Lola Esbrat

Lola Esbrat (born 29 August 1997) is a French pair skater. With her skating partner Andrei Novoselov, she has won three international medals and is the 2018 French national champion.

Lola Esbrat
Lola Esbrat and Andrei Novoselov in 2018
Born (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997
Paris, France
HometownVincennes, France
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFrance
PartnerAndrei Novoselov
CoachClaude Thevenard
Skating clubFrançais Volants Paris Bercy
Began skating2004

Personal life

Esbrat was born on 29 August 1997 in Paris.[1] She studied law via correspondence courses but had stopped her studies by January 2017.[2]

Career

Esbrat began learning to skate in 2004.[1] She competed in ladies' singles through the 2013–14 season. She started training as a pair skater, in partnership with Nicolas Hejzlar, by July 2014.[3]

Partnership with Novoselov
Esbrat and Novoselov at the 2017 Worlds

Esbrat teamed up with Russia's Andrei Novoselov in mid-2015.[2] They are coached by Claude Thevenard in Paris and compete for France.[4] In 2016, the pair won bronze medals at the Toruń Cup and Bavarian Open. In early April, they competed at the 2016 World Championships in Boston; they qualified to the free skate and finished 16th overall.

In the 2016–17 season, Esbrat/Novoselov won the silver medal at the NRW Trophy and placed 5th at the Toruń Cup. In January 2017, they placed 11th in the short program, 13th in the free skate, and 13th overall at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Programs

(with Novoselov)

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[5]
2016–2017
[1]
2015–2016
[4]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

Pairs with Novoselov
International[6]
Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018-19
World Champ.16th27th25th
European Champ.13th10th
GP FranceWD7thWD
CS Tallinn Trophy4th
Bavarian Open3rd
Cup of Nice5th
Cup of Tyrol4th
NRW Trophy2nd
Toruń Cup3rd5th
National
French Champ.2nd1st
Master's2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Ladies' singles
International[7]
Event 2013–14
Coupe du Printemps2nd J
National
French Junior Championships5th
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017.
  2. Detout, Arnaud (25 January 2017). "« Faut-il que je m'endette pour mon sport ? »" ["Must I go into debt for my sport?"]. Le Parisien (in French).
  3. "Effectifs Master's 2014/2015" [Participants: Master's 2014/2015] (PDF) (in French). Commission Sportive Nationale de Danse sur Glace. 28 July 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2017.
  4. "Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018.
  6. "Competition Results: Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV". International Skating Union.
  7. "Competition Results: Lola ESBRAT". International Skating Union.
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