Charlène Guignard

Charlène Edith Magali Guignard (born 12 August 1989) is a French-Italian ice dancer.

Competing for Italy with Marco Fabbri, she is the 2023 World silver medalist, a two-time European champion (2023–24), a two-time European bronze medalist (2019, 2022), a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist and six-time Italian national champion (2019–24).

The two are also six-time Lombardia Trophy champions, two-time Golden Spin of Zagreb champions, and eight-time Italian national silver medalists.

Charlène Edith Magali Guignard was born on 12 August 1989 in Brest, France.

Guignard began learning to skate in 1993.

Early in her career, she competed for France.

Following partnerships with Christopher Guignard and Goulven Fourdan, she teamed up with Guillaume Paulmier.

The two debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2006–07 season.

They finished eighteenth at the 2008 World Junior Championships and nineteenth in 2009.

She and Fabbri have been in a relationship since 2009.

Guignard and Italy's Marco Fabbri found each other on Icepartnersearch and began skating together after a try-out in May 2009.

They began competing together for Italy in the 2010–11 season, coached by Barbara Fusar-Poli.

They finished fourth in their international debut, at the 2010 NRW Trophy, before winning the bronze medal at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

The duo took the silver medal at the Italian Championships.

In April 2011, they were sent to their first ISU Championship – the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

They qualified for the free dance and finished nineteenth overall.

In the 2011–12 season, Guignard/Fabbri repeated as the Italian national silver medalists and placed eleventh at their first European Championships in Sheffield, England.

In 2012–13, Guignard/Fabbri debuted on the Grand Prix series, placing fifth at the 2012 Cup of China.

She became an Italian citizen in August 2013.

Ranked eighth in both segments, they finished ninth at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

At the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario, Canada, they were sixteenth in the short dance, fifteenth in the free dance, and seventeenth overall.

Guignard/Fabbri began the 2013–14 season with a silver medal at the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and then placed seventh at their sole Grand Prix event, the 2013 Skate Canada International.

They were awarded gold at the 2013 NRW Trophy before winning their fourth consecutive national silver medal.

They represented Italy at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Guignard previously skated for France, appearing at two World Junior Championships with Guillaume Paulmier.

In January 2014, they finished eighth at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

In February, Guignard/Fabbri represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia; they placed fifteenth in the short dance, fourteenth in the free, and fourteenth overall.

They had the same final result in March at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, after placing seventeenth in the short and twelfth in the free dance.

Making their Challenger Series (CS) debut, Guignard/Fabbri won the silver medal at the 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

Having received two Grand Prix invitations, they placed sixth at the 2014 Skate America and fifth at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.

They were awarded silver medals in December at the 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and Italian Championships.

The two finished sixth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, and twelfth at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China.

Guignard/Fabbri placed fourth at both of their 2015–16 Grand Prix events, the 2015 Skate Canada International and 2015 Rostelecom Cup.

Turning to the Challenger Series, they won gold medals at the 2015 Warsaw Cup and 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Again the silver medalists at Italian nationals, Guignard/Fabbri were seventh at the European Championships and tenth at the World Championships.

Guignard/Fabbri defended their title at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and also won the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy.

They placed fourth at both of their events on the 2016–17 Grand Prix and won their seventh silver medal at the Italian Championships.

They placed sixth at the 2017 European Championships, and eleventh at the 2017 World Championships.

The duo began the season with their second straight victory at Lombardia, as well as a silver medal at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

They placed fifth at both of their Grand Prix assignments and won their eighth silver medal at the Italian Championships.