Laetitia HUBERT

 

 

France

Single

 

Date of birth / Születési idõ

 23 June 1974

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Paris

Height / Magasság

 158 cm

Weight / Súly

 49 kg

Home town  /Lakóhely

 Maisons-Alfou

Profession / Foglalkozás

 Student

Marital status / Családi állapot

 married (2000)

Hobbies / Hobbi

 reading, music, cooking, museums

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1977

Club

 Paris Olympique Club

 

Coach / Edzõ

 Annick Gailhaguet, Pierre Trente

Choreographer / Koreográfus

 Mary Scotvold

Former coach / Régebbi edzõ

 Gilles Beyer, Jean-Roland Racle

Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week)

 30 in the USA

Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban  (h/week)

 21 at Champigny

 

Music Short Program as of 2000/2001 season

 Romeo and Juliet by Craig Armstrong

Music Free Skating as of 2000/2001 season

 Dead can Dance / Xotica by René Dupéré / The Insider by various  artists

Music Short Program as of 2001/2002 season

 The Giving  by Michael W. Smith

Music Free Skating as of 2001/2002 season

 Diva (soundtrack)  by Vladimir Cosma / Palladio  by Karl Jenkins


Results / Eredmények

 

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1997

1998

1999

2001

2002

Olympic Games / Olimpia

 

 

12

 

17

 

 

20

 

 

15

World Champ./ Világbajnokság

FNR

FNR

4

 

14 QR

6

6

4

 

17

12

European Champ./ Európabajnokság

14

10

6

 

11

12

12

 

WD

 

8

World Juniors / Junior Világbajnokság

6

6

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Champ./ Nemzeti Bajnokság

 

2

2

3

3

3

4

1

1

2

2

 

International Competition:

 1989

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

3

 1990

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

5

 1991

 Nations Cup

3

 1992

 Skate America

7

 1992

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

3

 1993

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

6

 1993

 Piruetten

11

 1993

 NHK Trophy

11

 1994

Skate Canada

2

 1997

Nations Cup

11

 1997

Trophée Lalique, Paris

1

 1998

 Skate Canada

4

 1998

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

5

 1998

 Cup of Russia, Moscow

5

 1998

 Goodwill Games, New York City

6

 1998

 Karl Schäfer Memorial, Vienna

1

 1999

 Finlandia Trophy, Helsinki

3

 2000

 Skate Canada, Mississauga

10

 2000

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

8

 2000

 Finlandia Trophy, Helsinki

3

 2001

 Top Jump, Lyon

2

 2001

 Skate Canada, Saskatoon

8

 2001

 Trophée Lalique, Paris

5

Laetitia Hubert has seen many ups and downs in her career. For example just one week before beating World Champion Tara Lipinski in Paris (Trophee Lalique 1997), she had finished last in Gelsenkirchen (Sparkassen Cup). She began skating at three, when her parents took her to the rink to skate with them because they couldn't find a babysitter. Hubert has undergone numerous operations on her knee and foot but still is in pain when skating. She missed most of the 1999/2000 season because of her injuries. Hubert got married in summer 2000.

International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 01.01.2003

Veteran skater

At 27, Laetitia Hubert is one of the oldest and most experienced skaters in the field for the Salt Lake Games, having competed in six World Championships and three previous Olympic Winter Games. She placed fourth at the 1992 and 1998 World Championships -- huge improvements from her performances at the 1992 and 1998 Games.

Olympic disappointments

At her Olympic debut in 1992, Hubert placed fifth in the short program but fell five times in the free skate, dropping her to 12th overall. Still, the 1992 result marked her best Olympic finish. After another poor performance at the 1994 Lillehammer Games -- she finished 17th -- Hubert entered the 1998 Nagano Games as a medal contender, having won the Trophee Lalique that year. However, she faltered again at the Games, finishing 20th. "My first three Olympics were bad," she says. "The long programs were bad. I fell and fell."

Injury report

 Hubert missed the entire 1995-1996 season and the first part of the 1996-1997 season because of a torn meniscus and damaged cartilage in her right knee. She had surgeries in 1996 and 1997 in an attempt to correct the problem. At the 1997 World Championships, which marked just her third competition in a two-year span, Hubert finished a solid sixth. The knee problem flared up again later in her career and she was forced to have another surgery in November 1999. She says the injury is still painful. Hubert also missed most the 1992-1993 season with a right ankle injury. She had surgery on the ankle in June 1993.

Official Olympic Site 2002

Pictures / Képek