Anaïs Morand (born 10 March 1993) is a Swiss pair skater and Red Bull Crashed Ice competitor in the sport of ice cross downhill. Competing in pairs with Antoine Dorsaz, she skated at seven ISU Championships, achieving their best result (8th) at the 2010 Europeans, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics (15th). In 2011 and 2012, she competed at three ISU Championships with Timothy Leemann. She is the 2018 Crans-Montana Riders Cup Ice Cross champion.

Anaïs Morand
Morand and Dorsaz in 2010
Full nameAnaïs Morand
Born (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31)
Vouvry, Switzerland
HometownZurich, Switzerland
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySwitzerland
Skating clubCPA Monthey
Began skating1999

Career

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Figure skating

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Morand teamed up with Antoine Dorsaz in 2006. They spent their first two seasons together on the junior circuit. In 2008–09 they competed in both juniors and seniors, finishing 12th at the European Championships and 10th at the World Junior Championships. They were not able to qualify a spot for Switzerland for the Winter Olympics.

Morand and Dorsaz began the 2009–10 season at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they qualified a spot for Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] They continued to skate on the junior Grand Prix circuit and moved up to 8th at the European Championships. They were 15th at the Olympics and moved up to 13th at Worlds. Dorsaz retired from competitive skating after the 2010 season, citing lack of motivation.[2] It was then announced that Morand would compete in ladies' single skating until she found a new partner. She later teamed up with Timothy Leemann, but did compete in the ladies' event at the Junior Grand Prix Austria in Graz, finishing in 25th place. In July 2012, it was reported that their partnership had ended.[3]

Ice cross

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In 2015, Morand began competing in ice cross downhill.[4]

Programs

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With Leemann

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Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
[5]
2010–2011
[6]
  • James Bond
    (soundtrack)
  • Drum and Techno Mix
    by Safri Duo

Singles career

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Season Short program Free skating
2010–2011
[7]

With Dorsaz

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Season Short program Free skating
2008–2010
[8][9]
2007–2008
[10]
2006–2007
[11]

Competitive highlights

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JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Single skating

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International[12]
Event 2010–11 2012–13
JGP Austria 25th
National[12]
Swiss Championships 18th

Pair skating with Leeman

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International[13]
Event 2010–11 2011–12
World Championships 18th
European Championships 14th
International: Junior[13]
World Junior Champ. 12th
JGP Austria 13th
Bavarian Open 2nd
National[13]
Swiss Championships 1st 1st
J = Junior level

Pair skating with Dorsaz

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International[14]
Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Olympics 15th
World Champ. 14th 13th
European Champ. 12th 8th
Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
International: Junior or novice[14]
Junior Worlds 11th 12th 10th
JGP Belarus 6th
JGP Czech Republic 10th 8th
JGP Estonia 15th
JGP Germany 4th
JGP Norway 9th
JGP United Kingdom 14th
JGP United States 6th
Warsaw Cup 1st N
National[14]
Swiss Champ. 1st J 1st 1st 1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Qualifying Competition – Oberstdorf (GER) - Review". International Skating Union. 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
  2. ^ Vernon, Nadin (2010). "Antoine Dorsaz: "Now I have one dream: I want to do shows"". Absolute Skating.
  3. ^ "Morand/Leemann getrennt" [Morand/Leemann have split] (in German). spox.ch. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  4. ^ "Anaïs Morand – Weltspitze im zweiten Versuch" [Anaïs Morand – Top of the world in the second attempt]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 30 December 2019. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Anais MORAND: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.
  10. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008.
  11. ^ "Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007.
  12. ^ a b "Competition Results: Anais MORAND". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Anais MORAND / Timothy LEEMANN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018.
  14. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Anais MORAND / Antoine DORSAZ". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018.
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