As the novice national champion of Switzerland, he performed in the gala at the 1997 World Championships, held in Lausanne. Lambiel landed his first triple toe loop at age ten. Salomé Brunner became his main choreographer in 1996. When ice was unavailable in Geneva, generally from April to June, he trained in Germany, sometimes in Oberstdorf. Around 1995, Lambiel began training in Geneva, coached by Peter Grütter. His mother wanted him to play hockey but he was more interested in jumping. Lambiel began skating when he was seven in Saxon, Switzerland, following in his sister's footsteps. He assisted in designing his own costumes. Lambiel had recurring injuries in both his knees, requiring him to miss exhibitions and training time, but his problems were resolved in 2009. He is able to do successive double Axels, changing his rotation direction between each one, but stopped training it. Unlike most figure skaters, Lambiel can spin and jump in both counter-clockwise and clock-wise directions. Ī native speaker of French, Lambiel also speaks Portuguese, High German (not Swiss German), and English and is learning Italian. Lambiel lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and received his "maturité" ( matura) in biology and chemistry in June 2004. He has a sister, Silvia (born in 1982), and a brother, Christophe (born in 1989). His mother is originally from Lisbon, Portugal, and his father is from Isérables, Switzerland. Lambiel was born in Martigny, Valais, and grew up in Saxon, Switzerland.
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