Théo Le Mercier

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Théo Le Mercier
2019-2020 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Loïcia Demougeot Théo Le Mercier 2019 12 06 1358.jpg
Personal information
Country representedFrance
Born (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 22)
Belfort, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
PartnerLoïcia Demougeot
Former partnerJade Marchal
CoachKarine Arribert-Narce
Violetta Zakhliupana
V. Pastukhov
Former coachEric Le Mercier
ChoreographerKarine Arribert-Narce
Training locationsVillard-de-Lans
Began skating2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total161.01
2019 JGP France
Short dance63.78
2019 JGP France
Free dance97.23
2019 JGP France

Théo Le Mercier (born 18 October 1999) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Loïcia Demougeot, he has competed in the final segment at two World Junior Championships and finished within the top eight at the 2019 edition. He has won two silver medals at 2019 JGP France and JGP Poland, qualified for the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.[1]

Career[]

Le Mercier began learning to skate in 2003.[2] He skated with Jade Marchal for at least five seasons, winning the French national novice title in March 2015.[3]

Le Mercier teamed up with Loïcia Demougeot in 2015. The two made their international debut in February 2016, at the Bavarian Open. They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August of the same year.

Demougeot/Le Mercier qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They ranked fourteenth in the short dance, fifteenth in the free dance, and fifteenth overall.

In February 2019, they won the French national junior title for the first time. They placed seventh in the rhythm dance, ninth in the free dance, and eighth overall at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Beginning the 2019–20 season on the Junior Grand Prix, Demougeot/Le Mercier won silver medals at both JGP France and JGP Croatia, qualifying for the first time to the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fifth.[4] Winning a second consecutive national junior title, they then placed sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[5]

Following the COVID-19 pandemic causing the cancellation of what would have been their final international junior season, Demougeot/Le Mercier moved up to the senior ranks for the 2021/22 season. They made their Challenger series debut at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, placing ninth.[6] Making their Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Internationaux de France, they finished ninth among ten teams.[7] After winning the bronze medal at their first senior French nationals, Demougeot/Le Mercier made their European Championships debut, finishing sixteenth.[8]

Programs[]

(with Demougeot)

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2021–2022
[9]
2019–2020
[10]
2018–2019
[2]
  • Tango: Codigo de Barras
    by Bajofondo
    choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
Short dance
2017–2018
[11]
2016–2017
[12]
  • Blues: Black Swamp Village
  • Swing: Black Swamp Village
    choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Demougeot[]

International[8]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Europeans 16th
GP France 9th
CS Cup of Austria WD
CS Lombardia Trophy 9th
Cup of Nice 3rd
Open d'Andorra 3rd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 15th 8th 6th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Canada 4th
JGP France 8th 2nd
JGP Italy 8th
JGP Latvia 10th
JGP Poland 2nd
JGP Slovakia 5th
Bavarian Open 11th
Egna Trophy 1st 1st
Pavel Roman 1st
Tallinn Trophy 9th 8th
Toruń Cup 4th 5th 2nd
National
French Champ. 3rd
French Junior 6th 4th 3rd 1st 1st 2nd
Masters 5th J 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st J 4th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

With Marchal[]

International: Novice
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Bavarian Open 4th A 2nd A
NRW Trophy 8th A 3rd A 7th A
Trophy of Lyon 2nd B 1st B 2nd A
National
French Champ. 1st Y 1st M 4th N 3rd N 1st N
Levels: A = Advanced novice; B = Basic novice;
M = Minime; N = Novice; Y = Benjamin

References[]

  1. ^ "Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating".
  2. ^ a b "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Championnats de France Benjamins Minimes Novices 2: Couples Novices". Commission Sportive Nationale de Danse sur Glace. 22 March 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ Slater, Paula (December 8, 2019). "Kazakova and Reviya capture first Junior Grand Prix gold for Georgia". Golden Skate.
  5. ^ Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
  7. ^ Slater, Paula (November 20, 2021). "Papadakis and Cizeron take 12th Grand Prix gold in France". Golden Skate.
  8. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017.

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