Jean Dujardin and his wife Nathalie Péchalat offered themselves a little romantic outing this Friday… and not just any! The couple went to support Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, on their way to once again winning the Ice Dance World Championships in Montpellier.
If the actor, without a mask, seemed relaxed in the stands, getting up to applaud the couple at the end of their performance, for his wife, it was also a work outing! Indeed, the former skater, double European ice dancing champion, became President of the French Ice Sports Federation in 2020. Since then, she has played her role brilliantly, supporting athletes in their various projects. She had notably made the trip to Beijing in February, a little late after contamination with Covid-19 a few days before the start of the Olympic Games. Nevertheless, she had been able to support the French couple, gold medalists by beating their own record, four years after having missed the top step of the podium due to a broken dress.
For the past few months, she has also had to manage the file of sexual assault at the Federation, after the moving testimony of former skater Sarah Abitbol, who declared that she had been raped by her trainer. A testimony corroborated by other skaters and which had led to the dismissal of the man, indicted, even if the facts are unfortunately prescribed.
A heavy task for Nathalie Péchalat, who can at least count on her husband, Jean Dujardin. The actor, father of their two daughters, Jeanne and Alice (6 years old and 1 year old), accompanies him regularly for competitions, very discreet. He himself went to see her skate in 2014 after falling in love… on television! “When I saw Nathalie, my wife, on television, I did not see her skating, but talking: she charmed me“, he had explained to the magazine SHE at the start of their relationship. “And at that moment, I chose my life. I took myself in hand, I asked myself what I really wanted, where I was and, hop, I dark!“. A story that rolls, since they then married in 2018.
And if there is another duo that is not ready to separate, it is the one formed by Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. The two young athletes, who have shared the ice together since their childhood, have just improved their world record by two points – with a score of 92.73 – and have put themselves in a very good position to win the title for the 5th time in their career. career.