Bruno Massot
French-German retired pair skater (born 1989)
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- Bruno Massot (born 28 January 1989) is a French-German pair skating coach and former competitor.
- Competing with Daria Popova for France, he became the 2014 Challenge Cup champion and 2012 French national champion.
- On 15 April 2015, he announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, Sophie Levaufre.
- On 23 November 2017, the Deutsche Eislauf-Union announced that Massot would be sworn in as a German citizen in a week.
- From the age of seven, he was coached by Jean-François Ballester.
Bruno Massot (born 28 January 1989) is a French-German pair skating coach and former competitor. Competing with Aljona Savchenko for Germany, he is the 2018 Olympic Champion, the 2018 World Champion, a two-time European silver medalist, and two-time German national champion (2016, 2018).
Competing with Daria Popova for France, he became the 2014 Challenge Cup champion and 2012 French national champion.
Personal life
Bruno Massot was born on 28 January 1989 in Caen, France. On 15 April 2015, he announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, Sophie Levaufre. Their son, Louka, was born on 1 October 2018 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
On 23 November 2017, the Deutsche Eislauf-Union announced that Massot would be sworn in as a German citizen in a week.
Career
Early career
Massot began learning to skate in 1996. From the age of seven, he was coached by Jean-François Ballester. He competed in single skating through the 2006–07 season.
When he was 17 years old, Ballester convinced him to try pair skating. Massot teamed up with Camille Foucher, with whom he won a pair of senior bronze medals at the French Championships and competed at two World Junior Championships. After their partnership ended, he skated with Anne-Laure Letscher until February 2011.
Massot and Daria Popova decided to team up in March 2011 and began serious training in June.
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