Luc Economides

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Luc Economides
Luc Economides 2024 Worlds Free Skate 6.jpg
Economides at the 2024 World Championships
Born (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Hometown Vaujany, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of France.svg  France
Discipline Men's singles
Coach Florent Amodio
Sofia Amodio
Daniel Raad
Skating clubAmodio Figure Skating Academy
Began skating2004
Medal record
French Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Vaujany Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cergy-Pontoise Singles

Luc Economides (born 2 March 1999) is a French figure skater. He is the 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria silver medalist, 2019 Santa Claus Cup champion, 2018 French national junior champion, and two-time French national senior medalist. He qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships and finished 15th overall. In 2022 he reached 19th place in the world ranking.

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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]

In 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

Economides at the 2017 World Junior Championships Luc Economides - 2017 Junior Worlds - 01.jpg
Economides at the 2017 World Junior Championships

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. [6]

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. [6]

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] [7]

2018–2019 season

Economides made his senior international debut at the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy in September, where he placed eighth. He competed in two other Challenger Series events, placing thirteenth at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy and seventh at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy. He placed fourth at the 2020 French Championships at the senior level. [6]

2019–2020 season

Economides performed at two Challenger events, placing thirteenth again at the Finlandia Trophy and fifteenth at the Warsaw Cup. He was sixth at the French Championships. [6]

2020–2021 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic greatly limiting international competition, Economides' only event of the year was the Master's de Patinage, where he placed eighth. [6]

2021–2022 season

Economides began the season by winning the silver medal at the Master's de Patinage. He made his international season debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, placing eleventh. He then went on to win gold at the International Cup of Nice before closing his season with a bronze medal at the French Figure Skating Championships behind Kévin Aymoz and Adam Siao Him Fa. [6]

2022–2023 season

Economides started the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy. He then went on to win gold and silver at the Master's de Patinage and the International Cup of Nice, respectively. [6]

Making his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, Economides scored personal best short program, free skating, and combined total scores. He finished sixth overall. [6]

2023–2024 season

Opening the season at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, Economides was seventh. [6] Appearing on the Grand Prix for the second consecutive season at the Grand Prix de France, Economides placed sixth overall. He expressed satisfaction with his performance, as well as at having fulfilled his ambition of getting a second Grand Prix, the 2023 NHK Trophy. [8] He went on to finish tenth in Japan. [9]

After winning the silver medal at the French Championships, Economides received his first ISU championship assignments, placing fifteenth at the 2024 European Championships and twenty-first at the 2024 World Championships. [6]

2024–2025 season

Economides began the season in August by competing at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International, where he won the silver medal. He would then go on to win silver at the 2024 Master's de Patinage behind François Pitot. [10]

Competing on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Economides finished eleventh at 2024 Skate Canada International and tenth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France. [10]

Programs

Season Short program Free skate ExhibitionRef.
2016–17— [5]
2017–18 [7]
2018–19 [1]
2019–20
  • Rain, In Your Black Eyes
    By Ezio Bosso
    Choreo. by Florent Amodio
 [11]
2020–21— [11]
2021–22 [12]
2022–23 [13]
2023–24— [14]
2024–25 [15]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level  [10]
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024-25
World Championships 21st
European Championships 15th
French Championships 4th6th3rdWD2nd
GP France 6th6th10th
GP NHK Trophy 10th
GP Skate Canada 11th
CS Budapest Trophy 7th
CS Cranberry Cup 2nd
CS Finlandia Trophy 13th13th11th
CS Lombardia Trophy 8th6th
CS Tallinn Trophy 7th
CS Warsaw Cup 15th4thTBD
Bellu Memorial 1st
Challenge Cup 13th
Master's de Patinage 2nd3rd8th2nd3rd4th2nd
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Tallink Hotels Cup 5th
Trophée Métropole Nice 1st2nd
Competition placements at junior level  [10]
Season 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
World Junior Championships 30th15th
French Championships (Senior) 9th7th5th7th
French Championships (Junior) 7th3rd3rd1st
JGP Austria 2nd
JGP France 11th
JGP Poland 4th
JGP Russia 10th
European Youth Olympic Festival 8th
Master's de Patinage 4th5th3rd2nd1st
Volvo Open Cup 5th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [10]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS230.74 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International
Short program TSS78.592024 CS Cranberry Cup International
TES41.692024 CS Cranberry Cup International
PCS37.542024 CS Cranberry Cup International
Free skating TSS153.752024 CS Cranberry Cup International
TES79.19 2023 Grand Prix de France
PCS77.262024 CS Cranberry Cup International

Senior level

Results in the 2014–15 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 18–21, 2014 Flag of France.svg 2015 French Championships 945.73973.119118.84
Results in the 2015–16 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 17–19, 2015 Flag of France.svg 2016 French Championships 555.548104.367159.90
Results in the 2016–17 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 15–17, 2016 Flag of France.svg 2017 French Championships 663.595120.285183.87
Results in the 2017–18 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 14–16, 2017 Flag of France.svg 2018 French Championships 762.787119.987182.76
Results in the 2018–19 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 12–16, 2018 Flag of Italy.svg 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 768.6010114.958183.55
Sep 25–27, 2018 Flag of France.svg 2018 Master's de Patinage 561.991142.492204.48
Oct 4–7, 2018 Flag of Finland.svg 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 1459.5712120.8313180.40
Nob 26 – Dec 2, 2018 Flag of Estonia.svg 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 962.737127.457190.18
Dec 13–15, 2018 Flag of France.svg 2019 French Championships 667.814122.354190.16
Feb 21–24, 2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2019 International Challenge Cup 1259.131595.6813154.81
Results in the 2019–20 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 26–28, 2019 Flag of France.svg 2019 Master's de Patinage 277.394125.713203.10
Oct 11–13, 2019 Flag of Finland.svg 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 669.821699.9413169.76
Nov 14–17, 2019 Flag of Poland.svg 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 1459.8715110.2715170.14
Dec 2–8, 2019 Flag of Hungary.svg 2019 Santa Claus Cup 164.921129.661194.58
Dec 19–21, 2019 Flag of France.svg 2020 French Championships 665.285129.266194.54
Results in the 2020–21 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 1–3, 2020 Flag of France.svg 2020 Master's de Patinage 668.068118.768186.82
Results in the 2021–22 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2021 Flag of France.svg 2021 Master's de Patinage 280.142145.262225.40
Oct 7–10, 2021 Flag of Finland.svg 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 1268.9910138.7011207.69
Oct 20–24, 2021 Flag of France.svg 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 767.181137.861205.04
Dec 16–18, 2021 Flag of France.svg 2022 French Championships 384.103145.693229.79
Feb 24–27, 2022 Flag of Romania.svg 2022 Bellu Memorial 286.231154.831241.06
Results in the 2022–23 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 15–18, 2022 Flag of Italy.svg 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 664.836132.586197.41
Oct 6–8, 2022 Flag of France.svg 2022 Master's de Patinage 277.973128.923206.89
Oct 18–23, 2022 Flag of France.svg 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 464.302146.952211.25
Nov 4–6, 2022 Flag of France.svg 2022 Grand Prix de France 677.235152.416229.64
Nov 17–20, 2022 Flag of Poland.svg 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 873.374148.874222.24
Dec 15–17, 2022 Flag of France.svg 2023 French Championships 1354.80–––WD
Results in the 2023–24 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 28–30, 2023 Flag of France.svg 2023 Master's de Patinage 379.134133.324212.45
Oct 13–15, 2023 Flag of Hungary.svg 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 673.136139.787212.91
Nov 3–5, 2023 Flag of France.svg 2023 Grand Prix de France 976.995153.756230.74
Nov 24–26, 2023 Flag of Japan.svg 2023 NHK Trophy 1074.2411136.8810211.12
Dec 10–14, 2023 Flag of France.svg 2024 French Championships 386.552157.042243.59
Jan 8–14, 2024 Flag of Lithuania.svg 2024 European Championships 778.5917131.9715210.56
Feb 15–18, 2024 Flag of Estonia.svg 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup 569.546135.435204.97
Mar 18–24, 2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2024 World Championships 2274.0219143.0821217.10
Results in the 2024–25 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 8–11, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 481.573155.302236.87
Sep 26–28, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Master's de Patinage 283.245128.082211.32
Oct 25–27, 2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2024 Skate Canada International 877.8711134.0111211.88
Nov 1–3, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Grand Prix de France 969.668135.8910205.55

Junior level

Results in the 2013–14 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 3–5, 2013 Flag of France.svg 2013 Master's de Patinage 445.95479.294125.24
Results in the 2014–15 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 2–4, 2014 Flag of France.svg 2014 Master's de Patinage 547.34590.625137.96
Nov 5–9, 2014 Flag of Latvia.svg 25th Volvo Open Cup 447.95687.165135.11
Jan 25–30, 2015 Flag of Austria.svg 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 750.95894.188145.13
Feb 20–22, 2015 Flag of France.svg 2015 French Championships (Junior) 839.78686.367126.14
Results in the 2015–16 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 8–10, 2015 Flag of France.svg 2015 Master's de Patinage 255.36394.163149.52
Feb 27–28, 2016 Flag of France.svg 2016 French Championships (Junior) 257.793106.273164.06
Results in the 2016–17 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 24–28, 2016 Flag of France.svg 2016 JGP France 756.1810105.8811162.06
Sep 14–18, 2016 Flag of Russia.svg 2016 JGP Russia 953.6010102.9610156.56
Oct 6–8, 2016 Flag of France.svg 2016 Master's de Patinage 450.673103.732154.40
Feb 24–26, 2017 Flag of France.svg 2017 French Championships (Junior) 162.76895.473158.23
Mar 15–19, 2017 Flag of the Republic of China.svg 2017 World Junior Championships 3053.52––3053.52
Results in the 2017–18 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2017 Flag of Austria.svg 2017 JGP Austria 265.883124.712190.59
Sep 28–30, 2017 Flag of France.svg 2017 Master's de Patinage 172.981122.831195.81
Oct 4–7, 2017 Flag of Poland.svg 2017 JGP Poland 371.046124.924195.96
Feb 23–25, 2018 Flag of France.svg 2018 French Championships (Junior) 164.042123.831187.87
Mar 5–11, 2018 Flag of Bulgaria.svg 2018 World Junior Championships 2158.8413120.7115179.55

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