Luc Economides | |||||||||
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Born | Mont-Saint-Aignan, France | 2 March 1999||||||||
Hometown | Vaujany | ||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||
Country | France | ||||||||
Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||
Coach | Florent Amodio | ||||||||
Skating club | Amodio Figure Skating Academy | ||||||||
Began skating | 2004 | ||||||||
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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.
Economides was born on 2 March 1999 in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France. [1] He was raised in Rouen. [2]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Season | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024-25 |
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World Championships | 21st | ||||||
European Championships | 15th | ||||||
French Championships | 4th | 6th | 3rd | WD | 2nd | ||
GP France | 6th | 6th | TBD | ||||
GP NHK Trophy | 10th | ||||||
GP Skate Canada | TBD | ||||||
CS Budapest Trophy | 7th | ||||||
CS Finlandia Trophy | 13th | 13th | 11th | ||||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 8th | 6th | |||||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 7th | ||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 15th | 4th | |||||
Bellu Memorial | 1st | ||||||
Challenge Cup | 13th | ||||||
Master's de Patinage | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
Santa Claus Cup | 1st | ||||||
Tallink Hotels Cup | 5th | ||||||
Trophée Métropole Nice | 1st | 2nd |
Season | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
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World Junior Championships | 30th | 15th | |||
French Championships (Senior) | 9th | 7th | 5th | 7th | |
French Championships (Junior) | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | |
JGP Austria | 2nd | ||||
JGP France | 11th | ||||
JGP Poland | 4th | ||||
JGP Russia | 10th | ||||
European Youth Olympic Festival | 8th | ||||
Master's de Patinage | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
Volvo Open Cup | 5th |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 230.74 | 2023 Grand Prix de France |
Short program | TSS | 78.59 | 2024 European Championships |
TES | 41.69 | 2023 Grand Prix de France | |
PCS | 37.54 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | |
Free skating | TSS | 153.75 | 2023 Grand Prix de France |
TES | 79.19 | 2023 Grand Prix de France | |
PCS | 77.26 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 195.96 | 2017 JGP Poland |
Short program | TSS | 71.04 | 2017 JGP Poland |
TES | 38.04 | 2017 JGP Poland | |
PCS | 33.00 | 2017 JGP Poland | |
Free skating | TSS | 124.92 | 2017 JGP Poland |
TES | 63.97 | 2018 World Junior Championships | |
PCS | 66.38 | 2017 JGP Poland | |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 18–21, 2014 | 2015 French Championships | 9 | 45.73 | 9 | 73.11 | 9 | 118.84 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 17–19, 2015 | 2016 French Championships | 5 | 55.54 | 8 | 104.36 | 7 | 159.90 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 15–17, 2016 | 2017 French Championships | 6 | 63.59 | 5 | 120.28 | 5 | 183.87 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 14–16, 2017 | 2018 French Championships | 7 | 62.78 | 7 | 119.98 | 7 | 182.76 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 12–16, 2018 | 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy | 7 | 68.60 | 10 | 114.95 | 8 | 183.55 |
Sep 25–27, 2018 | 2018 Master's de Patinage | 5 | 61.99 | 1 | 142.49 | 2 | 204.48 |
Oct 4–7, 2018 | 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy | 14 | 59.57 | 12 | 120.83 | 13 | 180.40 |
Nob 26 – Dec 2, 2018 | 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy | 9 | 62.73 | 7 | 127.45 | 7 | 190.18 |
Dec 13–15, 2018 | 2019 French Championships | 6 | 67.81 | 4 | 122.35 | 4 | 190.16 |
Feb 21–24, 2019 | 2019 International Challenge Cup | 12 | 59.13 | 15 | 95.68 | 13 | 154.81 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 26–28, 2019 | 2019 Master's de Patinage | 2 | 77.39 | 4 | 125.71 | 3 | 203.10 |
Oct 11–13, 2019 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy | 6 | 69.82 | 16 | 99.94 | 13 | 169.76 |
Nov 14–17, 2019 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup | 14 | 59.87 | 15 | 110.27 | 15 | 170.14 |
Dec 2–8, 2019 | 2019 Santa Claus Cup | 1 | 64.92 | 1 | 129.66 | 1 | 194.58 |
Dec 19–21, 2019 | 2020 French Championships | 6 | 65.28 | 5 | 129.26 | 6 | 194.54 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 1–3, 2020 | 2020 Master's de Patinage | 6 | 68.06 | 8 | 118.76 | 8 | 186.82 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2021 | 2021 Master's de Patinage | 2 | 80.14 | 2 | 145.26 | 2 | 225.40 |
Oct 7–10, 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | 12 | 68.99 | 10 | 138.70 | 11 | 207.69 |
Oct 20–24, 2021 | 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 7 | 67.18 | 1 | 137.86 | 1 | 205.04 |
Dec 16–18, 2021 | 2022 French Championships | 3 | 84.10 | 3 | 145.69 | 3 | 229.79 |
Feb 24–27, 2022 | 2022 Bellu Memorial | 2 | 86.23 | 1 | 154.83 | 1 | 241.06 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 15–18, 2022 | 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy | 6 | 64.83 | 6 | 132.58 | 6 | 197.41 |
Oct 6–8, 2022 | 2022 Master's de Patinage | 2 | 77.97 | 3 | 128.92 | 3 | 206.89 |
Oct 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 4 | 64.30 | 2 | 146.95 | 2 | 211.25 |
Nov 4–6, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix de France | 6 | 77.23 | 5 | 152.41 | 6 | 229.64 |
Nov 17–20, 2022 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | 8 | 73.37 | 4 | 148.87 | 4 | 222.24 |
Dec 15–17, 2022 | 2023 French Championships | 13 | 54.80 | – | – | – | WD |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 28–30, 2023 | 2023 Master's de Patinage | 3 | 79.13 | 4 | 133.32 | 4 | 212.45 |
Oct 13–15, 2023 | 2023 CS Budapest Trophy | 6 | 73.13 | 6 | 139.78 | 7 | 212.91 |
Nov 3–5, 2023 | 2023 Grand Prix de France | 9 | 76.99 | 5 | 153.75 | 6 | 230.74 |
Nov 24–26, 2023 | 2023 NHK Trophy | 10 | 74.24 | 11 | 136.88 | 10 | 211.12 |
Dec 10–14, 2023 | 2024 French Championships | 3 | 86.55 | 2 | 157.04 | 2 | 243.59 |
Jan 8–14, 2024 | 2024 European Championships | 7 | 78.59 | 17 | 131.97 | 15 | 210.56 |
Feb 15–18, 2024 | 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup | 5 | 69.54 | 6 | 135.43 | 5 | 204.97 |
Mar 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 22 | 74.02 | 19 | 143.08 | 21 | 217.10 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 3–5, 2013 | 2013 Master's de Patinage | 4 | 45.95 | 4 | 79.29 | 4 | 125.24 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 2–4, 2014 | 2014 Master's de Patinage | 5 | 47.34 | 5 | 90.62 | 5 | 137.96 |
Nov 5–9, 2014 | 25th Volvo Open Cup | 4 | 47.95 | 6 | 87.16 | 5 | 135.11 |
Jan 25–30, 2015 | 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival | 7 | 50.95 | 8 | 94.18 | 8 | 145.13 |
Feb 20–22, 2015 | 2015 French Championships (Junior) | 8 | 39.78 | 6 | 86.36 | 7 | 126.14 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 8–10, 2015 | 2015 Master's de Patinage | 2 | 55.36 | 3 | 94.16 | 3 | 149.52 |
Feb 27–28, 2016 | 2016 French Championships (Junior) | 2 | 57.79 | 3 | 106.27 | 3 | 164.06 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 24–28, 2016 | 2016 JGP France | 7 | 56.18 | 10 | 105.88 | 11 | 162.06 |
Sep 14–18, 2016 | 2016 JGP Russia | 9 | 53.60 | 10 | 102.96 | 10 | 156.56 |
Oct 6–8, 2016 | 2016 Master's de Patinage | 4 | 50.67 | 3 | 103.73 | 2 | 154.40 |
Feb 24–26, 2017 | 2017 French Championships (Junior) | 1 | 62.76 | 8 | 95.47 | 3 | 158.23 |
Mar 15–19, 2017 | 2017 World Junior Championships | 30 | 53.52 | – | – | 30 | 53.52 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2017 | 2017 JGP Austria | 2 | 65.88 | 3 | 124.71 | 2 | 190.59 |
Sep 28–30, 2017 | 2017 Master's de Patinage | 1 | 72.98 | 1 | 122.83 | 1 | 195.81 |
Oct 4–7, 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | 3 | 71.04 | 6 | 124.92 | 4 | 195.96 |
Feb 23–25, 2018 | 2018 French Championships (Junior) | 1 | 64.04 | 2 | 123.83 | 1 | 187.87 |
Mar 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | 21 | 58.84 | 13 | 120.71 | 15 | 179.55 |
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