Jérôme Blanchard is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 pair skater. With former partner Sabrina Lefrançois

Sabrina Lefrançois

Sabrina Lefrancois was a French pair skater. With partner Nicolas Osseland, she competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics. She later competed with Jérôme Blanchard and won the gold medal at the 2004 French Figure Skating Championships.- Programs :-Results:-External links:...

, he is the 2004 French National Champion. He also competed for one season with Maria Mukhortova

Maria Mukhortova

Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist and 2007 Russian National Champion. In her early career, she competed with Egor Golovkin and Pavel Lebedev...

.

Career

With partner Sabrina Lefrançois

Sabrina Lefrançois

Sabrina Lefrancois was a French pair skater. With partner Nicolas Osseland, she competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics. She later competed with Jérôme Blanchard and won the gold medal at the 2004 French Figure Skating Championships.- Programs :-Results:-External links:...

, he won the gold medal at the 2004 French Figure Skating Championships

French Figure Skating Championships

The French Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of France. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters compete at the senior level...

. She retired due to injury. He later trained with Rinata Araslanova, and, after that, with Valeria Vorobieva

Valeria Vorobieva

Valeria Vorobieva is a Russian figure skater. She competed internationally for Russia on the junior level as a single skater. In 2007, she teamed up with French skater Jérôme Blanchard to compete as a pairs team for Russia. As a single skater, Vorobieva was coached by Alexei Urmanov. As a pair...

. The French skating federation was reluctant to release him but after a long battle he was free to skate with Vorobieva for Russia. However, they did not compete in any international events and their partnernship dissolved. Blanchard then skated in Russian ice shows. He was partnered with singer Yulia Savicheva

Yulia Savicheva

Yulia Stanislavovna Savicheva is a Russian singer who performed for Russia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest which was held in Istanbul, Turkey.-Biography:...

 for the Star Ice show. In May 2010, Blanchard teamed up with Maria Mukhortova

Maria Mukhortova

Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist and 2007 Russian National Champion. In her early career, she competed with Egor Golovkin and Pavel Lebedev...

 to compete for Russia. At the 2011 Russian Nationals

2011 Russian Figure Skating Championships

The 2011 Russian Figure Skating Championships are the national championships of Russia for the 2010–2011 season. The winners were crowned the 2011 Russian Champions...

, they finished 7th overall. In February 2011, their coach Oleg Vasiliev said they had taken some time off due to funding issues. On March 4, Vasiliev confirmed their partnership had ended and Blanchard had returned to France to work at the family hotel.

Programs

(with Mukhortova)

Season	Short program	Long program
2010–2011	«Song from a Secret Garden» by Secret Garden Secret Garden (duo) Secret Garden is an award-winning Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also sometimes erroneously known as Neo-classical music.Secret Garden features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland...	The Nutcracker The Nutcracker The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...   by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

(with Lefrancois)

Season	Short program	Long program
2002–2003	Valse Triste Valse triste (Sibelius) Valse triste , Op. 44, No. 1, is a short orchestral work in waltz form by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was originally part of the incidental music he composed for his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt's 1903 play Kuolema , but is far better known as a separate concert piece.Sibelius wrote...   by Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...	Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...   by Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...

Competitive highlights

(with Mukhortova)

Event	2010–2011
Russian Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national...	7th

(with Sabrina Lefrançois

Sabrina Lefrançois

Sabrina Lefrancois was a French pair skater. With partner Nicolas Osseland, she competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics. She later competed with Jérôme Blanchard and won the gold medal at the 2004 French Figure Skating Championships.- Programs :-Results:-External links:...

)

Event	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	14th			11th
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...	5th			6th
French Championships French Figure Skating Championships The French Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of France. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters compete at the senior level...	2nd		2nd	1st
Skate Canada Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...	5th
Trophée Eric Bompard Trophée Eric Bompard The Trophée Eric Bompard is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The Trophée Eric Bompard was formerly known as the Trophée Lalique...	8th		10th	6th
Cup of Russia Cup of Russia The Cup of Russia is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was held as the Rostelecom Cup in 2009 after...				WD
Karl Schäfer Memorial Karl Schäfer Memorial The Karl Schäfer Memorial is an annual elite senior-level figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition is named for figure skater Karl Schäfer. The competition is usually held in...	3rd

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