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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 and 2018 French national junior champion. He qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships and finished 15th overall.

Personal life

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

Career

Early years

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

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.

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

2016–2017 season

During the season, Economides was coached by Bernard Glesser and Jean-François Ballester in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. 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.

2018–2019 season

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

Programs

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

References

1. ^ "Luc ECONOMIDES: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
2. ^ "Luc Economidès, l'âme des patins". 13commeune.fr (in French). 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
6. ^ "Luc ECONOMIDES: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
7. ^ "Competition Results: Luc ECONOMIDES". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

• Luc Economides at the International Skating Union

• 1999 births
• French male single skaters
• Living people
• People from Mont-Saint-Aignan
• Sportspeople from Seine-Maritime