

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silver medalist, and a four-time French national medalist. Pétorin competed at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

, placing 14th. At an event in

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on 4 February 1988, Pétorin became the first French skater to land a triple Axel in international competition.

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Living people 1972 births French male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of France Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists People from Niort Sportspeople from Deux-Sèvres {{france-figure-skating-bio-stub