Morgan Ciprès 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...

 figure skater

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 who has competed internationally as both a single skater

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

 and pair skater.

Career

Ciprès initially competed in single skating

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

. He missed the 2007–08 season due to an adductor muscle injury. He placed 13th at the 2010 World Junior Championships

2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2009–2010 figure skating season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they were an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of...

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In September 2010, Ciprès switched to pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

 and formed a partnership with Vanessa James

Vanessa James

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. They currently train at Bercy with coach Jean-Roland Racle. They will compete together in the 2011-2012 season and hope to represent France at the 2014 Winter Olympics

2014 Winter Olympics

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. They have also trained with German coach Ingo Steuer

Ingo Steuer

Ingo Steuer is a German pair skater and skating coach.With partner Mandy Wötzel, he was the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion...

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Programs

(with Vanessa James)

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2011–2012	Tango de Roxanne Roxanne (song) "Roxanne" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.- History :...   (from Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème... )	Nostalgia by Yanni Yanni Yanni , born Yiannis Hrysomallis is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer who has spent most of his life in the United States.He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time...

Pairs career with James

Event	2011–12
Ondrej Nepela Memorial Ondrej Nepela Memorial The Ondrej Nepela Memorial is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Slovakia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. In some years, some disciplines have not been held....	5th
Coupe de Nice Coupe Internationale de Nice The Coupe Internationale de Nice is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It has been held since 1995. It was not held in 2005...	5th

Singles career

Event	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...						13th
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...			11th		7th	4th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...						11th
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...						9th
Junior Grand Prix, England					9th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...			17th		11th
Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands			18th
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia		13th
Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine	20th

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