Morgan Ciprès

Morgan Ciprès
James and Ciprès at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy
Personal information
Country represented France
Born (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991
Melun, France
Residence Dammarie-lès-Lys
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner Vanessa James
Coach John Zimmerman, Jeremy Barrett
Former coach Claude Thévenard, Jean-Roland Racle
Choreographer John Kerr, Silvia Fontana
Former choreographer Line Haddad
Skating club CSG Dammarie-lès-Lys
Training locations Coral Springs, Florida
Former training locations Paris-Bercy
Dammarie-lès-Lys
Began skating 1995
World standing Pairs with James
6 (2017–18)
6 (2016–17)
9 (2015–16)
11 (2014–15)
11 (2013–14)
11 (2012–13)
30 (2011–12)
- (2010–11)
Men's singles
143 (2011–12)
106 (2010–11)
97 (2009–10)
160 (2008–09)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 222.59
2017 World Team Trophy
Short program 75.72
2017 World Team Trophy
Free skate 146.87
2017 World Team Trophy
Medal record
Representing  France
Figure skating: Pairs
World Championships
2018 MilanPairs
European Championships
2017 OstravaPairs
Winter Universiade
2015 GranadaPairs

Morgan Ciprès (born 24 April 1991) is a French pair skater. With partner Vanessa James, he is the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2017 European bronze medalist and a five-time French national champion. They have also won medals in Grand Prix and Challenger Series competitions.

Early career

Ciprès began learning to skate in 1995.[1] He initially competed in single skating, debuting on the ISU Junior Grand Prix in 2004. An adductor muscle injury caused him to miss the 2007–08 season.[2] He placed 13th at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Pair skating career

In September 2010, Ciprès teamed up with Vanessa James to compete in pair skating.[3][4] They made no competitive appearances in their first season as Ciprès learned pairs elements.[5]

2011–2012 season

James/Ciprès made their competitive debut in the 2011–2012 season. After competing at the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and 2011 Coupe de Nice, the pair appeared at their first Grand Prix together, the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard, placing eighth, and then took the silver medal at the 2012 French Nationals. At the 2012 European Championships, James/Ciprès were eighth in the short program and sixth in the free skate, finishing sixth overall. They went on to place 16th at the 2012 World Championships.

2012–2013 season

James/Ciprès won the bronze medal at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy — it was their first international medal as a pair.[6] Their 2012 Grand Prix assignments were Skate America, where they placed fourth, and the Trophee Eric Bompard, where they came in sixth. James/Ciprès won another international medal at the 2012 NRW Trophy and followed that with their first national title in December. The pair then placed fourth at the 2013 European Championships and eighth at the 2013 World Championships. They also won the 2013 International Challenge Cup.

2013–2014 season

James/Ciprès were again assigned to Skate America and the Trophee Eric Bompard. Ciprès, however, underwent surgery after a wrist injury and had to avoid lifts for a period, causing the pair to withdraw from Skate America.[7][8] They were able to compete at the Trophee Eric Bompard and placed fifth. The pair then successfully defended their national title. At the 2014 Europeans, James/Ciprès set personal best scores in both segments of the competition and came in fifth. They were named in the French team to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

2014–2015 season

James/Ciprès finished fourth at the 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and fifth at both of their Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. They then placed fifth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm and ninth at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai.

2015–2016 season

James/Ciprès began their season with a bronze medal at the 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They placed second in the short program at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard before the event's cancellation due to the November 2015 Paris attacks. The ISU deemed those placements to be the final results, awarding James/Ciprès their first Grand Prix medal, silver. The pair finished fourth at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava and tenth at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. At the end of the season, they concluded that they needed a major change if they were to continue competing.[9]

2016–2017 season

In June 2016, James/Ciprès relocated to Coral Springs, Florida, to be coached by John Zimmerman and Jeremy Barrett.[10][11][1] After taking silver at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International, the pair competed at two Grand Prix events; they finished fourth at the 2016 Skate America and won the bronze medal at the 2016 Trophée de France.

In January 2017, James/Ciprès won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic,[12][13] becoming the first French pair in fourteen years to medal at the event[14] (since 2003, when Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis took silver).

In March, James/Ciprès placed 10th in the short program, 6th in the free skate, and 8th overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. The following month, they competed as part of Team France at the 2017 World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Japan; although their team finished sixth overall, the pair scored personal bests and placed first in both segments of the pairs' event, ahead of Russia's Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov.

Reflecting on their progress as a team, James said, "Our main problem [before] was that we were two different people on the ice. We needed to change that and to increase the connection between the two of us."[15]

2017–2018 season

James/Ciprès began their season with gold at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International. They then won medals at both of their Grand Prix assignments, taking bronze at the 2017 Skate Canada International and silver at the 2017 Internationaux de France. They finished as the first alternates for the Grand Prix Final. James/Ciprès finished a disappointing 4th at the 2017-18 European Championships, and consequently, decided to switch their free skate program back to the previous year's program ("The Sound of Silence"). [16] At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, they competed in the Team Event for France, placing 6th in the SP (France did not qualify for the long).[17] In the Olympic individual pairs competition, James/Ciprès again placed 6th in the SP, but a strong free skate pulled them up into the top five, with a free skate score of 143.19, placing 5th overall. [18]. At the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, they achieved their best results, placing 3rd in the SP and 3rd in the FS, and finally won their World medal, the bronze.[19]

Programs

With Vanessa James

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[20]
2016–2017
[1][11]
2015–2016
[23]
2014–2015
[24]
  • Scared of Lonely
    by Beyoncé
2013–2014
[25]
2012–2013
[26]
  • Rhumba d'Amour
  • Safri Duo
2011–2012
[3]

Singles career

Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[2]
2005–2006
[27]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Vanessa James

James and Ciprès at the 2016 European Championships
James and Ciprès compete in 2012
International[28]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics10th5th
Worlds16th8th10th9th10th8th3rd
Europeans6th4th5th5th4th3rd4th
GP France8th6th5th5th2nd3rd2ndTBD
GP NHK Trophy6th
GP Skate Canada5th3rdTBD
GP Skate America4thWD4th
CS Autumn Classic2nd1st1st
CS Nebelhorn4th3rd
Challenge Cup1st
Cup of Nice5th
Cup of Tyrol2nd
Denkova-Staviski1st
Nebelhorn Trophy3rd
Nepela Memorial5th
NRW Trophy3rd
Universiade3rd
National[28]
French Champ.2nd1st1st1st1st1stWD
Masters1st1st
Team events
Olympics6th T
7th P		10th T
6th P
World Team
Trophy		6th T
4th P		6th T
5th P		6th T
1st P
TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew
T = Team result, P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Men's singles

International[29]
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10
Junior Worlds13th
JGP Czech Republic17th11th
JGP Estonia13th
JGP Germany11th
JGP Hungary9th
JGP Netherlands18th
JGP Ukraine20th
JGP U.K.9th
National[29]
French Champ.11th7th4th

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Morgan CIPRES: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "James et Ciprès promis à un bel avenir" [James and Ciprès have a bright future]. Le Parisien (in French). 18 November 2011.
  5. ↑ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (10 October 2011). "France's finest turn out for French Masters". Icenetwork. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (30 September 2012). "2012 Nebelhorn Trophy". Golden Skate.
  7. ↑ "James / Cipres absents au Skate America mais presents aux Master's de Orleans" [James/Cipres to miss Skate America but will compete at Master's de Orleans] (PDF) (in French). FFSG. 30 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (12 November 2013). "Paris welcomes fifth stage in Grand Prix Series". IceNetwork.com.
  9. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (26 May 2017). "Breakthrough motivates France's James and Ciprès". Golden Skate.
  10. ↑ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (25 January 2017). "Zimmerman's tutelage guiding James, Ciprès". IceNetwork.com.
  11. 1 2 Smith, Beverley (27 January 2017). "James and Cipres turn a corner".
  12. ↑ "Vanessa James et Morgan Ciprès : «C'était vraiment magique»" [Vanessa James et Morgan Ciprès: "It was truly magical"]. L'Équipe (in French). 27 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Bőd, Titanilla (6 February 2017). "Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres: "Mental games at practice give us confidence"". Absolute Skating.
  14. ↑ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (26 January 2017). "Tarasova, Morozov earn coveted European title". IceNetwork.com.
  15. ↑ Berlot, Jean-Christophe (18 November 2017). "James, Ciprès pride themselves on taking risks". IceNetwork.com.
  16. ↑ "Jackie Wong on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  17. ↑ "ISU Results, 2018 Olympics, Team Event, Pairs" (PDF).
  18. ↑ "ISU Results, Pairs Competition, SP, 2018" (PDF).
  19. ↑ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2018". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  20. ↑ "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017.
  21. ↑ AbsoluteSkating [@absoluteskating] (25 March 2018). "#Milano2018 #WorldFigure Exhibition program - music & timing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ↑ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017 Skate Canada International - Gala Exhibition (Television production). Eurosport. October 29, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014.
  26. ↑ "Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  27. ↑ "Morgan CIPRES: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
  28. 1 2 "Competition Results: Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES". International Skating Union.
  29. 1 2 "Competition Results: Morgan CIPRES". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013.

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