Lloyd Jones
Welsh ice dancer

Lloyd Jones

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Introduction

Lloyd Jones (born 1 August 1988) is a Welsh-French ice dancer. He represented France from 2009 to 2014. With Pernelle Carron, he is the 2011 Cup of China bronze medalist, 2013 Winter Universiade champion, 2010 Cup of Nice champion, three-time NRW Trophy champion, and 2010 French national champion. The two competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Earlier in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain.

Personal life

Jones was born on 1 August 1988 in Cardiff, Wales. He became a French citizen in October 2013.

Career

Early partnerships

Early in his career, Jones competed for Great Britain. Following a partnership with Lucy Strange, he teamed up with Leigh Rogers. They won two British national junior titles and competed twice at the World Junior Championships. His next partner was Danielle Bennett, with whom he won silver on the junior level at the 2009 British Championships.

Partnership with Pernelle Carron

In April 2009, Jones teamed up with Pernelle Carron to compete for France. They were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon, France at the start of their partnership.

In their first season together, Carron and Jones won the NRW Trophy and became the French national champions, a title they won in the absence of the higher ranked Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder and Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. Carron and Jones were 12th at the European Championships and at that season's World Championships.

In the 2010–2011 season, they again won the 2010 NRW Trophy, as well as the 2010 Coupe de Nice, and finished 5th and 4th in two Grand Prix assignments, 2011 Skate Canada and the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, respectively. They were unable to defend their national title, finishing with a silver medal behind Pechalat and Bourzat. They moved up to 9th at the European Championships and again finished 12th at Worlds. After the season ended, they moved to the United States to be coached by Natalia Linichuk.

In 2011–12, Carron and Jones began their season by taking silver at the 2011 Cup of Nice. They then won their first Grand Prix medal together, bronze, at the 2011 Cup of China. At the end of the season, they moved to the UK to be coached by Marika Humphreys.

Programs

With Carron

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2013–2014
  • De-Lovely
  • Anything Goes
  • Swan Lake
2012–2013
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
  • Tennessee Waltz
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
  • La Chanson des Vieux Amants
2011–2012
  • Mambo
  • Historia de un amor
  • Mambo No. 8
  • Jazz Night
  • Buona Sera Signorina
2010–2011
  • La Valse A Mille Temps

  • Paint It Black
  • Angie
  • Seaside Rendez Vous
Original dance
2009–2010
  • Lord of the Dance
  • Adagio
  • Lord of the Dance

With Rogers

Season Original dance Free dance
2006–2007
  • La cumparsita
  • Libertango
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Corpse Bride
2005–2006
  • Loona Viva El Amor
  • Con Los Anos Que Me Queden
  • Laundry Service
  • Hi De Ho
  • Gee Baby Aint I Good to You
  • Hey Pachuco

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Carron for France

International
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Winter Olympics 15th
World Champ. 12th 12th 21st 12th
European Champ. 12th 9th 7th 10th 13th
GP Bompard 9th 4th 8th
GP Cup of China 3rd 4th
GP Rostelecom 6th
GP Skate America 6th
GPSkate Canada 5th 7th
Cup of Nice 1st 2nd
Golden Spin 2nd
Ice Challenge 6th
NRW Trophy 1st 1st 1st
Winter Universiade 1st
National
French Champ. 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
Masters 3rd 2nd
Team events
World Team Trophy 6th T
5th P

With Bennett for Great Britain

National
Event 2008–2009
British Championships 2nd J

With Rogers for Great Britain

International
Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
World Junior Championships 20th 17th
JGP Bulgaria 12th
JGP Czech Republic 9th
JGP Netherlands 12th
JGP Romania 14th
JGP United Kingdom 11th
Grand Prize SNP 4th
National
British Championships 1st J 1st J