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Stéphane Lambiel

Stéphane Lambiel
Lambiel at the 2010 European Championships.jpg
Personal information
Country represented Switzerland
Born (1985-04-02) 2 April 1985 (age 31)
Martigny, Valais
Home town Saxon
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Coach Peter Grütter, Viktor Petrenko, Galina Zmievskaya, Cédric Monod
Choreographer Salome Brunner, Antonio Najarro
Skating club Patineurs de Genève
Training locations Geneva
Former training locations Lausanne
Began skating 1992
Retired 9 March 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 246.72
2010 Winter Olympics
Short program 84.63
2010 Winter Olympics
Free skate 162.09
2010 Winter Olympics

Stéphane Lambiel (born 2 April 1985) is a Swiss figure skater, coach, and choreographer. He is a two-time (2005–2006) World champion, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2005, 2007) Grand Prix Final champion, and a nine-time (2001–08, 2010) Swiss national champion. Lambiel is known for his spins and is credited with popularizing some spin positions.

Lambiel was born in Martigny, Valais, and grew up in Saxon, Switzerland. His mother is originally from Lisbon, Portugal, and his father is from Isérables, Switzerland. He has a sister, Silvia (born in 1982), and a brother, Christophe (born in 1989). His parents divorced in 1999. Lambiel lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and received his "maturité" (matura) in biology and chemistry in June 2004.

A native speaker of French, Lambiel also speaks Portuguese, High German (not Swiss German), and English and is learning Italian.

Unlike most figure skaters, Lambiel can spin and jump in both counter-clockwise and clock-wise directions. He is able to do successive double axels, changing his rotation direction between each one, but stopped training it. Lambiel had recurring injuries in both his knees, requiring him to miss exhibitions and training time, but his problems were resolved in 2009. He assisted in designing his own costumes.


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