Théo le Mercier
Born (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999
Belfort, France
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFrance
PartnerLoïcia Demougeot
CoachKarine Arribert-Narce
Mahil Chantelauze
Skating club2008 / Villard de Lans SC
Began skating2003

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, 2023 International Challenge Cup silver medalist, 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

Early years

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 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.[3] Winning a second consecutive national junior title, they then placed sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[4]

2021–22 season

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.[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/Le Mercier made their European Championships debut, finishing sixteenth.[7]

2022–23 season

Demougeot/Le Mercier began the 2022–23 season at the 2022 CS 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/Le Mercier were seventh at the 2023 European Championships. Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, they came fourteenth.[7]

2023–24 season

At the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, Demougeot/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 placed fifth at NHK Trophy as well. Demougeot called the extended absence from home "tough but so rewarding at the same time."[10]

Programs

(with Demougeot)

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2023–2024
[11]
2022–2023
[12]
  • Rue des trois frères
    by Fabrizio Paterlini
2021–2022
[13]
2019–2020
[14]
2018–2019
[1]
  • Tango: Codigo de Barras
    by Bajofondo
    choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
Short dance
2017–2018
[15]
2016–2017
[16]
  • 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[7]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds14thTBD
Europeans16th7thTBD
GP Cup of China5th
GP France9th4th
GP NHK Trophy5th
GP Skate America4th
CS Cup of AustriaWD
CS Budapest Trophy3rd
CS Golden SpinWDWD
CS Lombardia9th5th
CS Warsaw Cup1st
Challenge Cup2nd
Cup of Nice3rd
Open d'Andorra3rd
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds15th8th6th
JGP Final5th
JGP Canada4th
JGP France8th2nd
JGP Italy8th
JGP Latvia10th
JGP Poland2nd
JGP Slovakia5th
Bavarian Open11th
Egna Trophy1st1st
Pavel Roman1st
Tallinn Trophy9th8th
Toruń Cup4th5th2nd
National
French Champ.3rd2nd2nd
French Junior6th4th3rd1st1st2nd
Masters5th J1st J1st J1st J1st J4th2ndWD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

With Marchal

International: Novice
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Bavarian Open4th A2nd A
NRW Trophy8th A3rd A7th A
Trophy of Lyon2nd B1st B2nd A
National
French Champ.1st Y1st M4th N3rd N1st N
Levels: A = Advanced novice; B = Basic novice;
M = Minime; N = Novice; Y = Benjamin

References

  1. 1 2 "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Slater, Paula (December 8, 2019). "Kazakova and Reviya capture first Junior Grand Prix gold for Georgia". Golden Skate.
  4. ↑ Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.
  5. 1 2 "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
  6. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 20, 2021). "Papadakis and Cizeron take 12th Grand Prix gold in France". Golden Skate.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Competition Results: Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 5, 2022). "Guignard and Fabbri golden at Grand Prix de France". Golden Skate.
  9. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Gilles and Poirier win first Cup of China title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  10. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Fear and Gibson edge out Italians for NHK Trophy gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017.
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