Frédéric Dambier

Frédéric Dambier (born 26 December 1977) is a French figure skater. He is a four-time French national silver medalist and competed at two Olympic Games. He twice placed fourth at the European Figure Skating Championships. He is the first French skater to land a quadruple salchow in competition.

Frédéric Dambier
Frédéric Dambier at the 2004 NHK Trophy
Personal information
Country representedFrance
Born (1977-12-26) 26 December 1977
Tours
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
CoachPierre Trente
Annick Dumont
ChoreographerAlexander Zhulin
David Wilson
Skating clubCMP Tours
ISU personal best scores
Combined total201.55
2003 Cup of Russia
Short program71.21
2006 Europeans
Free skate134.32
2003 Cup of Russia

Career

Dambier started skating when he was about six or seven years old when a neighbor took him to the small ice rink of Joué les Tours.[1] In practice, he landed his first triple jump, the salchow, at 14, and his first quad salchow when he was 19.[1] He became the first French skater to perform the quad salchow in competition when he landed it at the 1999 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.[2]

Dambier was coached by Annick Gailhaguet, Pierre Trente, Diana Skotnicka and Li Ping, and his choreographers included Olga Leonovich, Shanti Rushpaul and Alexander Zhulin from 2003 to 2006.[1] After retiring from competitive skating in August 2006, Dambier participated in numerous ice shows including Holiday on Ice, Generali on Ice and Les Étoiles de la Glace. He also coached in the clubs of Cape Town in South Africa in 2007.

From 2008 to 2010, Dambier was Sport Director of Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. He works now for the INSEP (National Institute of Sport) and is a member of the Board of the ASPC (Association of Sport Performance Centres). He is a figure skating consultant for the French channel Ma Chaîne Sport and worked as a choreograph for Charles Tetar from 2008 to 2010.

Personal life

Dambier married his wife Elodie on 3 August 2003.[2] In 2006–07, he studied at the Centre for Law and Economics of Sport in Limoges and obtained a Master of Law Economics Sports.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2005–06
[2]
2004–05
[3]
  • Summertime
    (from Porgy and Bess)
    by George Gershwin
  • When the Saints Go Marchin' In
  • Gospel Spirit
    by Maxime Rodriguez
2003–04
[4]
2002–03
[5]
2001–02
[6][1]
  • Samson and Delilah
    by Camille Saint-Saëns
  • La bohème
    by Giacomo Puccini
2000–01
[7]
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
    by Peter Gabriel

Results
The men's podium at the 2004 NHK Trophy. From left: Timothy Goebel (2nd), Johnny Weir (1st), Frédéric Dambier (3rd)

GP: Grand Prix

International[7][6][5][4][3][2]
Event 94–95 94–96 96–97 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06
Olympics11th19th
Worlds11th9th9th
Europeans8th5th8th4th7th4th
GP Cup of Russia11th7th7th3rd5th
GP Lalique7th12th8th
GP NHK Trophy3rd
GP Skate America11th
GP Skate Canada12th10th
GP Spark./Bofrost10th8th
Finlandia Trophy1st
Schäfer Memorial2nd1st
Merano Cup1st
Nepela Memorial3rd
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds22nd
National[7][6][5][4][3][2]
French Champ.10th13th4th4th6th2nd2nd3rd2nd2nd

References
  1. Mittan, Barry (18 February 2002). "Years of Hard Work Pay Off for France's Dambier". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
  2. "Frederic DAMBIER: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
  3. "Frederic DAMBIER: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005.
  4. "Frederic DAMBIER: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
  5. "Frederic DAMBIER: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003.
  6. "Frederic DAMBIER: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 June 2002.
  7. "Frederic DAMBIER: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
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