Loïcia Demougeot (born 31 January 2002) is a French

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. 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 (

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) and were two-time silver medalists on the

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series.

Career

Early years

Demougeot began learning to skate in 2008. She teamed up with Théo le Mercier in 2015.The two made their international debut in February 2016 at the

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. They debuted on the

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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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. 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

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. Beginning the 2019–20 season on the

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

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, where they finished 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 2021 Lombardia Trophy, finishing ninth. Making their

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debut at the 2021 Internationaux de France, they finished ninth among ten teams. After winning the bronze medal at their first senior French nationals, Demougeot/Le Mercier made their debut at the

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, finishing sixteenth.

2022–23 season

Demougeot/Le Mercier began the 2022–23 season at the 2022 Lombardia Trophy, where they finished in fifth place. Given two

assignments, they finished fourth at both the

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and the

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. 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 finished seventh at the 2023 European Championships. Making their

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debut in

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, they finished fourteenth.

2023–24 season

At the 2023 Budapest Trophy, 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 finished 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 medal before competing at the

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. 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." In an interview in interview shortly after, the team reflected on their successful season thus far and revealed what they wanted to improve on next. They went on to win a gold medal at the

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. At the 2024 World Championships in

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, Demougeot/Le Mercier finished eleventh in the rhythm dance with another new personal best score. Thirteenth in the free dance, they remained eleventh overall.

2024–25 season

Demougeot/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

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and seventh at the

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. After winning the silver medal at the 2025 French Championships, Demougeot/Le Mercier went on to win gold at the 2025 Sofia Trophy. In January, the pair competed at the 2025 European Championships in

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, Estonia, placing sixth in the rhythm dance, tenth in the free dance, and finishing in ninth place overall. They then went on to win gold at the 2025 International Challenge Cup. Demougeot/Le Mercier finished the season by coming in fifteenth place at the 2025 World Championships in

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, United States.

Programs

Ice dance with Théo le Mercier

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Théo le Mercier

Detailed results

Ice dance with Théo le Mercier

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

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