Théo le Mercier
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Born | Belfort, France | 18 October 1999|||||||||||
Hometown | Villard-de-Lans, France | |||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||
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Discipline | Ice dance | |||||||||||
Partner | Loïcia Demougeot | |||||||||||
Coach | Karine Arribert-Narce Mahil Chantelauze | |||||||||||
Skating club | Villard-de-Lans | |||||||||||
Began skating | 2003 | |||||||||||
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Théo le Mercier (born 18 October 1999) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Loïcia Demougeot, he is the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy bronze medalist, 2024 International Challenge Cup champion, and three-time French national medalists.
Earlier in their career, Demougeot and Le Mercier twice finished with in the top eight at the World Junior Championships (2019; 2020) and were two-time silver medalists on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Le Mercier began learning to skate in 2003.[1] He skated with Jade Marchal for at least five seasons, winning the French national novice title in March 2015.[2]
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 Junior Grand Prix series in August of the same year.
Demougeot and 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 junior national 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 and Le Mercier won silver medals at both the JGP France and the JGP Croatia, qualifying for the first time to the Junior Grand Prix Final, where they finished fifth.[3] Winning a second consecutive national junior title, they then placed sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[4]
2021–22 season
[edit]Following the COVID-19 pandemic causing the cancellation of what would have been their final international junior season, Demougeot and Le Mercier moved up to the senior ranks for the 2021–22 season. They made their Challenger series debut at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, finishing ninth.[5] Making their Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Internationaux de France, they finished ninth among ten teams.[6] After winning the bronze medal at their first senior French nationals, Demougeot and Le Mercier made their debut at the European Championships, finishing sixteenth.[7]
2022–23 season
[edit]Demougeot and Le Mercier began the 2022–23 season at the 2022 Lombardia Trophy, where they finished in fifth place. Given two Grand Prix assignments, they finished fourth at both the 2022 Skate America and the 2022 Grand Prix de France.[5] Speaking after the latter, an enthused Le Mercier said: "if someone would have told us before the Grand Prix season that we would end up with fourth place, we wouldn't have believed it."[8]
After winning the silver medal at the French championships, Demougeot and Le Mercier finished seventh at the 2023 European Championships. Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, they finished fourteenth.[7]
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2023–24 season
[edit]At the 2023 Budapest Trophy, Demougeot and Le Mercier won the bronze medal, their first on the Challenger series.[7] Given two Grand Prix assignments, they finished fifth at the 2023 Cup of China. They indicated they would remain in China until their second event, Japan's NHK Trophy.[9] After training at Beijing's Olympic center, they finished fifth at NHK Trophy as well. Demougeot called the extended absence from home "tough but so rewarding at the same time."[10]
Demougeot and Le Mercier won their second consecutive French national silver medal before competing at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. Only eighth in the rhythm dance, albeit with a new personal best, they rose to fifth overall with more new personal bests. Demougeot said "the score exceeded our expectations."[11] They went on to win a gold medal at the International Challenge Cup.[12]
At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Demougeot and Le Mercier finished eleventh in the rhythm dance with another new personal best score.[13] Thirteenth in the free dance, they remained eleventh overall.[14]
Programs
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Season | Rhythm dance / Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2023–24 [15] |
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2022–23 [16] |
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2021–22 [17] |
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2019–20 [18] |
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2018–19 [1] |
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2017–18 [19] |
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2016–17 [20] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]Ice dance with Loïcia Demougeot
[edit]- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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World Championships | 14th | 11th | |
European Championships | 16th | 7th | 5th |
GP Cup of China | 5th | ||
GP France | 9th | 4th | |
GP NHK Trophy | 5th | ||
GP Skate America | 4th | ||
CS Budapest Trophy | 3rd | ||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 9th | 5th | |
CS Warsaw Cup | 1st | ||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | 1st | |
Master's de Patinage | 4th | 2nd | WD |
Open d'Andorra | 3rd | ||
Trophée Métropole Nice | 3rd | ||
French Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 |
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World Junior Championships | 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 Spring Trophy | 1st | 1st | ||||
Master's de Patinage | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
Mentor Toruń Cup | 4th | 5th | 2nd | |||
Pavel Roman Memorial | 1st | |||||
Tallinn Trophy | 9th | 8th | ||||
French Junior Championships | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
Detailed results
[edit]Ice dance with Loïcia Demougeot
[edit]Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 192.15 | 2024 European Championships |
Short program | TSS | 75.74 | 2024 World Championships |
TES | 43.10 | 2024 European Championships | |
PCS | 33.29 | 2024 World Championships | |
Free skating | TSS | 116.46 | 2024 European Championships |
TES | 66.60 | 2024 European Championships | |
PCS | 50.20 | 2024 World Championships |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 118.17 | 2016 JGP France |
Short program | TSS | 51.52 | 2024 World Junior Championships |
TES | 28.64 | 2017 JGP Italy | |
PCS | 23.71 | 2024 World Junior Championships | |
Free skating | TSS | 69.61 | 2017 JGP Italy |
TES | 35.75 | 2016 JGP France | |
PCS | 35.13 | 2017 JGP Italy |
Senior level
[edit]Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 10–12, 2021 | ![]() |
10 | 62.61 | 11 | 90.82 | 9 | 153.43 |
Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2021 | ![]() |
3 | 71.73 | 4 | 99.19 | 4 | 170.92 |
Oct 20–24, 2021 | ![]() |
3 | 66.84 | 3 | 96.42 | 3 | 163.26 |
Nov 19–21, 2021 | ![]() |
9 | 63.95 | 10 | 92.66 | 9 | 156.61 |
Nov 24–28, 2021 | ![]() |
3 | 67.48 | 2 | 101.25 | 3 | 168.73 |
Dec 16–18, 2021 | ![]() |
3 | 71.94 | 4 | 104.36 | 3 | 176.30 |
Jan 10–16, 2022 | ![]() |
15 | 64.55 | 15 | 98.22 | 16 | 162.77 |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 16–19, 2022 | ![]() |
5 | 63.87 | 4 | 103.08 | 5 | 166.95 |
Oct 6–8, 2022 | ![]() |
2 | 74.44 | 2 | 112.33 | 2 | 186.77 |
Oct 21–23, 2022 | ![]() |
7 | 65.90 | 4 | 104.99 | 4 | 170.89 |
Nov 4–6, 2022 | ![]() |
4 | 70.76 | 4 | 109.00 | 4 | 179.76 |
Nov 17–20, 2022 | ![]() |
2 | 72.13 | 1 | 109.87 | 1 | 182.00 |
Dec 15–17, 2022 | ![]() |
2 | 75.95 | 2 | 112.94 | 2 | 188.89 |
Jan 25–29, 2023 | ![]() |
7 | 72.55 | 7 | 107.41 | 7 | 179.96 |
Feb 23–26, 2023 | ![]() |
2 | 72.80 | 3 | 107.20 | 2 | 180.00 |
Mar 22–26, 2023 | ![]() |
13 | 69.88 | 14 | 106.97 | 14 | 176.85 |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 28–30, 2023 | ![]() |
2 | 72.66 | – | – | – | WD |
Oct 13–15, 2023 | ![]() |
3 | 69.37 | 3 | 110.31 | 3 | 179.68 |
Nov 10–12, 2023 | ![]() |
7 | 70.18 | 5 | 109.92 | 5 | 180.10 |
Nov 24–26, 2023 | ![]() |
5 | 73.58 | 5 | 114.18 | 5 | 187.76 |
Dec 9–14, 2024 | ![]() |
3 | 73.70 | 2 | 115.29 | 2 | 188.99 |
Jan 10–14, 2024 | ![]() |
8 | 75.69 | 5 | 116.46 | 5 | 192.15 |
Feb 22–25, 2024 | ![]() |
1 | 76.76 | 1 | 113.29 | 1 | 190.05 |
Mar 18–24, 2024 | ![]() |
11 | 75.74 | 13 | 114.26 | 11 | 190.00 |
Junior level
[edit]Date | Event | SD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Feb 17–21, 2016 | ![]() |
11 | 44.32 | 11 | 58.76 | 11 | 103.08 |
Feb 27–28, 2016 | ![]() |
6 | 45.04 | 9 | 65.50 | 6 | 110.54 |
Date | Event | SD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 24–28, 2016 | ![]() |
7 | 48.74 | 8 | 69.43 | 8 | 118.17 |
Oct 6–8, 2016 | ![]() |
5 | 43.79 | 4 | 66.17 | 5 | 109.96 |
Nov 19–27, 2016 | ![]() |
8 | 52.25 | 9 | 69.57 | 9 | 121.82 |
Jan 10–15, 2017 | ![]() |
4 | 47.74 | 4 | 70.60 | 4 | 118.34 |
Feb 24–26, 2017 | ![]() |
1 | 56.14 | 4 | 73.74 | 4 | 129.88 |
Date | Event | SD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 6–9, 2017 | ![]() |
10 | 42.48 | 10 | 57.55 | 10 | 100.03 |
Sep 28–30, 2017 | ![]() |
1 | 52.99 | 1 | 71.33 | 1 | 124.32 |
Oct 11–14, 2017 | ![]() |
9 | 47.11 | 8 | 69.61 | 8 | 116.72 |
Nov 21–26, 2017 | ![]() |
8 | 49.22 | 6 | 71.26 | 8 | 120.48 |
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2018 | ![]() |
5 | 49.56 | 5 | 66.90 | 5 | 116.46 |
Feb 23–25, 2018 | ![]() |
3 | 46.18 | 3 | 62.90 | 3 | 109.08 |
Mar 5–11, 2018 | ![]() |
14 | 51.52 | 15 | 66.08 | 15 | 117.60 |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 22–25, 2018 | ![]() |
5 | 55.72 | 4 | 77.86 | 5 | 133.58 |
Sep 12–15, 2018 | ![]() |
4 | 58.36 | 5 | 84.60 | 4 | 142.96 |
Sep 25–27, 2018 | ![]() |
1 | 57.37 | 1 | 82.32 | 1 | 139.69 |
Nov 9–11, 2018 | ![]() |
1 | 57.89 | 1 | 86.68 | 1 | 144.57 |
Jan 8–13, 2019 | ![]() |
3 | 58.22 | 3 | 87.19 | 2 | 145.41 |
Feb 1–3, 2019 | ![]() |
1 | 59.89 | 1 | 92.00 | 1 | 151.89 |
Feb 22–24, 2019 | ![]() |
1 | 59.45 | 1 | 91.21 | 1 | 150.66 |
Mar 4–10, 2019 | ![]() |
7 | 59.33 | 9 | 85.00 | 8 | 144.33 |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 21–24, 2019 | ![]() |
1 | 63.78 | 2 | 97.23 | 2 | 161.01 |
Sep 18–21, 2019 | ![]() |
2 | 65.82 | 3 | 96.88 | 2 | 162.70 |
Sep 26–28, 2019 | ![]() |
1 | 66.41 | 1 | 104.60 | 1 | 171.01 |
Dec 5–8, 2019 | ![]() |
5 | 62.84 | 5 | 93.42 | 5 | 156.26 |
Feb 7–9, 2020 | ![]() |
1 | 71.22 | 1 | 107.44 | 1 | 178.66 |
Mar 2–8, 2020 | ![]() |
6 | 64.88 | 6 | 97.64 | 6 | 162.52 |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 1–3, 2020 | ![]() |
1 | 68.18 | 1 | 91.48 | 1 | 159.66 |
Feb 6–7, 2021 | ![]() |
1 | 68.61 | 1 | 96.79 | 1 | 165.40 |
Apr 3–4, 2021 | ![]() |
1 | 68.14 | 2 | 92.79 | 2 | 160.93 |
References
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- ^ Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 20, 2021). "Papadakis and Cizeron take 12th Grand Prix gold in France". Golden Skate.
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- ^ Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Gilles and Poirier win first Cup of China title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
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- ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.
- ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022.
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- ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
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