Chafik Besseghier

Chafik Besseghier

Besseghier at the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard
Personal information
Full name	Chafik Besseghier
Country represented	France
Born	October 11, 1989 (1989-10-11) (age 22) Annecy
Home town	Grenoble
Height	170 cm (5.6 ft)
Coach	Didier Lucine Sophie Golaz Claudie Lucine
Choreographer	Amaury Reot Laurie May
Skating club	Grenoble Métropole PAT

Chafik Besseghier (born October 11, 1989) is a French figure skater. As of November 2011^[update], he was ranked 38th in the world.^[1]

Career

Besseghier began skating at the age of 12 at his mother's suggestion; within a year, he had landed all the double jumps, and was landing triples by the end of his second year.^[2] He skated mostly domestically before making his junior Grand Prix debut in 2008. In 2009-10, he won the bronze medal at the Crystal Skate and 2010 Triglav Trophy.

In 2010, Besseghier received his first senior Grand Prix assignment, and competed at the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard. After landing his first quadruple-triple jump combination in the short program, he was in fourth place, with the second-highest technical score. He made several mistakes in the free skating and placed fifth overall.^[3]

Besseghier was the silver medalist at the 2011 Coupe de Nice, where he won the free skate.^[4] He is assigned to the 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard.

Programs

Season	Short program	Long program
2010–2011	Artsakh by Ara Gevorgyan	Les Temps des Gitans by Goran Bregovic Tarantella Korobushko by Bond

Competitive highlights

Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
French Championships	17th	12th	9th	5th	4th
Trophée Eric Bompard					5th	9th
Coupe Internationale de Nice					6th	2nd
Triglav Trophy				3rd	6th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial						11th
Winter Universiade					5th
Crystal Skate of Romania				3rd	1st	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Spain			6th

References

1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Men". International Skating Union. 14 November 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsmen.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
2. ^ The change of the guard in French men's skating
3. ^ Bod, Titanilla (December 6, 2010). "The memorable debut of Chafik Besseghier". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2010chafikbesseghier.html. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
4. ^ Alaskan wins international figure skating title

• Chafik Besseghier at the International Skating Union

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Name	Besseghier, Chafik
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Date of birth	1989-10-11
Place of birth	Annecy
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