The skate, a love that is transmitted from mother to daughter? For Nathalie Péchalat, it could well be! The former high-level sportswoman, double European champion in ice dancing with her lifelong partner Fabian Bourzat, was seen this Saturday March 26 in the stands of the French Championships in the discipline, in the company of her husband, l actor Jean Dujardin and their daughter Jeanne, 6 years old.
The couple had already come this Friday as a couple and had taken advantage of the show almost incognito. This time, their eldest (Jean Dujardin has two sons born from a first marriage, Simon and Jules) had accompanied them. Their youngest daughter, Alice, 1 year old, had surely stayed at home.
The little girl, quietly seated on her father’s lap, seemed focused on the spectacle offered on the ice. Perhaps one day she will make her parents proud, she who already seems to manage on skates: last December, Nathalie Péchalat filmed the feet of her little girl wearing skates, who already seemed very comfortable on the rink…
But Jean Dujardin’s wife was not only present to enjoy the show: she was also out for work, since she became president of the French Federation of Ice Sports in 2020, after a long campaign. This Saturday, she was also accompanied by the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineau, with whom she discussed at length.
Nathalie Péchalat was undoubtedly delighted with the victory of the French pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, whom she knows very well. Indeed, even if the duo trains in Montreal, she had gone with them to the Beijing Olympics a month ago and had witnessed their long-awaited victory. Four years after losing the gold medal because of a broken dress, they went for this victory by beating their own record.
Once again they crushed their competition this Saturday with 229.82 points, appearing in competition for perhaps the last time in their careers. No official information was given, but both confirmed that this new title was “the end of a cycle“.”In Beijing, we came for the gold”, summarized Guillaume Cizeron. “This time it was a celebration, we did it for our audience, we tried to be as generous as we could“.