Lucas Broussard

Lucas Broussard
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(2006-06-15) June 15, 2006 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Home town	Seattle, Washington
Coach	Darin Hosier
Choreographer	Corrie Martin
Skating club	Kraken Skating Academy
Former skating club	Highland Skating Club
Training locations	Seattle
Former training locations	Shoreline, Washington
Began skating	2016
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	220.43 2022-23 JGP Final
Short program	81.11 2022-23 JGP Final
Free skate	140.27 2022 JGP Poland I
Medal record Figure skating: Men's singles Representing United States Junior Grand Prix Final 2022-23 Torino Men's singles

Lucas Broussard (born June 15, 2006) is an American figure skater. He is the 2022-23 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time gold medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. Domestically, he is the 2023 U.S. junior national champion.

Personal life

Broussard was born on June 15, 2006, in Luxembourg, Luxembourg and lives in Seattle, Washington. He trains at the Kraken Skating Academy in Seattle. Broussard attends The Bush School, and enjoys cooking and getting boba with friends. His favorite skater is World champion Shoma Uno, whom he competed alongside at the 2022-23 Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy.

Career

Early career

Broussard began skating in 2016, and previously trained at the Highland Skating Club in Shoreline, Washington. He made his national debut in the 2018–19 figure skating season, winning the Northwest Pacific Regionals, the Pacific Coast Sectionals, and finally the U.S. National title on the juvenile level.

In the next season, Broussard moved up to the intermediate category domestically and the advanced novice category nationally. He once again won the Northwest Pacific Regionals and the Pacific Sectionals before winning the silver medal in his international debut at the 2020 International Challenge Cup.

During the 2020-21 season greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, most American athletes competed exclusively on the domestic level. At the ISP Points Challenge, Broussard won the silver medal on the junior division. Next competing in the virtual U.S. Championship Series to qualify for a spot at the 2021 U.S. Junior Nationals, Broussard finished in first. At nationals, Broussard placed 6th at the junior level after finishing last in the short program and 4th in the free skate.

2021-22 season: JGP international debut

Broussard's first appearance on the ISU Junior Grand Prix came at the first of two consecutive events held in Courchevel, France. At the event, Broussard finished second overall, behind only fellow American Ilia Malinin. A month later, at the Junior Grand Prix in Russia, Broussard finished in 8th place, although scored roughly 6 points higher than at his first event. He later competed at a U.S. Figure Skating Championships Series event in Spokane, Washington where he won the gold medal.

Although set to compete at the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Broussard was forced to withdraw due to a positive COVID-19 test. He still qualified for the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships that were set to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. However, because of a hip injury, he additionally withdrew from the championships.

2022-23 season: JGP Final medalist and junior national champion

Broussard started his season off at the first of two back-to-back events in Gdańsk, Poland. Despite finishing just 5th in the short program and 2nd in the free, Broussard comfortably won the overall competition over Chen Yudong of China. Two weeks later at the JGP Italy, Broussard placed first in the short program by about a point over Japanese Shunsuke Nakamura. Although Nakamura beat Broussard in the free program by about a point, the latter's small lead from the short allowed him to narrowly edge out the former for his second gold medal on the Junior Grand Prix series.

Returning to Italy as the top-seeded qualifier for the 2022-23 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, Broussard was a medal favorite due to his success on the Junior Grand Prix series. In the short program, he skated cleanly to earn a personal best, topping his previous by over six points. In the free skate, Broussard placed third following three underrotations within his program. He set a new personal best for the total combined score, and finished the competition with a silver medal, behind only Italian native Nikolaj Memola.

Competing at the U.S. junior national championships in San Jose, California, Broussard finished first in the short program, and after incorporating a quad toe into his free skate, also finished first in that segment. He finished the competition beating his nearest competitor by over 20 points, breaking the U.S. Nationals scoring record for junior men and winning his first national title at any level since 2019.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

International: Junior
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Junior Worlds				WD
JGP Final					2nd
JGP France				2nd
JGP Italy					1st
JGP Poland					1st
JGP Russia				8th
International: Advanced novice
Challenge Cup		2nd
National
U.S. Championships	1st V		6th J	WD	1st J
Pacific Coast Sectionals	1st V	1st I
Northwest Pacific	1st V	1st I
ISP Points Challenge			1st J
USCS Washington				1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

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