Stéphane Lambiel 2464235 222473546 2008-06-29T15:04:54Z Grafen 307602 dab Swiss German {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport| [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Figure skating]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Men's singles]]}} {{MedalBottom}} {{Infobox Figure skater |title= Stéphane Lambiel |image= [[Image:WC2008 Exhi Lambiel SUI 1.jpg|250px|center]] |caption= Stéphane Lambiel in 2008. |country= {{CHE}} |dateofbirth= {{birth date and age|1985|4|2}} |residence= |height= {{convert|176|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |coach= [[Viktor Petrenko]], [[Galina Zmievskaya]] |formercoach= [[Peter Grütter]] |choreographer= [[Salome Brunner]], [[Antonio Najarro]] |skating club= Patineurs de Genève |retired= |combined total= 239.10 |combined date= [[2007-2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2007 GP Final]] |SP score= 83.80 |SP date= [[2007-2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2007 GP Final]] |FS score= 160.90 |FS date= [[2006 World Figure Skating Championships|2006 Worlds]] }} <!--- Most Recent Results infobox separated for better flexibility ---> {| class="infobox" style="width: 25em; cellpadding=4; font-size: 95%" ! colspan="4" bgcolor="#ffdead" | '''Most Recent Results:''' |- | ''Event'' || ''Points'' || ''Finish'' || ''Year'' |- | bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008 World Championships]] | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 217.88 | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 5th | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 2008 |- | bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[2008 European Figure Skating Championships|2008 European Championships]] | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 225.24 | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" | 2008 |} '''Stéphane Lambiel''' (born [[April 2]], [[1985]] in [[Martigny, Switzerland]]) is a [[Swiss]] [[Figure skating|figure skater]] known for his creative and beautiful [[figure skating spins|spins]]. He is a two-time [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Champion]] (2005-2006), the 2006 [[List of Olympic medalists in figure skating|Olympic silver medalist]], a two-time [[Grand Prix Final|Grand Prix Champion]] (2005-2007) and an eight-time National Champion. ==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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Lambiel speaks [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]] (not [[Swiss German (linguistics)|Swiss German]]), [[English language|English]], and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] fluently. He is learning Italian.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} 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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} He is able to do successive double axels, changing his rotation direction between each one. However, he has stopped training this.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Lambiel has many sponsors in Switzerland. In 2007, he designed a [[Swiss watch]], called the ''Spin Master''.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Lambiel's good luck charm is a ladybug.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} ==Career== ===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 Figure Skating Championships|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 [[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics]] in Salt Lake City if he placed in the top twelve at the [[2002 European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]. <ref>http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5070841/detail.html</ref> Lambiel placed fourth there and was sent to the Olympics, where he placed fifteenth. He then placed eighteenth at the [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|Senior Worlds]]. The following season, Lambiel placed fifth at [[2003 European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] and moved up a few places at [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]]. By 2004, he was sixth at [[2004 European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] and fourth at 2004 [[2004 World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]]. Lambiel was forced to miss the 2004-2005 Grand Prix season due to injury, but recouped to place 4th at Europeans.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} ===World Champion and beyond=== At the [[2005 World Figure Skating Championships|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 (film)|King Arthur]] soundtrack. He landed two [[Figure skating jump|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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Lambiel went into the [[Figure Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|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 [[2005-2006 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Grand Prix Final]]. He came in second at [[2006 European Figure Skating Championships|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 [[Axel jump|triple axel]] at the Olympics. However, he did land a perfect quadruple-triple-double combination.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} 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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Lambiel began the 2006 - 2007 season by coming back from the short program to win the gold medal at [[2006 Skate Canada International|Skate Canada International]], where he finished seventh in the short program and first in the free skate. Lambiel had also been assigned to the [[2006 NHK Trophy|NHK Trophy]], but he withdrew before the event, citing health reasons.<ref>[http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-264781-3787-4771-layout46-129898-news-item,00.html ISU : Full Story<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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 [[2007 European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]], citing burnout.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070117/sp_wl_afp/fskateeurpolsui_070117154030</ref> He competed again at the [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} In 2007, he finished 3rd at the [[2007 Cup of China|Cup of China]] and 2nd at the [[2007 Cup of Russia|Cup of Russia]]. He then went on to win the [[2007-2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|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 Figure Skating Championships|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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} At the [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships| 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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} Lambiel is known for his spins. He often jokes that he is able to spin so well because he eats so much Swiss chocolate.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} This is a pun on the fact that Swiss skaters are known for having incredibly good spins. [[Image:Stephane Lambiel - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg|thumb|right|Lambiel performing a [[stag jump]] at the 2006 Skate Canada]] [[Image:Stephane Lambiel.jpg|thumb|right|Lambiel at the 2005 World Championships, which he won]] ==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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} 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]].<ref>[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Lambiel_makes_coach_swap_to_raise_stakes.html?siteSect=104&sid=9183262&cKey=1212759918000&ty=nd SwissInfo.Ch: Lambiel Makes Coach Swap to Raise Stakes June 6, 2008]</ref> ==Programs== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Season ! Short Program ! Free Skating ! Exhibition |- | 2007–2008 |Carne Cruda <br><small> by [[Fernando Egozcue]] </small> |Poeta (Flamenco) <br><small> by [[Vicente Amigo]] </small> |Un giorno per noi <br><small> by [[Josh Groban]] </small> |- | 2006–2007 |Geissel Drama <br><small> by [[Christine Lauterburg]] </small> <hr>[[The Blood Diamond]] Soundtrack <br><small> by [[James Newton Howard]] </small> |[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons]] <br><small> by [[Vivaldi]] </small> <hr>Poeta <br><small> by [[Vicente Amigo]] </small> |[[Fix You]] <br><small> by [[Coldplay]] </small><hr> New Shoes <br><small> by [[Paolo Nutini]] </small> <hr>[[Stayin' Alive]] <br><small> by [[Robin Gibb]] </small> |- |2005–2006 |[[Malaguena]] <br><small> from [[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]] Soundtrack </small><hr>[[Dralion]] <br><small> by [[Cirque du Soleil]] </small> |[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons]] <br><small> by [[Vivaldi]] </small> |[[You're Beautiful]] <br><small> by [[James Blunt]] </small> <hr>If I hadn't got you <br><small> by [[Lisa Stansfield]] </small><hr>[[I Don't Want to Be]] <br><small> by [[Gavin DeGraw]] </small><hr>[[Fix You]] <br><small> by [[Coldplay]] </small> |- |2004–2005 |Spanish Caravan <br><small> by [[George Winston]] </small> |[[The Truman Show]] Soundtrack <br><small> by [[Philip Glass]] and [[Burkhard Dallwitz]] </small> <hr>[[King Arthur (film)|King Arthur]] Soundtrack <br><small> by [[Hans Zimmer]] </small> |E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) <br><small> by [[Florent Pagny]] </small> <hr>Killer <br><small> by[[Seal (musician)|Seal]] </small><hr> [[Billie Jean]] <br><small> by [[Michael Jackson]] </small> <hr>Oceania <br><small> by [[Björk]] </small> |- |2003–2004 |Objection (techno remix) <br><small> by [[Shakira]] </small> <hr>I'm a-doun for lack o' Johnnie <br> (A Little Scottish Fantasy) <br><small> by [[Vanessa Mae]] </small> |Zabuca <br><small> by [[Johannes Linstead]] </small> <br> Loving Paris <br><small> by Buddha Bar IV </small> <hr>Gipsy Dance <br><small> by [[Edvin Marton]] </small> |[[Take the Long Way Home]] <br><small> by [[Supertramp]] </small> </small> |- |2002–2003 |Laissez-moi me griser <br><small> by Maurice El Medioni, Orchestra Salon Oriental </small> |[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]] Soundtrack <br><small> by[[Rachel Portman]] </small> |Magic Stradivarius <br><small> by [[Edvin Marton]] </small> <hr>La vie fait ce qu'elle veut <br><small> by Julie Zenatti </small> |- |2001–2002 |Vuelvo Al Sur<br> (widely known as Ya Basta!) <br><small> by [[Gotan Project]]'s Revancha del Tango </small> |[[Quidam]] <br><small> by [[Cirque du Soleil]] </small> |Born <br><small> by [[bond (band)|bond]] </small> |- |2000–2001 |[[La Cumparsita]] <br><small> by [[Xavier Cugat]] </small> |Triton <br><small> by [[Joseph Racaille]] </small> | |- |1999–2000 |[[La Cumparsita]] <br><small> by [[Xavier Cugat]] </small> |Triton <br><small> by [[Joseph Racaille]] </small> | |} ==Competitive results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event ! 1997-1998 ! 1998-1999 ! 1999-2000 ! 2000-2001 ! 2001-2002 ! 2002-2003 ! 2003-2004 ! 2004-2005 ! 2005-2006 ! 2006-2007 ! 2007-2008 |- | [[Winter Olympic Games]] || || || || || align="center" | 15th || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || |- | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || || || || || align="center" | 18th || align="center" | 10th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || align="center" | 5th |- | [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]] || || || || align="center" | 9th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" | 5th || align="center" | 6th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || align="center" | WD || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |- | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || || || align="center" | 10th || align="center" | 5th || || || || || || || |- | [[Swiss Figure Skating Championships|Swiss Championships]] || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st J. || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st J. || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- | [[Grand Prix Final]] || || || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |- | [[Cup of China]] || || || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd |- | [[Cup of Russia]] || || || || || || || align="center" | 5th || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |- | [[Skate Canada International]] || || || || || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || |- | [[Trophee Lalique]] || || || || || align="center" | 6th || || || || || || |- | [[Finlandia Trophy]] || || || || || align="center" | 11th || || || || || || |- | [[2000-2001 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Mexico]] || || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || || || || || || |- | [[1999-2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Norway]] || || || align="center" | 7th || || || || || || || || |- | [[1999-2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Japan]] || || || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd || || || || || || || || |- | [[1998-1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, France]] || || align="center" | 8th || || || || || || || || || |- | [[1998-1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, China]] || || align="center" | 8th || || || || || || || || || |- | [[Ondrej Nepela Memorial]] || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || || |- | [[Triglav Trophy]] || align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd N. || || || || || || || || || || |- | Les Etoiles de la Glace || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st || || || || || |- | [[Figure skating at the European Youth Olympic Festival|Olympic Winter Festival]] || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd J. || || || || || || || || || |} *N = Novice level; J = Junior level, WD = Withdrew ==References== <references /> ==External links== {{commonscat}} * [http://www.stephanelambiel.ch Official Website] * {{isu name | id=00003363 | name=Stéphane Lambiel}} {{NavigationWorldChampionsFigureSkatingMen}} {{NavigationGrandPrixFinalChampionsFigureSkatingMen}} {{NavigationSwissChampionsFigureSkatingMen}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambiel, Stephane}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Valais]] [[Category:Swiss figure skaters]] [[Category:Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Winter Olympics medalists]] [[Category:Olympic figure skaters of Switzerland]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland]] [[de:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[el:Στεφάν Λαμπιέλ]] [[fr:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[hu:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[nl:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[ja:ステファン・ランビエール]] [[pl:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[ru:Ламбьель, Стефан]] [[simple:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[sk:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[sr:Stefan Lambijel]] [[fi:Stéphane Lambiel]] [[sv:Stéphane Lambiel]]