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.
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. In practice, he landed his first triple jump, the salchow, at 14, and his first quad salchow when he was 19. He became the first French skater to perform the quad salchow in competition when he landed it at the 1999 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.
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. 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.
From 2010 to 2013, he worked 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.
From 2013 to 2020, he worked for the French Federation of Ice Sports as deputy technical manager before working for the French Ministry of Sports.
Personal life 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 Carmina Burana Romeo and Juliet 2004–05 Carmina Burana Liberty Summertime When the Saints Go Marchin' In Gospel Spirit 2003–04 Suite No. 4 in D-Minor Moulin Rouge! 2002–03 Samson and Delilah La bohème 2001–02 The Last Temptation of Christ 2000–01 Valse des Montres Rue des Cascades Le Quartier Walk the Reeds
Results
GP: Grand Prix International Event 94–95 94–96 96–97 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 Olympics 11th 19th Worlds 11th 9th 9th Europeans 8th 5th 8th 4th 7th 4th Cup of Russia 11th 7th 7th 3rd 5th Lalique 7th 12th 8th NHK Trophy 3rd Skate America 11th Skate Canada 12th 10th Spark./Bofrost 10th 8th Finlandia Trophy 1st Schäfer Memorial 2nd 1st Merano Cup 1st Nepela Memorial 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 22nd National French Champ. 10th 13th 4th 4th 6th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd
References
External links
Official site of Frédéric Dambier