Théo Le Mercier
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]
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Personal information | |
Country represented | France |
Born | Belfort, France | 18 October 1999
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
Partner | Loïcia Demougeot |
Former partner | Jade Marchal |
Coach | Karine Arribert-Narce Violetta Zakhliupana V. Pastukhov |
Former coach | Eric Le Mercier |
Choreographer | Karine Arribert-Narce |
Training locations | Villard-de-Lans |
Began skating | 2003 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 161.01 2019 JGP France |
Short dance | 63.78 2019 JGP France |
Free dance | 97.23 2019 JGP France |
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]
Programs
(with Demougeot)
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2019–2020 [6] |
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2018–2019 [2] |
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2017–2018 [7] |
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2016–2017 [8] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Demougeot
International: Junior[9] | ||||||
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Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
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 Jr. Champ. | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | |
Masters | 5th | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | ||
J = Junior level TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
With Marchal
International: Novice | |||||
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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
- http://www.isuresults.com/events/jgp2019/jgpsdance.htm
- "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
- "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.
- Slater, Paula (December 8, 2019). "Kazakova and Reviya capture first Junior Grand Prix gold for Georgia". Golden Skate.
- Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.
- "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019.
- "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
- "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017.
- "Competition Results: Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.