Brian Joubert
• Brian Joubert (born 20 September 1984) is a French figure skater. He is the 2007 World champion, a threetime (2004, 2007 & 2009) European champion, an eight-time (2003– 2008, 2011, 2012) French National champion, and the 2006 -7 Grand Prix Final champion. In total, he is a six-time World medalist, a ten-time European medalist, and competed in four Winter Olympics for France.
Personal life • Brian Joubert was born in Poitiers, Vienne to Raymonde and Jean-Michel Joubert. He has two older sisters, Sarah and Alexandra. He suffered a life-threatening illness at the age of 11 months, which led to the removal of one kidney. • Brian Joubert began skating at the age of four, with his sisters. Although he originally hoped to play hockey, Joubert became fascinated with the jumping aspect of figure skating. • Hobbies Joubert - motorcycles, music, billiards, fencing, aquariums, drawing. • Brian Joubert involved in charity work, being the sponsor of the fund to support children with Williams syndrome. • In March 2006, he published the autobiographical book "Brian Joubert: Fire on Ice". (Brian Joubert: le Feu sur la Glace). In 2010 published a picture book about the skater Brian Joubert sur papier glacé.
Early career • Joubert took part in few international events as a junior. His first major international competition was the 2000 World Junior Championships, where he placed 15 th. The following season, he placed 4 th at both his junior Grand Prix assignments, and later finished 14 th at senior nationals, and failed to qualify for the French team for 2001 Junior Worlds.
Senior career • Joubert improved upon his debut season in 2002– 2003. Following the withdrawal of Alexei Yagudin from 2002 Skate America due to a hip injury, Joubert won the event; it was his first international title. Combined with a fifth-place finish at the 2002 Trophée Lalique, he qualified for his first Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, where he won the bronze medal. Joubert also won the French national championships that season, the first of six consecutive titles. He was the silver medalist at the 2003 Europeans • In the 2003– 2004 season, Joubert once again won a medal on the Grand Prix circuit. At the 2004 European Championships, he became the first Frenchman to win the event in 40 years and the first non-Russian to win the event since 1996. He won his first World medal, a silver, at that year's World Championships. • The 2004– 2005 season started well for Joubert; he won two Grand Prix medals and was the silver medalist at the 2005 European Championships. • He had a better showing at the 2006 World Championships, winning the short program and finishing with a silver medal behind Stéphane Lambiel.
Skating technique • Joubert was considered a strong jumper during his competitive career. He landed the quadruple salchow jump in competition and had a consistent quadruple toe loop jump. In 2013, he became the first skater to land 100 quadruple jumps in international competition. At the 2006 Cup of Russia competition, Joubert landed three quadruple jumps in his free skate: two toe loops (one in combination) and a Salchow, the first skater to accomplish this under the IJS. Joubert has stated in interviews that he considers quadruple jumps to be important for the future of figure skating as a sport.
