Guillaume Cizeron

Guillaume Cizeron (; born 12 November 1994) is a French ice dancer. With current partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry, he is the 2026 Olympic champion, the 2026 World champion, the 2026 European champion, the 2025–26 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix champion, and the 2026 French national champion.

With former partner Gabriella Papadakis, he is the 2022 Olympic champion, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a five-time World champion (2015–2016, 2018–2019, 2022), a five-time consecutive European champion (2015–2019), the 2017 and 2019 Grand Prix Final champion, and a seven-time French national champion (2015–2020, 2022). They have won ten gold medals in the Grand Prix series. Earlier in their career, they won silver at the 2012 Junior Grand Prix Final and 2013 World Junior Championships.

Papadakis and Cizeron have broken world records 28 times, which is in itself a record across all figure skating disciplines since the introduction of the ISU Judging System in 2004. They are the former and historical world record holders in short/rhythm dance, free dance, and combined total. They are the first team to have broken the 90-point barrier in the rhythm dance, the 120-point and 130-point barriers in the free dance, and the first team to score above the 200-point, 210-point, and 220-point barriers in the combined total score.

Papadakis and Cizeron were recognized for their graceful and balletic style.

On 13 January 2026, two days before the release of the memoir, Cizeron announced that his lawyers had sent a formal notice of cease and desist to Papadakis and her publisher. He said that her allegations against him were false and that she was orchestrating a "smear campaign" against him.

Competitive ice dance career Partnership with Gabriella Papadakis Early career Papadakis and Cizeron teamed up when they were about 9 or 10 years old in Clermont-Ferrand at the suggestion of her mother, Catherine Papadakis, who coached them from the beginning of their partnership. The duo withdrew from their final competition of the season, the 2016 Team Challenge Cup in April 2016, because Papadakis had a mild case of mononucleosis.

2020–2021 season With the pandemic affecting international travel, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location, but Papadakis/Cizeron were nonetheless assigned to the 2020 Internationaux de France, necessitating traveling from Canada to France. However, the Internationaux was ultimately cancelled due to the pandemic as well. They officially announced their retirement from competitive ice dance on December 3, 2024.

Partnership with Laurence Fournier Beaudry 2025–2026 season: Olympic, World and European champions In March 2025, Cizeron announced he would return to competition with new ice dance partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry who previously represented Canada with her former partner Nikolaj Sørensen. Fournier Beaudry's former skating partner, and current romantic partner, who was accused of sexual assault and suspended for a minimum of 6 years for "sexual abuse." Cizeron's former ice dance partner, Gabriella Papadakis, later criticized his continued support of Sørensen in her memoir, revealing that his refusal to end their friendship was the reason she, a fellow sexual assault survivor, decided to stop skating with him.

The new team made their competitive debut in August 2025, winning gold at the French competition Masters de Villard-de-Lans. They subsequently withdrew from 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, scheduled for late September, due to a change in their rhythm dance music that required adjustments to the program.

Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron debuted their new rhythm dance, along with their free dance, at their first international competition, 2025 Grand Prix de France. They secured gold "Today we came to the ice without any number in mind," said Fournier Beaudry after the free dance. "We came here to enjoy the moment, to celebrate that we are skating here together, and to remember why we are here." They then took their second consecutive Grand Prix gold at 2025 Finlandia Trophy after placing first in both the Rhythm and free dance. "This is our first competition outside of France," said Cizeron after the free dance. "We feel very lucky to be sharing those moments together. We are very pleased with our performances this weekend. We have been working a lot on both programs, and we had so much fun today sharing that with the public."

On February 6, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron placed second with a new personal best score of 89.98 in the rhythm dance at the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event. "We are just very happy to be stepping on the Olympic ice today. It felt very special," said Cizeron. "It's our first time doing the team event, so it was a very special experience hearing the crowds, seeing the rings, and you know, everything—this is everything we dream of as athletes. So, we are trying to grasp every moment." That same day, the woman that accused Sørensen of sexual assault made a statement to The Canadian Press: "The comments of the reigning Olympic champion and a team in contention for the upcoming Olympic title carry weight, and using their voices to publicly undermine a survivor's truths further enforces the culture of silence in figure skating." thumb leftFive days later, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron won the gold medal in the 2026 Winter Olympic Ice Dance event after placing first in both segments, edging out gold medal favourites, Madison Chock and Evan Bates. "Oh my God, we are still in shock!" said Cizeron. "We had such a special time on the ice today. Looking back a year ago when we started dreaming of this, it's incredible what we've been through—all the work, all the training, and all the support we got along the way."

This final ice dance result sparked widespread controversy in USA, with several media outlets expressing outrage. Many noted that the French judge, Jézabel Dabouis, scored Chock and Bates lower than any other evaluator, nearly eight points lower than Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron in the free dance segment. She was also the only judge to give Chock and Bates a score lower than 130 points and one that was over 5.20 points below the average score posted by the remaining eight judges. Additionally, it was highlighted that Cizeron made several mistakes, including a noticeable one during his twizzle sequence, while Chock and Bates were nearly perfect. Skating fans also created a petition on Change.org, demanding an immediate and independent investigation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Skating Union (ISU) which garnered 6,500 signatures within less than twenty four hours following the event.

In response to the backlash, an ISU spokesperson said, "It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations. The ISU has full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness."

Several figure skaters expressed their belief that Chock and Bates should have won the Olympic gold, including Emilea Zingas, Vadym Kolesnik, Charlène Guignard, Marco Fabbri, Christina Carreira, Anthony Ponomarenko, Amber Glenn, Ellie Kam, Nathan Chen, and Evan Lysacek.

USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan referred to Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron's win as "an awful message [...] to sexual abuse survivors and victims, and parents who want their children to participate in a safe sport," citing that the reason the French ice dance team was formed was because of the investigation and subsequent suspension of Fournier Beaudry's boyfriend and former ice dance partner, Sørensen, for allegedly sexually assaulting another figure skater. Despite this, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron have consistently and publicly supported Sørensen, with him even attending the Olympic ice dance event to support the team.

In March 2026, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron competed in the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships. They placed first in the rhythm dance with a personal best score of 92.74, putting them in the lead by just over 5 points going into the free dance. "After the Olympics, we had a lot of media in Paris, so we spent some time there," said Cizeron. "We came back home, rested a little…we were a bit sick for a week. Then we started training again, went to Lithuania for a show, and really enjoyed it there. It was a very good preparation. And then we trained at home for Worlds." Two days later, they earned two more up another personal best scores in both the free dance and total score (138.07/230.81) to win the event. "We really had a good time tonight," said Fournier Beaudry. "It was a really magical moment. We really felt the energy of the crowd. They were really warm and it felt like a celebration of a long and beautiful season for us. We are just really grateful."

Career as a choreographer Following the 2021–22 Olympic season, Cizeron began regularly working as a choreographer for several skaters. His clients have included: Mone Chiba Corey Circelli Cha Jun-hwan Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Vanessa James / Eric Radford Haru Kakiuchi Davide Lewton Brain Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko Océane Piegad / Denys Strekalin Shun Sato

World record scores

Programs With Laurence Fournier Beaudry Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2025–2026 Vogue (Bette Davis Dub) Rescue Me (Houseboat Vocal Mix) Vogue (Strike-A-Pose Dub) Vogue

Enjoy the Silence (The 12" Singles) Personal Jesus (Alex Metric Remix) The Whale Opening Rigging Deep Water Safe Return Metamorphosis Mad Rush

With Gabriella Papadakis

"Short dance" was renamed as "rhythm dance" from the 2018-2019 season. Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2021–2022