Luc Economides

Luc Economides (born 2 March 1999) is a French figure skater. He is the 2019 Santa Claus Cup champion, 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria silver medalist, and 2018 French national junior champion. He qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships and finished 15th overall.

Luc Economides
Personal information
Country representedFrance
Born (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Home townCergy-Pontoise
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
CoachFlorent Amodio
Former coachBernard Glesser, Jean-François Ballester, F. Drieu, B. Belieu
ChoreographerFlorent Amodio
Skating clubCergy-Pontoise SC
Training locationsVaujany, France
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Former training locationsCergy-Pontoise, France
Rouen, France
Began skating2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total190.18
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short program69.82
2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skate127.45
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy

Personal life

Economides was born on 2 March 1999 in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.[1] He was raised in Rouen.[2]

Career

Early years

Economides began learning to skate in 2004.[1] In 2012, he began commuting from Rouen to Cergy-Pontoise in order to be coached by Bernard Glesser.[2]

During 2013, he competed internationally in the advanced novice ranks. His junior international debut came in November 2014. In January 2015, he placed 8th at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Dornbirn, Austria.[3]

Around 2015, he began training in Switzerland, after Glesser decided to move there.[4]

2016–2017 season

During the season, Economides was coached by Bernard Glesser and Jean-François Ballester in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.[5] Making his ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, he finished 11th in August at the 2016 JGP in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. After placing 5th competing in the senior ranks at the French Championships, he won bronze at the French Junior Championships. In March, he competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, but was eliminated after placing 30th in the short program.

2017–2018 season

Economides trained under Glesser at the start of the season. Competing in the 2017 JGP series, he won silver in early September in Salzburg, Austria, and placed 4th in October in Gdańsk, Poland.

Economides won the French junior title in February 2018. In March, he qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships. Ranked 21st in the short program and 13th in the free skate, he would finish 15th overall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Florent Amodio became his coach before Junior Worlds.[6]

2018–2019 season

Economides made his senior international debut at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy in September.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[6]
  • Un Amor
    by Gipsy Kings
    choreo. by Florent Amodio
2016–2017
[5]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
CS Finlandia13th13th
CS Lombardia8th
CS Tallinn Trophy7th
CS Warsaw Cup15th
Challenge Cup13th
NordicsTBD
Santa Claus Cup1st
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds30th15th
JGP Austria2nd
JGP France11th
JGP Poland4th
JGP Russia10th
EYOF8th
Volvo Open Cup5th
International: Advanced novice[3]
Gardena6th
NRW Trophy2nd
Rooster Cup4th
National[7][3]
France9th7th5th7th4th6th
France: Junior7th3rd3rd1st
France: Novice2nd2nd
Masters4th J5th J3rd J2nd J1st J2nd
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
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References
  1. "Luc ECONOMIDES: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  2. "Luc Economidès, l'âme des patins". 13commeune.fr (in French). 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  3. "Luc ECONOMIDES". rinkresults.com.
  4. Ménard, Julie (21 July 2017). "Formé à Cergy, Luc vise le podium de la Summer Cup". Le Parisien (in French).
  5. "Luc ECONOMIDES: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
  6. "Luc ECONOMIDES: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  7. "Competition Results: Luc ECONOMIDES". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
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