Nationally, she became the Japanese junior champion and senior bronze medalist.
She concluded her season with bronze at the 2002 World Junior Championships. At the JGP Final, she became the first female skater to land a quad jump of any kind in a competition, performing a 4S on her way to the bronze medal.
The discipline was unfortunately lost in the modernization of the sport, replaced by the easier-to-judge but less inspiring compulsory figures.
Lambiel placed fourth and was sent to the Olympics, where he finished 15th. In the 2003-2004 season, he was sixth at the 2004 European Championships and fourth at the 2004 World Championships.
Stéphane Lambiel is an extremely talented Swiss ice skating champion who has been taking part in Art On Ice for a number of years.
Check out some photos from this year’s Art On Ice 2016.
It aims at improving awareness of rare and orphan diseases, as well as encouraging therapeutic research.
There is indeed a dire lack of funding for research on rare and orphan diseases despite the fact that they are estimated to affect as much as 6–8% of the world population.