Alex Benoit
Alex Benoit | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Winfield, Illinois | October 9, 1995
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Partner | Elliana Pogrebinsky |
Former partner | Olivia Di Iorio |
Coach | Igor Shpilband |
Former coach | Candice Brown |
Choreographer | Igor Shpilband |
Training locations | Novi, Michigan |
Former training locations | Naperville, Illinois |
Began skating | 2004 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total |
146.83 2016 Junior Worlds |
Short dance |
59.13 2015 JGP Logrono |
Free dance |
87.78 2016 Junior Worlds |
Alex Benoit (born October 9, 1995) is an American competitive ice dancer. With partner Elliana Pogrebinsky, he is a two-time (2015–16) U.S. junior national bronze medalist and placed fourth at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Alex Benoit was born on October 9, 1995 in Winfield, Illinois.[1] He has French-Canadian and Ukrainian ancestry.[2] After finishing high school through distance education, he enrolled at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, where he is studying for a Bachelor of Fine Arts/Theatre degree.[3]
Early career
Benoit began skating in 2004.[1] Competing as a single skater, he won the national juvenile bronze medal at the 2009 U.S. Junior Championships and was awarded the intermediate bronze medal the following season. Candice Brown coached him from 2004 to 2014.[3]
Benoit teamed up with Olivia Di Iorio in late 2012.[4] The two placed 11th in junior ice dancing at the 2014 U.S. Championships. They were coached by Candice Brown and Igor Shpilband in Naperville, Illinois and Novi, Michigan.[4]
Partnership with Pogrebinsky
Benoit teamed up with Elliana Pogrebinsky in March 2014.[3] Their international debut came at the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Aichi; after placing fifth in Japan, Pogrebinsky/Benoit were sent to the JGP in Zagreb, Croatia, where they finished 8th. In January 2015, they won the junior bronze medal at the 2015 U.S. Championships and were selected to compete at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. Ranked 12th in the short dance, they qualified for the free dance (14th) and finished 13th overall in Estonia.
During the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Pogrebinsky/Benoit placed fourth in Linz, Austria, and won the bronze medal in Logroño, Spain. They repeated as junior national bronze medalists and were assigned to the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. They placed 5th in the Short Dance, followed by 4th place in the Free Dance. They secured 4th place overall in Hungary.
Programs
With Pogrebinsky
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2015–16 [1] |
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2014–15 [5][6] |
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With Di Iorio
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2013–14 [4] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Pogrebinsky
International[7] | ||
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Event | 2014–15 | 2015–16 |
Junior Worlds | 13th | 4th |
JGP Austria | 4th | |
JGP Croatia | 8th | |
JGP Japan | 5th | |
JGP Spain | 3rd | |
National[3] | ||
U.S. Championships | 3rd J. | 3rd J. |
Midwestern Sectionals | 1st J. | 1st J. |
J. = Junior level |
With Di Iorio
National[4][8] | |
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Event | 2013–14 |
U.S. Championships | 11th J. |
Midwestern Sectionals | 3rd J. |
J. = Junior level |
Single skating
National | ||
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Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
U.S. Junior Championships | 3rd Jv. | 3rd I. |
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate |
References
- 1 2 3 "Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016.
- ↑ Pogrebinsky, Elliana; Benoit, Alex (September 9, 2015). "Waltzing on the Danube: Ice dancers blog from Linz". IceNetwork.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "Elliana Pogrebinsky and Alex Benoit". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Olivia Di Iorio & Alex Benoit". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Programs". Official website of Pogrebinsky & Benoit. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Elliana POGREBINSKY / Alex BENOIT". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Olivia DI IORIO / Alex BENOIT". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016.