Lloyd Jones (born 1 August 1988) is a Welsh-French former competitive 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 Foxtrot: De-Lovely Quickstep: Anything Goes by Cole Porter Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky 2012–2013 Polka: Cotton Eyed Joe Waltz: Tennessee Waltz Polka: Cotton Eyed Joe La Chanson des Vieux Amants by Jacques Brel 2011–2012 Mambo Historia de un amor by Perez Prado Mambo No. 8 Jazz Night Buona Sera Signorina by Louis Prima 2010–2011 La Valse A Mille Temps by Jacques Brel George Gershwin medley

Paint It Black Angie by The Rolling Stones Seaside Rendez Vous by Queen Original dance 2009–2010 Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman Adagio by Il Divo Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman

With Rogers Season Original dance Free dance 2006–2007 La cumparsita Libertango by Astor Piazzolla The Nightmare Before Christmas Corpse Bride by Danny Elfman 2005–2006 Samba: Loona Viva El Amor by Dj Sammy Rhumba: Con Los Anos Que Me Queden by Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan Jr. Samba: Laundry Service by Shakira, Gloria Estefan Hi De Ho by various artists Gee Baby Aint I Good to You by D. Redman and A Razel Hey Pachuco by E. Nichols

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 Bompard 9th 4th 8th Cup of China 3rd 4th Rostelecom 6th Skate America 6th Skate 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 T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

With Bennett for Great Britain National Event 2008–2009 British Championships 2nd J J = Junior level

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

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