Bruno Massot

Bruno Massot (born 28 January 1989) is a French-German pair skating coach and former competitor.

Bruno Massot was born on 28 January 1989 in Caen, France.

Massot began learning to skate in 1996.

From the age of seven, he was coached by Jean-François Ballester.

He competed in single skating through the 2006–07 season.

When he was 17 years old, Ballester convinced him to try pair skating.

Massot teamed up with Camille Foucher, with whom he won a pair of senior bronze medals at the French Championships and competed at two World Junior Championships.

After their partnership ended, he skated with Anne-Laure Letscher until February 2011.

Massot and Daria Popova decided to team up in March 2011 and began serious training in June.

Popova/Massot trained mainly in Caen, France, with Jean-Francois Ballester.

In their first season together, they also trained about three weeks every three months with Ingo Steuer in Chemnitz, Germany.

Popova/Massot's first competition together was the 2011 Master's de Patinage, where they won the silver medal.

They were tenth in their international debut at the 2011 Coupe de Nice and placed fourth at the 2011 NRW Trophy.

In December 2011, they won the 2012 French national title ahead of Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres.

Visa and administrative delays led to uncertainty about their participation at the 2012 European Championships but the situation was resolved just before the event.

Popova/Massot placed sixth in the short program and eighth overall.

They were not assigned to the 2012 World Championships, but were part of the French team for the World Team Trophy.

Popova/Massot received two Grand Prix assignments — they placed fifth at the 2012 Skate Canada International and seventh at the 2012 Trophée Eric Bompard.

They were second to James/Cipres at the French Championships and then placed seventh at the 2013 European Championships.

At the 2013 World Championships, James/Cipres earned two spots for France in the pairs' event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

As France's second-ranked pair, Popova/Massot were in line to receive the second Olympic spot if she received French citizenship in time.

Popova had a problem with the sole of one of her boots at the start of the season.

She and Massot placed eighth at their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Cup of China.

Popova then ceased training for six weeks due to a stress fracture in the third metatarsal bone of her left foot, causing the pair to withdraw from the 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard and French Championships.

Having resumed training in mid-December 2013, the pair elected to reduce the difficulty of some elements for the 2014 European Championships in January.

They finished eleventh at Europeans in Budapest.

Competing with Daria Popova for France, he became the 2014 Challenge Cup champion and 2012 French national champion.

On 21 January 2014, it was reported that Popova had not received French citizenship in time and France's second spot would be transferred to Austria.

Popova and Massot then went on to place fifteenth at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships after placing fifteenth in both segments of the competition.

It was their last competition together.

On 19 March 2014, Massot was reported to have teamed up with Aljona Savchenko of Germany.

The two began training together in April, working to adjust to each other's different technique.

They made their first appearance as a pair at the 2014 All That Skate shows in South Korea.

Because Chemnitz melted its ice rink until nearly the end of August, they trained in Coral Springs, Florida for two months beginning in mid-July.

Since the ISU does not allow any pairing to compete under two flags, one partner was obliged to change country and could not compete internationally until the previous country granted a release.

In July 2014, Savchenko said that she preferred to continue competing for Germany while Massot preferred France.

On 15 April 2015, he announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, Sophie Levaufre.

On 23 November 2017, the Deutsche Eislauf-Union announced that Massot would be sworn in as a German citizen in a week.

Competing with Aljona Savchenko for Germany, he is the 2018 Olympic Champion, the 2018 World Champion, a two-time European silver medalist, and two-time German national champion (2016, 2018).

Their son, Louka, was born on 1 October 2018 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.