Stéphane Lambiel
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| Silver | 2006 Turin | Men's singles | |
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| Stéphane Lambiel in 2008. | ||
| Personal Info | ||
| Country: |  Switzerland |
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| Date of birth: | April 2, 1985 | |
| Height: | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Coach: | Viktor Petrenko, Galina Zmievskaya | |
| Former Coach: | Peter Grütter | |
| Choreographer: | Salome Brunner, Antonio Najarro | |
| Skating Club: | Patineurs de Genève | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 239.10 | 2007 GP Final |
| Short Program: | 83.80 | 2007 GP Final |
| Free Skate: | 160.90 | 2006 Worlds |
| Most Recent Results: | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| 2008 World Championships | 217.88 | 5th | 2008 |
| 2008 European Championships | 225.24 | 2nd | 2008 |
Stéphane Lambiel (born April 2, 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland) is a Swiss figure skater known for his creative and beautiful spins. He is a two-time World Champion (2005-2006), the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Champion (2005-2007) and an eight-time National Champion.
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[edit] Personal life
Lambiel grew up in Saxon, Switzerland. He has a sister, Silvia (born in 1982), and a brother, Christophe (born in 1989). Lambiel's mother is Portuguese. Lambiel lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and received his "maturité" (matura) in biology and chemistry in June 2004.[citation needed]
Lambiel speaks French, German (not Swiss German), English, and Portuguese fluently. He is learning Italian.[citation needed]
He has recurring injuries in both his knees, requiring him to miss exhibitions and training time. Unlike most figure skaters, Lambiel can spin and jump in both directions.[citation needed] He is able to do successive double axels, changing his rotation direction between each one. However, he has stopped training this.[citation needed]
Lambiel has many sponsors in Switzerland. In 2007, he designed a Swiss watch, called the Spin Master.[citation needed]
Lambiel's good luck charm is a ladybug.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
As the Swiss novice men's champion, Lambiel performed an exhibition at the 1997 World Championships, held in Lausanne. The next year, he became Swiss junior men's champion and by 2000, he was the Swiss senior men's champion. He came in fifth at the 2001 World Junior Championships. The next season, Lambiel was age-eligible for senior international competition. The Swiss skating federation told him that they would send him to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City if he placed in the top twelve at the European Championships. [1] Lambiel placed fourth there and was sent to the Olympics, where he placed fifteenth. He then placed eighteenth at the Senior Worlds.
The following season, Lambiel placed fifth at Europeans and moved up a few places at Worlds. By 2004, he was sixth at Europeans and fourth at 2004 Worlds. Lambiel was forced to miss the 2004-2005 Grand Prix season due to injury, but recouped to place 4th at Europeans.[citation needed]
[edit] World Champion and beyond
At the 2005 World Championships in Moscow, Lambiel was ahead of Evgeni Plushenko after the qualifying round and short program. When Plushenko withdrew from the competition with an injury, Lambiel was suddenly in a position to win the title. He did, with a spectacular performance to the King Arthur soundtrack. He landed two quadruple toe loops in the free skate and was the only skater to do two at that event. It was the first time a Swiss man had been World Champion since Hans Gerschwiler in 1947.[citation needed]
Lambiel went into the 2006 Olympic season as the World Champion, but not as the favourite for the Olympic title. He won two silver medals on the Grand Prix circuit and won the Grand Prix Final. He came in second at Europeans, behind Plushenko, and went into the Olympics with a strong chance to medal. He was third after the short program, but pulled up to second to win the silver medal. Lambiel did not complete a triple axel at the Olympics. However, he did land a perfect quadruple-triple-double combination.[citation needed]
Plushenko chose not to go to Worlds, leaving Lambiel as the favourite to defend his title. Lambiel was first after the qualifying round and maintained his lead through the short and the long programs, allowing him to successfully defend his title and become the first Swiss skater ever to be a two-time World Champion.[citation needed]
Lambiel began the 2006 - 2007 season by coming back from the short program to win the gold medal at Skate Canada International, where he finished seventh in the short program and first in the free skate. Lambiel had also been assigned to the NHK Trophy, but he withdrew before the event, citing health reasons.[2] He recovered in time to skate at the Swiss Championships, where he won his seventh national title. However, on January 16th, Lambiel withdrew from the European Championships, citing burnout.[3] He competed again at the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo where he fell on his triple axel and tripled his intended quad-triple combination in the short program and placed 6th. He came back in the long program where he landed two quads and a triple axel and finished in 2nd on the night and 3rd overall.[citation needed]
In 2007, he finished 3rd at the Cup of China and 2nd at the Cup of Russia. He then went on to win the Grand Prix Final for a second time in his career with 239.10 points, only 0.16 points over Daisuke Takahashi. At the 2008 European Championships in Zagreb, he had a disappointing short program where he fell on his triple axel and only did a triple-double combination and placed 4th. He finished 2nd in the long program where he landed a quad-double toeloop-double loop combination and earned 80 points in program components score for his exquisite flamenco. He won his second Silver European medal, while Czech Tomas Verner won the Gold.[citation needed]
At the 2008 World Championships in Gothenborg, Sweden, Lambiel fell on his triple axel and put his hand down on a quad toe flip in the short program, putting him in fifth place going into the free skate. In the free skate, he stepped out of his first triple axel attempt and doubled his second, put his hand down again on the quad toe in his combination, and then stepped out on his solo quad toe. He finished in fifth place overall.[citation needed]
Lambiel is known for his spins. He often jokes that he is able to spin so well because he eats so much Swiss chocolate.[citation needed] This is a pun on the fact that Swiss skaters are known for having incredibly good spins.
[edit] Coaching changes
Lambiel trained from 1995 through the 2007-2008 season with coach Peter Grütter, with a brief stop in 2004. He trained in Geneva and Lausanne and as most Swiss rinks close in the summer, he also trained in Germany (Oberstdorf sometimes) during that time. His choreographer has long been Salomé Brunner. He designs his own costumes.[citation needed]
On June 6, 2008, Lambiel announced that he would be leaving coach Peter Grütter and moving to New Jersey to work with Viktor Petrenko and Galina Zmievskaya.[4]
[edit] Programs
| Season | Short Program | Free Skating | Exhibition |
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| 2007–2008 | Carne Cruda by Fernando Egozcue |
Poeta (Flamenco) by Vicente Amigo |
Un giorno per noi by Josh Groban |
| 2006–2007 | Geissel Drama by Christine Lauterburg The Blood Diamond Soundtrack by James Newton Howard |
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi Poeta by Vicente Amigo |
Fix You by Coldplay New Shoes by Paolo Nutini Stayin' Alive by Robin Gibb |
| 2005–2006 | Malaguena from Once Upon a Time in Mexico Soundtrack Dralion by Cirque du Soleil |
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi |
You're Beautiful by James Blunt If I hadn't got you by Lisa Stansfield I Don't Want to Be by Gavin DeGraw Fix You by Coldplay |
| 2004–2005 | Spanish Caravan by George Winston |
The Truman Show Soundtrack by Philip Glass and Burkhard Dallwitz King Arthur Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer |
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) by Florent Pagny Killer bySeal Billie Jean by Michael Jackson Oceania by Björk |
| 2003–2004 | Objection (techno remix) by Shakira I'm a-doun for lack o' Johnnie (A Little Scottish Fantasy) by Vanessa Mae |
Zabuca by Johannes Linstead Loving Paris by Buddha Bar IV Gipsy Dance by Edvin Marton |
Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp |
| 2002–2003 | Laissez-moi me griser by Maurice El Medioni, Orchestra Salon Oriental |
Chocolat Soundtrack byRachel Portman |
Magic Stradivarius by Edvin Marton La vie fait ce qu'elle veut by Julie Zenatti |
| 2001–2002 | Vuelvo Al Sur (widely known as Ya Basta!) by Gotan Project's Revancha del Tango |
Quidam by Cirque du Soleil |
Born by bond |
| 2000–2001 | La Cumparsita by Xavier Cugat |
Triton by Joseph Racaille |
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| 1999–2000 | La Cumparsita by Xavier Cugat |
Triton by Joseph Racaille |
[edit] Competitive results
| Event | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 15th | 2nd | |||||||||
| World Championships | 18th | 10th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 5th | ||||
| European Championships | 9th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | WD | 2nd | |||
| World Junior Championships | 10th | 5th | |||||||||
| Swiss Championships | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Grand Prix Final | 1st | 1st | |||||||||
| Cup of China | 2nd | 3rd | |||||||||
| Cup of Russia | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||||
| Skate Canada International | 1st | ||||||||||
| Trophee Lalique | 6th | ||||||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 11th | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Mexico | 2nd | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 7th | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 3rd | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, France | 8th | ||||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, China | 8th | ||||||||||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 1st | ||||||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 3rd N. | ||||||||||
| Les Etoiles de la Glace | 1st | ||||||||||
| Olympic Winter Festival | 2nd J. |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level, WD = Withdrew
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5070841/detail.html
- ^ ISU : Full Story
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070117/sp_wl_afp/fskateeurpolsui_070117154030
- ^ "Lambiel makes coach swap to raise stakes", 2008-06-06. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Stéphane Lambiel at the International Skating Union biography page
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