Stéphane Lambiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lambiel at the 2010 European Championships
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Country represented | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Martigny, Valais |
2 April 1985 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 246.72 2010 Winter Olympics |
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Short program | 84.63 2010 Winter Olympics |
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Free skate | 162.09 2010 Winter Olympics |
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Medal record
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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.