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Florent Amodio (born May 12, 1990) is a French figure skater. He is the 2010 French national champion and the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final Champion.
[edit] Personal LifeAmodio was born in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil and adopted as an infant by a French couple. He was raised in Fremainville, Val-d'Oise. He holds both French and Brazilian citizenship. In addition to his skating career, Amodio is studying for a coaching diploma.[1] [edit] CareerAmodio began skating at the age of 4 and his been coached by Bernard Glesser since then.[2] At the age of 12, he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease, which left him unable to skate for 18 months. He returned to competition in 2004 and first represented France internationally in 2005. After finishing third and first at his 2008-9 JGP events, Amodio won the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in his fourth and final season on the circuit. He later had a disappointing 15th place showing at Junior Worlds and was 10th in his only senior international event of the season, the World Team Trophy. Amodio began the 2009-10 season by winning the French Masters. He later made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2009 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed 9th, and came in 4th at the 2009 Skate America, missing out on a medal by less than a point. [edit] Programs
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