Océane Manon Mathilde Piegad (born 12 August 2003) is a

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who currently competes in pairs. With her partner,

Denys Strekalin Denys Strekalin (born 31 March 1999) is a Ukrainian-born pair skater who competes for France. With his former skating partner, Cléo Hamon, he is a two-time French national champion (2020, 2021), 2018 Volvo Open Cup champion, and has competed i ...

, she is the 2024 French national silver medalist. As a single skater, Piegad is the 2020 French junior national silver medalist and competed at the

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Personal life

Piegad was born on 12 August 2003 in

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. As of 2022, she is a university student studying

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Career

Early career

Piegad began figure skating in 2010. As a singles skater, she won the silver medal at the 2020 French Junior Championships and finished as high as fifth on the senior level at the

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in 2020. She was coached Cedric Tour, Rodolphe Marechal, and Samantha Marechal. She switched to pair skating following the

2019–20 figure skating season The 2019–20 figure skating season began on July 1, 2019, and ended on June 30, 2020. During this season, elite skaters competed on the ISU Championship level at the 2020 2020 European Figure Skating Championships, European, 2020 Four Continents ...

and skated with Remi Belmonte for the

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, finishing fifth at the 2021 Tayside Trophy and nineteenth at the

2021 CS Warsaw Cup The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Inter ...

. Their partnership soon dissolved following that season. They were coached by

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Partnership with Strekalin

2022–23 season

On January 31, 2022, it was announced that Piegad had formed a new partnership with

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-born pair skater,

. Coached by

Laurent Depouilly Laurent Depouilly (born 26 October 1963 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French figure skater. He is the 1986 French national champion. He represented France at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where he placed 15th. He is married to Nathalie Depouilly and ...

, Nathalie Depouilly, and Dominique Deniaud, the pair made their competitive debut at the

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, where they finished in eleventh place, and then competed at the 2022 Master's de Patinage, winning the silver medal. Invited to make their

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debut at the

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, they finished seventh of seven teams at the event. They went on to place fourth at the 2022 Bavarian Open and seventh at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.

2023–24 season

Piegad/Strekalin began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, before coming seventh at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. Appearing on the

at the

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, they finished fifth.

Programs

With Strekalin

With Belmonte

As a single skater

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Strekalin

Pairs with Belmonte

Women's singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piegad, Océane 2003 births Living people French female single skaters French female pair skaters Sportspeople from Nice