Alexis Miart
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Alexis Miart is a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 ice dancer who competes with Tiffany Zahorski
Tiffany Zahorski
Tiffany Zahorski is a French ice dancer who competes with Alexis Miart.- Personal life :Zahorski was born in London, England. She is an only child. She currently lives and trains in Lyon, France.- Early career :...

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Personal life

Miart was born in L'isle-Adam
L'Isle-Adam
L'Isle-Adam may refer to:Places* L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise, a commune in FrancePeople* Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam , Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller* Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam , French symbolist writer...

, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. He has two older brothers. He currently lives and trains in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

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Early career

Miart started skating at the age of 8. He came to figure skating by mistake, when he thought he'd been invited to attend an ice hockey lesson. Miart began in single skating
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, training alongside Florent Amodio, at the Cergy rink, just outside Paris. He become known as the 'Showman from Cergy' and was advised that his skills were better suited to ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. Consequently in September 2008, Miart relocated to Lyon to commence dance training with Muriel Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer
Romain Haguenauer
Romain Haguenauer is a French retired competitive ice dancer who now works as coach and choreographer.-Career:...

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Miart teamed up with Tiffany Zahorski
Tiffany Zahorski
Tiffany Zahorski is a French ice dancer who competes with Alexis Miart.- Personal life :Zahorski was born in London, England. She is an only child. She currently lives and trains in Lyon, France.- Early career :...

 in March 2009. They placed 4th at the 2011 World Junior Championships
2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition during the 2010–2011 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and...

, with a second place finish in the free dance. In early July 2011, Miart sustained a fracture to the right malleolus
Malleolus
Each leg is supported by two bones, the tibia on the inner side of the leg and the fibula on the outer side of the leg.The medial malleolus is the prominence on the inner side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the tibia....

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Programs

(with Zahorski)
Season Short dance
Short dance
The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...

Free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

Exhibition
2011–2012 Marcia Baila
Marcia Baila
"Marcia Baïla" is a 1985 song recorded by the French duet Rita Mitsouko. It was the third single off their first album, the eponymous Rita Mitsouko, and was released in April of that year...

 
by Les Rita Mitsouko
Les Rita Mitsouko
Les Rita Mitsouko was a French pop rock group formed by guitarist Fred Chichin and singer Catherine Ringer. The duo first performed as Rita Mitsouko at Gibus Club, Paris in 1980...

2010–2011 Viennese Waltz
Viennese Waltz
Viennese Waltz is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese Waltz.What is now called...

: J'envoie Valser
by Zazie
Zazie
Zazie is a French singer and songwriter. Zazie co-produces all her albums.-Early life:...

I like it like that
I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi)
"I Like It Like That " is a song written by Tony Pabon and Manny Rodriguez. It was initially a hit for boogaloo musician Pete Rodriguez in 1967, and was one of the most influential boogaloo songs of the era...

 
by Pete Rodriguez
Pete Rodriguez
-USFL:Rodriguez served as defensive line coach for the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League from 1983-84. He was part of the USFL's first championship team, helping the Panthers to the title in 1983...


Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't No Sunshine
"Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, as well as Withers on lead vocals and guitar. The song was released as a single in September...

 
by Bill Withers
Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...


Mujer Latina
Mujer Latina
"Mujer Latina" is a song by Thalía, released as the third single from her fifth album Amor a la Mexicana.In Europe it was released as Vengo! Vengo! .-Official Versions And Remixes:# Mujer Latina - 3:36...

 
by Thalia
Thalia
Thalia was the Muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses....

The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich...

 soundtrack
by Éric Serra
Eric Serra
Éric Serra is a French composer. He has often worked on the movies of Luc Besson.- Biography :Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old...

Original dance
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

2009–2010 Folk dance: Flamenco medley The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element
The Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich...

 soundtrack
by Éric Serra
Eric Serra
Éric Serra is a French composer. He has often worked on the movies of Luc Besson.- Biography :Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old...


Competitive highlights

Event 2009–2010 2010–2011
World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

 
4th
2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition during the 2010–2011 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and...

French Championships
French Figure Skating Championships
The French Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of France. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters compete at the senior level...

 
4th J 3rd J
French Masters 4th J 3rd J
Spanish Championships
Spanish Figure Skating Championships
The Spanish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Spain. Skaters compete across the disciplines of Novice, Junior, and Senior in men's and ladies singles...

 
3rd J
2010 Spanish Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 Spanish Figure Skating Championships were the Spanish Figure Skating Championships of the 2009-2010 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, and ice dancing on the Senior, Junior, and Novice levels for the title of national champion of...

 
NRW Trophy, Dortmund, Germany
NRW Trophy
The NRW Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union....

 
5th J
2009 NRW Trophy
The 2009 NRW Trophy was the NRW Trophy of the 2009-2010 figure skating season. The NRW Trophy is an annual figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia...

 
1st J
2010 NRW Trophy
The 2010 NRW Trophy was the NRW Trophy of the 2010-2011 figure skating season. The NRW Trophy is an annual figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia...

Lyon International, Lyon, France 2nd J
Junior Grand Prix Final
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final is the culminating competition of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, which is a series of junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union...

 
1st alternate
Junior Grand Prix, Brasov, Romania
2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...

 
4th
Junior Grand Prix, Ostrava, Czech Republic
2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...

 
2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Minsk, Belarus
2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...

 
10th 
  • J = Junior level

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