Loïcia Demougeot
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![]() Loïcia Demougeot and Théo le Mercier at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final | |||||||||||||||
Born | Belfort, France | 31 January 2002||||||||||||||
Hometown | Villard-de-Lans | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Ice dance | ||||||||||||||
Partner | Théo le Mercier | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Karine Arribert-Narce Mahil Chantelauze | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Villard-de-Lans Skating Club | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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Loïcia Demougeot (born 31 January 2002) is a French ice dancer. With her skating partner, Théo le Mercier, she is the 2023 Budapest Trophy bronze medalist, 2024 International Challenge Cup champion, and four-time French national medalists.
Earlier in their career, Demougeot/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]Demougeot began learning to skate in 2008.[1] She teamed up with Théo le Mercier 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/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/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.[2] Winning a second consecutive national junior title, they then placed sixth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[3]
2021–22 season
[edit]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 Lombardia Trophy, finishing ninth.[4] Making their Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Internationaux de France, they finished ninth among ten teams.[5] After winning the bronze medal at their first senior French nationals, Demougeot/Le Mercier made their debut at the European Championships, finishing sixteenth.[6]
2022–23 season
[edit]Demougeot/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.[4] 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."[7]
After winning the silver medal at the French championships, Demougeot/Le Mercier finished seventh at the 2023 European Championships. Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, they finished fourteenth.[6]

2023–24 season
[edit]At the 2023 Budapest Trophy, Demougeot/Le Mercier won the bronze medal, their first on the Challenger series.[6] 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.[8] 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."[9]
Demougeot/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."[10] They went on to win a gold medal at the International Challenge Cup.[11]
At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Demougeot/Le Mercier finished eleventh in the rhythm dance with another new personal best score.[12] Thirteenth in the free dance, they remained eleventh overall.[13]
2024–25 season
[edit]Demougeot and Le Mercier began the season by winning bronze at the 2024 Master's de Patinage. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, they finished fifth at the 2024 NHK Trophy and seventh at the 2024 Cup of China.[14]
In late December, they won the silver medal at the 2025 French Championships.[14]
Programs
[edit]Ice dance with Théo le Mercier
[edit]Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2024–25 [15] |
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2023–2024 [16] |
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2022–2023 [17] |
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2021–2022 [18] |
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2019–2020 [19] |
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2018–2019 [1] |
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2017–2018 [20] |
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2016–2017 [21] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]Ice dance with Théo le Mercier
[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 | 2024–25 |
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World Championships | 14th | 11th | TBD | |
European Championships | 16th | 7th | 5th | 9th |
French Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
GP Cup of China | 5th | 7th | ||
GP France | 9th | 4th | ||
GP NHK Trophy | 5th | 5th | ||
GP Skate America | 4th | |||
CS Budapest Trophy | 3rd | |||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 9th | 5th | ||
CS Nepela Memorial | 5th | |||
CS Warsaw Cup | 1st | |||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | 1st | ||
Master's de Patinage | 4th | 2nd | WD | 3rd |
Open d'Andorra | 3rd | |||
Sofia Trophy | 1st | |||
Trophée Métropole Nice | 3rd |
Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 |
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World Junior Championships | 15th | 8th | 6th | |||
Junior Grand Prix Final | 5th | |||||
French Championships | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
JGP Canada | 4th | |||||
JGP France | 8th | 2nd | ||||
JGP Italy | 8th | |||||
JGP Latvia | 10th | |||||
JGP Poland | 2nd | |||||
JGP Slovakia | 5th | |||||
Bavarian Open | 11th | |||||
Egna Dance Trophy | 1st | 1st | ||||
Ice Star | 1st | |||||
Master's de Patinage | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
Mentor Toruń Cup | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | ||
Pavel Roman Memorial | 1st | |||||
Tallinn Trophy | 9th | 8th | ||||
Volvo Open Cup | 4th |
Detailed results
[edit]Ice dance with Théo le Mercier
[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 |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 26–28, 2024 | ![]() |
3 | 73.02 | 3 | 105.92 | 3 | 178.94 |
Oct 24-26, 2024 | ![]() |
5 | 68.57 | 4 | 109.88 | 5 | 178.45 |
Nov 8–10, 2024 | ![]() |
5 | 69.24 | 5 | 109.06 | 5 | 178.30 |
Nov 22–24, 2024 | ![]() |
7 | 73.50 | 8 | 111.73 | 7 | 185.23 |
Dec 20–21, 2024 | ![]() |
2 | 73.95 | 2 | 112.17 | 2 | 186.12 |
Jan 7-12, 2025 | ![]() |
1 | 78.31 | 1 | 115.95 | 1 | 194.26 |
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 | ![]() |
6 | 76.14 | 10 | 113.87 | 9 | 190.01 |
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
[edit]- ^ a b "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 5, 2022). "Guignard and Fabbri golden at Grand Prix de France". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Gilles and Poirier win first Cup of China title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Fear and Gibson edge out Italians for NHK Trophy gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 13, 2024). "Guignard and Fabbri win second consecutive European title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ Kellar, Anna (March 14, 2024). "Demougeot and Le Mercier Thrive on Their Differences". Anything GOEs. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "Record personnel battu pour les danseurs villardiens Loicia Demougeot et Théo Le Mercier" [Personal record broken for Villardian dancers Loicia Demougeot and Théo Le Mercier]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). March 23, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "La remontada fantastique du Français Adam Siao Him Fa, deux Isérois aux portes du top 10" [The fantastic comeback of Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa, two Isérois on the verge of the top 10]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "FRA–Loïcia Demougeot/Théo le Mercier". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024.
- ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Loïcia Demougeot & Théo le Mercier at the International Skating Union
- Loïcia Demougeot & Théo le Mercier at SkatingScores.com