Théo le Mercier

Théo le Mercier
Théo le Mercier
Born	18 October 1999 (age 24); Belfort, France
Hometown	Villard-de-Lans, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	France
Discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Loïcia Demougeot
Coach	Karine Arribert-Narce; Mahil Chantelauze
Skating club	Villard-de-Lans
Began skating	2003
French Championships

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, 2024 International Challenge Cup champion, 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 Junior Grand Prix series in August of the same year.

Demougeot and 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 and 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.^[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 and 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.^[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 and Le Mercier made their debut at the European Championships, finishing sixteenth.^[7]

2022–23 season

Demougeot and 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.^[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 and Le Mercier finished seventh at the 2023 European Championships. Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, they finished fourteenth.^[7]

2023–24 season

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

Demougeot and 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."^[11] They went on to win a gold medal at the International Challenge Cup.^[12]

At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Demougeot and Le Mercier finished eleventh in the rhythm dance with another new personal best score.^[13] Thirteenth in the free dance, they remained eleventh overall.^[14]

Programs

(with Demougeot)

Season	Rhythm dance / Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2023–24 ^[15]	Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang Why Can't We Live Together by Timmy Thomas performed by Sade choreo. by Benoît Richaud, Karine Arribert-Narce	Clair de lune by Claude Debussy Waves by Chilly Gonzales, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan choreo. by Benoît Richaud, Karine Arribert-Narce
2022–23 ^[16]	Cha Cha: Fever performed by La Lupe arranged by Hugo Chouinard Rhumba: Somebody That I Used to Know performed by Pentatonix arranged Hugo Chouinard Samba: Magalenha performed by Rockstarrz, A. Montana, & DJ Bo arranged by Hugo Chouinard choreo. by Benoît Richaud, Karine Arribert-Narce	Swell by LAAKE arranged by Cedric Tour Gnossienne no. 3 by Erik Satie, Alexandre Tharaud choreo. by Cedric Tour Le Di a la Caza Alcance by Michael Nyman, Estrella Morente arranged by Cedric Tour choreo. by Benoît Richaud, Karine Arribert-Narce	Rue des trois frères by Fabrizio Paterlini
2021–22 ^[17]	Blues: The Way You Make Me Feel performed by Judith Hill arranged by Hugo Chouinard Hip Hop: Billie Jean performed by Eminem, DMX, Ludacris & The Notorious B.I.G. arranged by Hugo Chouinard choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce	Lonlon (Ravel's Boléro) by Angélique Kidjo & Branford Marsalis choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
2019–20 ^[18]	Foxtrot: Your Feet's Too Big (from Ain't Misbehavin') performed by Ken Page How Ya Baby (from Ain't Misbehavin') performed by André De Shields, Charlayne Woodard choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce	Habanera (from Carmen) by Georges Bizet remix by Chuy Ayala Carmen Suite by Rodion Shchedrin choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
2018–19 ^[1]	Tango: Codigo de Barras by Bajofondo choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce	Killing the Name Tab by Rage Against the Machine Nothing Else Matters by Metallica Born to Be Wild (Easy Rider) by Steppenwolf choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
2017–18 ^[19]	Cha-cha: El Pescador by Totó la Momposina Rhumba: La Colegiala by Rodolfo y su Tipica RA7 Samba: Onda Tropica by Punkero Sonidero choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce	Light of the Seven by Ramin Djawadi performed by David de Miguel Strange by Apollo Geeze choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce
2016–17 ^[20]	Blues: Black Swamp Village Swing: Black Swamp Village choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce	Tomay Gaan Shonabo by Sunidhi Chauhan choreo. by Karine Arribert-Narce

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Loïcia Demougeot

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

Competition placements at senior level ^[7]
Season	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
World Championships		14th	11th
European Championships	16th	7th	5th
GP Cup of China			5th
GP France	9th	4th
GP NHK Trophy			5th
GP Skate America		4th
CS Budapest Trophy			3rd
CS Lombardia Trophy	9th	5th
CS Warsaw Cup		1st
Challenge Cup		2nd	1st
Master's de Patinage	4th	2nd	WD
Open d'Andorra	3rd
Trophée Métropole Nice	3rd
French Championships	3rd	2nd	2nd

Competition placements at junior level ^[7]
Season	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21
World Junior Championships			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 Spring Trophy				1st		1st
Master's de Patinage		5th	1st	1st	1st	1st
Mentor Toruń Cup		4th	5th	2nd
Pavel Roman Memorial				1st
Tallinn Trophy		9th	8th
French Junior Championships	6th	4th	3rd	1st	1st	2nd

Detailed results

Ice dance with Loïcia Demougeot

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System
Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System
Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

Results in the 2021–22 season
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 10–12, 2021	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy	10	62.61	11	90.82	9	153.43
Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2021	2021 Master's de Patinage	3	71.73	4	99.19	4	170.92
Oct 20–24, 2021	2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	3	66.84	3	96.42	3	163.26
Nov 19–21, 2021	2021 Internationaux de France	9	63.95	10	92.66	9	156.61
Nov 24–28, 2021	2021 Open d'Andorra	3	67.48	2	101.25	3	168.73
Dec 16–18, 2021	2022 French Championships	3	71.94	4	104.36	3	176.30
Jan 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	15	64.55	15	98.22	16	162.77

Results in the 2022–23 season
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 16–19, 2022	2022 CS Lombardia Trophy	5	63.87	4	103.08	5	166.95
Oct 6–8, 2022	2022 Master's de Patinage	2	74.44	2	112.33	2	186.77
Oct 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	7	65.90	4	104.99	4	170.89
Nov 4–6, 2022	2022 Grand Prix de France	4	70.76	4	109.00	4	179.76
Nov 17–20, 2022	2022 CS Warsaw Cup	2	72.13	1	109.87	1	182.00
Dec 15–17, 2022	2023 French Championships	2	75.95	2	112.94	2	188.89
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	7	72.55	7	107.41	7	179.96
Feb 23–26, 2023	2023 International Challenge Cup	2	72.80	3	107.20	2	180.00
Mar 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	13	69.88	14	106.97	14	176.85

Results in the 2023–24 season
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 28–30, 2023	2023 Master's de Patinage	2	72.66	–	–	–	WD
Oct 13–15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	3	69.37	3	110.31	3	179.68
Nov 10–12, 2023	2023 Cup of China	7	70.18	5	109.92	5	180.10
Nov 24–26, 2023	2023 NHK Trophy	5	73.58	5	114.18	5	187.76
Dec 9–14, 2024	2024 French Championships	3	73.70	2	115.29	2	188.99
Jan 10–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	8	75.69	5	116.46	5	192.15
Feb 22–25, 2024	2024 International Challenge Cup	1	76.76	1	113.29	1	190.05
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	11	75.74	13	114.26	11	190.00

Junior level

Results in the 2015–16 season
Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Feb 17–21, 2016	2016 Bavarian Open	11	44.32	11	58.76	11	103.08
Feb 27–28, 2016	2016 French Championships (Junior)	6	45.04	9	65.50	6	110.54

Results in the 2016–17 season
Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 24–28, 2016	2016 JGP France	7	48.74	8	69.43	8	118.17
Oct 6–8, 2016	2016 Master's de Patinage	5	43.79	4	66.17	5	109.96
Nov 19–27, 2016	2016 Tallinn Trophy	8	52.25	9	69.57	9	121.82
Jan 10–15, 2017	2017 Mentor Toruń Cup	4	47.74	4	70.60	4	118.34
Feb 24–26, 2017	2017 French Championships (Junior)	1	56.14	4	73.74	4	129.88

Results in the 2017–18 season
Date	Event	SD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 6–9, 2017	2017 JGP Latvia	10	42.48	10	57.55	10	100.03
Sep 28–30, 2017	2017 Master's de Patinage	1	52.99	1	71.33	1	124.32
Oct 11–14, 2017	2017 JGP Italy	9	47.11	8	69.61	8	116.72
Nov 21–26, 2017	2017 Tallinn Trophy	8	49.22	6	71.26	8	120.48
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2018	2018 Mentor Toruń Cup	5	49.56	5	66.90	5	116.46
Feb 23–25, 2018	2018 French Championships (Junior)	3	46.18	3	62.90	3	109.08
Mar 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	14	51.52	15	66.08	15	117.60

Results in the 2018–19 season
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 22–25, 2018	2018 JGP Slovakia	5	55.72	4	77.86	5	133.58
Sep 12–15, 2018	2018 JGP Canada	4	58.36	5	84.60	4	142.96
Sep 25–27, 2018	2018 Master's de Patinage	1	57.37	1	82.32	1	139.69
Nov 9–11, 2018	2018 Pavel Roman Memorial	1	57.89	1	86.68	1	144.57
Jan 8–13, 2019	2019 Mentor Toruń Cup	3	58.22	3	87.19	2	145.41
Feb 1–3, 2019	2019 Egna Dance Trophy	1	59.89	1	92.00	1	151.89
Feb 22–24, 2019	2019 French Championships (Junior)	1	59.45	1	91.21	1	150.66
Mar 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	7	59.33	9	85.00	8	144.33

Results in the 2019–20 season
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 21–24, 2019	2019 JGP France	1	63.78	2	97.23	2	161.01
Sep 18–21, 2019	2019 JGP Poland	2	65.82	3	96.88	2	162.70
Sep 26–28, 2019	2019 Master's de Patinage	1	66.41	1	104.60	1	171.01
Dec 5–8, 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	5	62.84	5	93.42	5	156.26
Feb 7–9, 2020	2020 French Championships (Junior)	1	71.22	1	107.44	1	178.66
Mar 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	6	64.88	6	97.64	6	162.52

Results in the 2020–21 season
Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 1–3, 2020	2020 Master's de Patinage	1	68.18	1	91.48	1	159.66
Feb 6–7, 2021	2021 Egna Dance Trophy	1	68.61	1	96.79	1	165.40
Apr 3–4, 2021	2021 French Championships (Junior)	1	68.14	2	92.79	2	160.93

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^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 ^e "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.
^ "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

Loïcia Demougeot & Théo le Mercier at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1819-1] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.

[CH2015-2] "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.

[GS191208-3] Slater, Paula (December 8, 2019). "Kazakova and Reviya capture first Junior Grand Prix gold for Georgia". Golden Skate.

[GS200307-4] Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Nguyen and Kolesnik dance to Junior World title". Golden Skate.

[LT2021-5] "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.

[GS211120-6] Slater, Paula (November 20, 2021). "Papadakis and Cizeron take 12th Grand Prix gold in France". Golden Skate.

[ISU-LDTL-7] "Competition Results: Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.

[GS221105-8] Slater, Paula (November 5, 2022). "Guignard and Fabbri golden at Grand Prix de France". Golden Skate.

[GS231111-9] Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Gilles and Poirier win first Cup of China title". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

[GS231125-10] Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Fear and Gibson edge out Italians for NHK Trophy gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

[GS240113-11] Slater, Paula (January 13, 2024). "Guignard and Fabbri win second consecutive European title". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 29, 2024.

[AnythingGOEs240314-12] Kellar, Anna (March 14, 2024). "Demougeot and Le Mercier Thrive on Their Differences". Anything GOEs. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[Dauphiné240323-13] "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.

[Dauphiné240324-14] "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.

[ISU-2324-15] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.

[ISU-2223-16] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022.

[ISU-2122-17] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022.

[ISU-1920-18] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020.

[ISU-1718-19] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.

[ISU-1617-20] "Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017.

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