Vanessa James

About Vanessa James

French pair skater who found great success with partner Morgan Ciprès, with whom she has won multiple French national championships. She previously represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games alongside former partner Yannick Bonheur before competing at the Games with Ciprès in 2014.

Vanessa James is a French Canadian competitive figure skater. Along with her former skating teammate, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World Bronze Medalist, the 2017 European Bronze Medal Winner, the 2018 Grand Prix Final Champion and the Champion. Six-time National Enemy of France. They have also won medals in the Grand Prix and Challenger Series competitions. James and Ciprès represented France at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. Along with his former teammate Yannick Bonheur, James represented France at the 2010 Winter Olympics, placing fourteenth. She was also the UK's national singles champion in 2006. In April 2021, James announced the formation of a new partnership with Eric Radford, representing Canada.

Coach	Julie Marcotte
World standing	Pairs with Ciprès, 6 (2017–18), 6 (2016–17), 9 (2015–16), 11 (2014–15), 11 (2013–14), 11 (2012–13), 30 (2011–12) - (2010–11), Pairs with Bonheur, 28 (2009–10), 51 (2008–09) - (2007–08), Ladies' singles, 178 (2009–10), 120 (2008–09), 120 (2007–08)
Former training locations	Tampa, Florida, Paris-Bercy, Dammarie-lès-Lys, Indianapolis, Newark, Delaware, Coral Springs, Florida
Began skating	1998
Free skate	152.52, 2019 World Team Trophy
Partner	Eric Radford
Former partner	Morgan Ciprès, Yannick Bonheur, Hamish Gaman
Former coach	John Zimmerman, Silvia Fontana, Jeremy Barrett, Claude Thévenard, Jean-Roland Racle, Sergei Zaitsev, Vivien Rolland, Karl Kurtz, Priscilla Hill
Short program	76.55, 2019 Europeans
Home town	Manassas, Virginia
Skating club	Francais Volants
Former choreographer	Guillaume Cizeron, Charlie White, Silvia Fontana, John Kerr, Line Haddad, Dominique Molina, Sergei Zaitsev, Olivia Candeloro, Alexey Beletsky
Training locations	Quebec
Born	September 27, 1987, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Former country(ies) represented	France, United Kingdom, United States
Country represented	Canada
Residence	Montreal, Quebec
Combined total	226.00, 2019 World Team Trophy

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Trivia

By winning gold at the 2006 British Championships, she became the first person of Black African descent to become a British figure skating champion.

Vanessa James before fame

She was born in the Scarborough neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She later resided in Bermuda before relocating to Virginia, USA, at the age of ten.

Achievement of Vanessa James

She became the first person of Black African heritage to win a British figure skating championship when she won gold at the 2006 British Championships.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Vanessa James family life

Melyssa, her identical twin sister, is also a figure skater.

Associations of Vanessa James

She, like Sarah Abitol, is a French figure skating champion.

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