Benoît Richaud (born 16 January 1988) is a French figure skating coach, choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. He has competed at three World Junior Championships, placing as high as seventh.
Richaud was a former student of (a school in Lyon). He competed for France throughout his career. His first ice dancing partner was Scarlett Rouzet.
From 2005 to 2007, he skated with ÃÂlodie Brouiller. They competed at two World Junior Championships, placing 13th in 2006 and 7th in 2007. Brouiller/Richaud won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and qualified for the JGP Final in 2006. They ended their partnership in 2007.
Subsequently, Richaud partnered with Canada's Terra Findlay in November 2007. During the 2008âÂÂ2009 season, they placed 10th at the World Junior Championships. Their partnership concluded at the end of the season.
Following his retirement from competitive figure skating, Richaud has been working as a coach and choreographer in Nice. In an interview in February 2024, he talked about how he assisted his students during competitions. He was nominated for and won the "Best Figure Skating Choreographer" at the 2024 ISU Skating awards. He was also nominated in 2025.
As a coach, his students have included:
Skaters he has choreographed for include:
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Richaud, described by the Associated Press as "the busiest coach/choreographer of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics", garnered media attention for coaching 16 skaters of 13 nationalities and switching team jackets for each of the skaters he supported. At those Olympics, he was the coach of Stephen Gogolev of Canada and Nika Egadze of Georgia, among others.