Loïcia Demougeot (born 31 January 2002) is a French

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. With her skating partner,

Théo Le Mercier Théo le Mercier (born 18 October 1999) is a French ice dancer. With his skating partner, Loïcia Demougeot, he is the 2023 International Challenge Cup silver medalist. Earlier in their career, Demougeot and Le Mercier twice finished with in th ...

, she is the

2023 CS Budapest Trophy The 2023 CS Budapest Trophy was held on October 13–15, 2023, in Budapest, Hungary. It was part of the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in single skating, men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance. Entries The Internat ...

bronze medalist,

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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 (

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;

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) and were two-time silver medalists on the

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Career

Early years

Demougeot began learning to skate in 2008. She teamed up with

in 2015. The two made their international debut in February 2016 at the Bavarian Open. They debuted on the

series in August of the same year. Demougeot/Le Mercier qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships in

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, 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

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, Croatia. Beginning the 2019–20 season on the

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, Demougeot/Le Mercier won silver medals at both JGP France and JGP Croatia, qualifying for the first time to the

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, where they placed fifth. Winning a second consecutive national junior title, they then placed sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

2021–22 season

Following the

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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

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, placing ninth. Making their

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debut at the

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, they finished ninth among ten teams. After winning the bronze medal at their first senior French nationals, Demougeot/Le Mercier made their European Championships debut, finishing sixteenth.

2022–23 season

Demougeot/Le Mercier began the 2022–23 season at the

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, where they finished in fifth place. Given two

assignments, they finished fourth at both the 2022 Skate America and the 2022 Grand Prix de France. 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." After winning the silver medal at the French championships, Demougeot/Le Mercier were seventh at the 2023 European Championships. Making their

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debut in Saitama, they came fourteenth.

2023–24 season

At the

, Demougeot/Le Mercier won the bronze medal, their first on the Challenger series. Given two

assignments, they finished fifth at the 2023 Cup of China. They indicated they would remain in China until their second event, Japan's

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. 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." Demougeot/Le Mercier won their second consecutive French national silver, before competing at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas. 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."

Programs

(with Le Mercier)

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

'' ; with Le Mercier

References

External links

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