Isabelle Delobel is a figure skating athlete competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics for France. Her ice dancing partner is Olivier Schoenfelder.
2009-10 Music
Original Dance: French Cancan
Free Dance: Jacques Brel's "La Quête"
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder had intended to return to competition at Europeans in January, but decided to focus their efforts on the Olympics. As a result, not much is known about the team's preparations.
In March 2009, Delobel announced that
While learning the team's 2009-10 programs, French teammate and 2006 World silver medalist Marie-France Dubreuil subbed for Delobel, so Schoenfelder could still practice lifts. During a press conference at Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, Delobel announced that she and Schoenfelder were set to return to practice in October.
As a fitting follow-up to their 2008 World title, Delobel and Schoenfelder dominated the 2008-09 season. They won both of their Grand Prix assignments (France and Skate America) and the Grand Prix Final. During the exhibition in Goyong City, South Korea, Delobel injured her right shoulder and underwent arthroscopic surgery in January 2009, forcing the team out of the 2009 European and World Championships.
Delobel wrote on her web site: "Regarding the surgery I underwent, I got a buffer with two screws and a repair of the bursa. I had a front lesion and during the operation, they discovered I had posterior lesions that couldn't be seen with MRI. To all our fans I want to assure you that I will do everything necessary to come back even stronger and more motivated than ever. We will return on the ice as soon as possible, after Dr. Lafosse gives me clearance to do so. I am happy to know that you are supporting us, it gives me courage for the following weeks of recovery. See you all soon at the ice rink or on the TV screen. We will keep you informed with my progress. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!"
The two-time Olympians are the veterans among the world's top dance teams, with a partnership spanning two decades. In 1990, Delobel and Schoenfelder both attended a training camp in Lyon, where two-time Olympic medalists Irina Moiseyeva and Andrei Minenkov spotted them and said, according to Delobel, "Oh, this blonde guy and this dark-haired girl ... those two could be really good together." They quickly decided to team up, and Delobel, then 12, moved to Lyon to skate. For the 2001-02 season leading up to the Salt Lake Games, Delobel and Schoenfelder lived in Connecticut and trained with Tatyana Tarasova, but immediately following Salt Lake, they returned to Lyon. "We didn't really feel at ease in the USA," Delobel says. "I was missing France, my family and friends very much. France is our home, after all."
With the second-best free dance of the competition, Delobel and Schoenfelder finished fourth in Torino behind Ukranians Yelena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov. The close margin between the two teams, about a point and a half, made the fourth-place finish a frustrating one for the team, which also had finished fourth at the 2006 Europeans.
At the 2002 French national championships, Delobel tore an abdominal muscle during practice, and they withdrew from the event prior to the original dance. She missed six weeks of training time, and the team did not compete at the 2002 European Championships. Though they placed 16th in Salt Lake, Delobel wasn't fully healed, and the team took falls in both the original and free dances in an event Delobel calls their "worst competition."
Isabelle's identical twin sister Veronique also competed internationally in ice dancing. Veronique's partner's name? Olivier (Olivier Chapuis). The Delobel twins started skating age six as singles skaters.
2009-10 Music
Original Dance: French Cancan
Free Dance: Jacques Brel's "La Quête"
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder had intended to return to competition at Europeans in January, but decided to focus their efforts on the Olympics. As a result, not much is known about the team's preparations.
In March 2009, Delobel announced that
she and longtime boyfriend Ludovic Roux were expecting. The couple married in June, and Delobel gave birth to a baby boy, Lois, on October 2, 2009. Roux owns an Olympic medal from the 1998 Nagano Games, where he was one of the French foursome that placed third in the team event.
While learning the team's 2009-10 programs, French teammate and 2006 World silver medalist Marie-France Dubreuil subbed for Delobel, so Schoenfelder could still practice lifts. During a press conference at Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, Delobel announced that she and Schoenfelder were set to return to practice in October.
As a fitting follow-up to their 2008 World title, Delobel and Schoenfelder dominated the 2008-09 season. They won both of their Grand Prix assignments (France and Skate America) and the Grand Prix Final. During the exhibition in Goyong City, South Korea, Delobel injured her right shoulder and underwent arthroscopic surgery in January 2009, forcing the team out of the 2009 European and World Championships.
Delobel wrote on her web site: "Regarding the surgery I underwent, I got a buffer with two screws and a repair of the bursa. I had a front lesion and during the operation, they discovered I had posterior lesions that couldn't be seen with MRI. To all our fans I want to assure you that I will do everything necessary to come back even stronger and more motivated than ever. We will return on the ice as soon as possible, after Dr. Lafosse gives me clearance to do so. I am happy to know that you are supporting us, it gives me courage for the following weeks of recovery. See you all soon at the ice rink or on the TV screen. We will keep you informed with my progress. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!"
The two-time Olympians are the veterans among the world's top dance teams, with a partnership spanning two decades. In 1990, Delobel and Schoenfelder both attended a training camp in Lyon, where two-time Olympic medalists Irina Moiseyeva and Andrei Minenkov spotted them and said, according to Delobel, "Oh, this blonde guy and this dark-haired girl ... those two could be really good together." They quickly decided to team up, and Delobel, then 12, moved to Lyon to skate. For the 2001-02 season leading up to the Salt Lake Games, Delobel and Schoenfelder lived in Connecticut and trained with Tatyana Tarasova, but immediately following Salt Lake, they returned to Lyon. "We didn't really feel at ease in the USA," Delobel says. "I was missing France, my family and friends very much. France is our home, after all."
With the second-best free dance of the competition, Delobel and Schoenfelder finished fourth in Torino behind Ukranians Yelena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov. The close margin between the two teams, about a point and a half, made the fourth-place finish a frustrating one for the team, which also had finished fourth at the 2006 Europeans.
At the 2002 French national championships, Delobel tore an abdominal muscle during practice, and they withdrew from the event prior to the original dance. She missed six weeks of training time, and the team did not compete at the 2002 European Championships. Though they placed 16th in Salt Lake, Delobel wasn't fully healed, and the team took falls in both the original and free dances in an event Delobel calls their "worst competition."
Isabelle's identical twin sister Veronique also competed internationally in ice dancing. Veronique's partner's name? Olivier (Olivier Chapuis). The Delobel twins started skating age six as singles skaters.
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