Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | June 8th 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 150 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 43 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Pair skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Stéphane Bernadis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Français flounces Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Jean-Christophe Simond, Stanislaw Leonowitsch, Jean-Roland Racle |
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choreographer | Tatiana Tarasova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: February 4, 2011 |
Sarah Abitbol (born June 8, 1975 in Nantes ) is a former French figure skater who started in pair skating .
Career
Her figure skating partner was Stéphane Bernadis . At his side she was French pair skating champion from 1994 to 2003 . In 1993 they made their debut at world and European championships . They won their first major international medal with bronze at the European Championships in 1996 . At the European Championships in 1998 , 1999 , 2000 and 2001 they always won the bronze medal. In 2002 and 2003 Abitbol and Bernadis became vice-European champions behind the Russians Tatjana Totmjanina and Maxim Marinin . The French won their only medal at world championships in 2000 in Nice at their home World Cup. They finished third behind the Russians Marija Petrowa and Alexei Tichonow and the Chinese Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo . It was France's first pair skating World Cup medal since Andrée and Pierre Brunet won the title in 1932 . Abitbol and Bernadis finished their only Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998 in sixth place. They had to cancel the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City due to a tear in Abitbol's Achilles tendon. In 2003 they ended their careers.
Autobiography
In her biographical book Un si long silence , published in January 2020, Abitbol reveals "that her coach at the time raped her at the age of 15 ". As a result, it became public that other female athletes had also become victims of the coach and that the Ice Sports Association had not done anything about it, although the attacks had been reported to those responsible by "numerous" victims. Preliminary investigations have been initiated by the public prosecutor. At the beginning of February 2020 Didier Gailhaguet, the long-time French figure skating president, against whom there were no allegations of abuse himself, resigned from his position. Gilles Beyer , the trainer accused by Abitbol, has admitted his wrongdoing in a statement and apologized to Sarah Abitbol.
Results
Pair skating
(with Stéphane Bernadis )
Competition / year | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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winter Olympics | 6th | ||||||||||
World championships | 19th | 9. | 11. | 7th | 8th. | 5. | 3. | Z | 12. | ||
European championships | 14th | 15th | 7th | 3. | 4th | 3. | 3. | 3. | 3. | 2. | 2. |
French championships | 2. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. |
Web links
- Abitbol and Bernadis in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
- Sarah Abitbol in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ France: Preliminary investigations into allegations of abuse in figure skating , deutschlandfunk.de, published and accessed on February 4, 2020
- ↑ Abuse scandal: French figure skating president resigns , deutschlandfunk.de, published and accessed on February 8, 2020
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SURNAME | Abitbol, Sarah |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8th 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |