Lloyd Jones (born 1 August 1988) is a Welsh-French former competitive ice dancer. He represented France from 2009 to 2014. With Pernelle Carron, he is the 2011 Cup of China bronze medalist, 2013 Winter Universiade champion, 2010 Cup of Nice champion, three-time NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 French national champion. The two competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Earlier in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain.
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 Jones with Carron in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1988 Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | France | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Pernelle Carron | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 5 September 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editJones was born on 1 August 1988 in Cardiff, Wales.[1] He became a French citizen in October 2013.[2][3]
Career
editEarly partnerships
editEarly in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain. Following a partnership with Lucy Strange, he teamed up with Leigh Rogers. They won two British national junior titles and competed twice at the World Junior Championships. His next partner was Danielle Bennett, with whom he won silver on the junior level at the 2009 British Championships.
Partnership with Pernelle Carron
editIn April 2009, Jones teamed up with Pernelle Carron to compete for France.[4] They were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France, at the start of their partnership.
In their first season together, Carron and Jones won the NRW Trophy and became the French national champions, a title they won in the absence of the higher ranked Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. Carron and Jones were 12th at the European Championships and at that season's World Championships.
In the 2010–2011 season, they again won the 2010 NRW Trophy, as well as the 2010 Coupe de Nice, and finished 5th and 4th in two Grand Prix assignments, 2011 Skate Canada and the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, respectively. They were unable to defend their national title, finishing with a silver medal behind Pechalat and Bourzat. They moved up to 9th at the European Championships and again finished 12th at Worlds. After the season ended, they moved to the United States to be coached by Natalia Linichuk.[5]
In 2011–12, Carron and Jones began their season by taking silver at the 2011 Cup of Nice. They then won their first Grand Prix medal together, bronze, at the 2011 Cup of China. At the end of the season, they moved to the UK to be coached by Marika Humphreys.
Programs
editWith Carron
edit| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2013–2014 [1] |
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| 2012–2013 [6] |
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| 2011–2012 [7][8] |
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| 2010–2011 [9] |
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| 2009–2010 [10] |
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With Rogers
edit| Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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| 2006–2007 [11] |
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| 2005–2006 [12] |
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Competitive highlights
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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Carron for France
edit| International[13] | |||||
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| Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
| Winter Olympics | 15th | ||||
| World Champ. | 12th | 12th | 21st | 12th | |
| European Champ. | 12th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 13th |
| GP Bompard | 9th | 4th | 8th | ||
| GP Cup of China | 3rd | 4th | |||
| GP Rostelecom | 6th | ||||
| GP Skate America | 6th | ||||
| GP Skate Canada | 5th | 7th | |||
| Cup of Nice | 1st | 2nd | |||
| Golden Spin | 2nd | ||||
| Ice Challenge | 6th | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Winter Universiade | 1st | ||||
| National[13] | |||||
| French Champ. | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Masters | 3rd | 2nd | |||
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| World Team Trophy | 6th T 5th P |
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| T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only. | |||||
With Bennett for Great Britain
edit| National | |||
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| Event | 2008–2009 | ||
| British Championships | 2nd J | ||
| J = Junior level | |||
With Rogers for Great Britain
edit| International[14] | |||
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| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 |
| World Junior Championships | 20th | 17th | |
| JGP Bulgaria | 12th | ||
| JGP Czech Republic | 9th | ||
| JGP Netherlands | 12th | ||
| JGP Romania | 14th | ||
| JGP United Kingdom | 11th | ||
| Grand Prize SNP | 4th | ||
| National[14] | |||
| British Championships | 1st J | 1st J | |
| J = Junior level | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013.
- ^ Nony, Céline (22 October 2013). "Lloyd Jones naturalisé !" [Lloyd Jones naturalized]. L'Équipe (in French).
- ^ "Lloyd Jones naturalisé" [Lloyd Jones naturalized] (PDF). Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (in French). 24 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Peret, Paul (30 April 2009). "Pernelle Carron and Matthieu Jost Split". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
- ^ Peret, Paul (10 October 2011). "Daisuke Takahashi: French Twizzles". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Leigh ROGERS / Lloyd JONES: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Leigh ROGERS / Lloyd JONES: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Leigh ROGERS / Lloyd JONES". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
External links
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Media related to Lloyd Jones (figure skater) at Wikimedia Commons