Chafik Besseghier (born 11 October 1989) is a French figure skater. He is a two-time International Cup of Nice champion and the 2016 and 2018 French national champion. He has won a total of fourteen senior international medals and finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships (2014 Worlds, 2013 Europeans, 2017 Europeans).

Personal life Chafik Besseghier was born in Grenoble, France. His parents are from Algeria, close to Oran, and he has two siblings.

On 14 February 2020, Besseghier married Ukrainian-Turkish ice dancer Alisa Agafonova.

Career Early years Besseghier began skating at a relatively late age, almost 13, in August 2002. Within a year, he had landed all the double jumps, and was landing triples by the end of his second year. Training in Grenoble, he competed mostly domestically before making his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in 2008.

In the 2009–2010 season, Besseghier won the bronze medal at the Crystal Skate of Romania and 2010 Triglav Trophy.

2010–2011 season In 2010, he was invited to his first senior Grand Prix event, the 2010 Trophée Éric Bompard. After landing his first quadruple-triple jump combination in the short program, he was in fourth place, with the second-highest technical score. He made several mistakes in the free skate and placed fifth overall.

2011–2012 season Prior to the 2011–2012 season, Besseghier spent several months working with Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was the silver medalist at the 2011 Coupe de Nice, where he won the free skate. Besseghier again competed at the Trophée Éric Bompard, coming in ninth. Competing with tendinitis in his knee, he won the bronze medal at the 2012 French Championships and placed 12th in his European Championship debut. At the end of the season, he moved from Grenoble to Paris.

2012–2013 season Besseghier was awarded a silver medal at the 2013 French Championships and placed ninth at the 2013 European Championships.

2013–2014 season Besseghier injured his ankle in October 2013 at the Master's de Patinage. He withdrew from his two Grand Prix assignments, the 2013 NHK Trophy and 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard. Besseghier placed 12th at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. After scoring well at the International Challenge Cup, he was selected for his first World Championships. Setting personal best scores in both programs, he finished ninth overall at the event in Saitama, Japan.

2014–2015 season Besseghier was selected to compete at two Grand Prix events, the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. He finished 7th and 9th at the two events, respectively. He withdrew from the 2015 Europeans and placed 18th at the 2015 Worlds.

2015–2016 season In late August 2015, Besseghier began visiting Russian coach Elena Buianova in Moscow, although Annick Dumont remained his main coach. He began the 2015–16 season by winning gold at the Lombardia Trophy and International Cup of Nice, before winning the French national title in December.

Besseghier withdrew from the 2016 European Championships after rupturing a ligament in his right ankle. He placed 20th at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. He trained under Dumont in Champigny-sur-Marne until the end of the season.

2016–2017 season Besseghier changed coaches ahead of the 2016–2017 season, deciding to rejoin Stanick Jeannette in Grenoble. He placed 9th at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and 17th at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to his world result, France qualified a spot in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

2017–2018 season Besseghier was hospitalised from 29 September to 2 October due to a pneumothorax involving detachment of the pleura. He withdrew from his Grand Prix assignments.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2017–2018 Sugarhill Gang - Remix Down The Road by C2C - Remix The Godfather 2016–2017 It's a Man's Man's Man's World 300 BOF Tears of the Sun Aeternae Aladdin (soundtrack) Yeah 3xby Chris Brown 2015–2016 Una mattina Black Mozart Intro Reborn - Renaissance Les Mille et une Nuit 2014–2015 Heat Mountain Legends Road Game You and Me 2013–2014 Heat Mountain Legends Passion Egyptian Disco Reborn Passion 2012–2013 Piano in Concerto Freestyler Paris – Texas Nuttin' But Stringz 2011–2012 Piano in Concerto Teardrop Children Safri Duo L'assasymphonie 2010–2011 Artsakh Les Temps des Gitans Tarantella Korobushko Hallelujah

Tarantella Korobushko

Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 Olympics 26th Worlds 9th 18th 20th 17th Europeans 12th 9th 12th WD WD 9th 11th NHK Trophy WD 9th Rostelecom 8th Skate America 7th Trophée Bompard 5th 9th 7th WD 9th 10th 8th WD Skate Canada WD Ondrej Nepela 7th Challenge Cup 3rd 3rd Crystal Skate 3rd 1st 1st Cup of Nice 5th 6th 2nd 9th 1st 1st Cup of Tyrol 1st 3rd DS Cup 2nd FBMA Trophy 1st Ice Challenge 4th Lombardia 1st Mont Blanc 3rd Nepela Trophy 11th Nordics 1st NRW Trophy 4th Toruń Cup 2nd Triglav Trophy 3rd 6th Universiade 5th International: Junior Spain 6th Cup of Nice 6th J 3rd J Gardena 7th J National French Champ. 17th 12th 9th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st Masters 4th J 5th 4th 3rd 3rd WD 1st WD 1st WD Team events Olympics 10th T World Team Trophy 6th T 8th P

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