Pierre Souquet-Basiège (born 18 July 1994) is a French

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. With his former skating partner,

Julia Wagret Julia Wagret (born 20 January 1999) is a French ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Pierre Souquet-Basiège, she became the 2020 Winter Star silver medalist. With her former skating partner, Mathieu Couyras, she became the 2017 French ...

, he is the 2020 Winter Star silver medalist. With his former skating partner,

Lorenza Alessandrini Lorenza Alessandrini (born 6 August 1990) is an Italian retired ice dancer who began representing France internationally in 2015. She and her skating partner, Pierre Souquet, competed in the final segment at the 2016 European Championships. E ...

, he is the 2015

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silver medalist and a two-time French national medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2016 European Championships.

Personal life

Pierre Souquet-Basiège was born on 18 July 1994 in

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, France. His previously competed under the surname Souquet.

Career

Early career

Souquet began learning to skate in 1998. He competed with Péroline Ojardias early in his ice dancing career. The two were coached by

Muriel Zazoui Muriel Boucher-Zazoui is a French coach and choreographer, and retired competitive ice dancer. She competed with Yves Malatier, and together they are the 1977 and 1978 French national champions. They competed twice at the European Championships ...

and

Romain Haguenauer Romain Haguenauer (born 16 July 1976) is a French ice dancing coach, choreographer, and former competitor. He is best known for his work with the French five-time World and 2022 Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron; and with ...

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Partnership with Alessandrini

By July 2014, Souquet had teamed up with Italy's

to compete for France. In December, the duo placed fourth at the

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. Making their international debut, they placed 5th at the

Bavarian Open The Bavarian Open is an international figure skating competition held in February at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf, Germany. It is organized by the Skating Union of Bavaria. Since 2011, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eisla ...

in February 2015. Alessandrini/Souquet won their first international medal, silver, in October 2015 at the

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, before taking silver at the French Championships in December. The following month, they competed at the 2016 European Championships in

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, Slovakia. Ranked 16th in the short dance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 20th overall. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui,

Olivier Schoenfelder Olivier Schoenfelder (born 30 November 1977) is a French retired ice dancing, ice dancer and coach. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, 2008 World champion, the 2007 European Figure Skating Championsh ...

, Diana Ribas, and

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in Lyon. Making their

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debut, Alessandrini/Souquet placed 9th at the

2016 Trophée de France The 2016 Trophée de France was the fourth event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris on November 11–13. Medals we ...

. They received the bronze medal at the French Championships.

2018–2019 season

Souquet-Basiège teamed up with

prior to the season. They placed in the top nine at three Challenger Series events,

2018 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy was held in September 2018 in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Entries The I ...

2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy The 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy was held on November 11–18, 2018, at the OlympiaWorld Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria. It was part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, p ...

, and

2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held in December 2018 as part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Entries The International Skatin ...

. Wagret/Souquet-Basiège also competed at several Senior B competitions. Wagret/Souquet-Basiège placed fourth at the 2019

. They concluded their season at the

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, where they finished sixth.

2019–2020 season

Wagret/Souquet-Basiège placed fifth at

2019 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic The 2019 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was held in September 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was part of the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, ...

to open the season. They also placed fifth at

2019 CS Ice Star The 2019 CS Ice Star was held in October 2019 in Minsk, Belarus. It was part of the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dance. Entries The Internati ...

, earning personal bests in all three segments. Wagret/Souquet-Basiège were assigned to their first

event,

2019 Internationaux de France The 2019 Internationaux de France was the third event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble, France from November 1–3. Medal ...

, where they finished ninth.

2020–2021 season

With the

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making international competition difficult, Wagret/Souquet-Basiège were initially assigned to compete at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but it was subsequently cancelled.

2021–2022 season

Wagret/Souquet-Basiège debuted at the

2021 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy Memorial Anna Grandolfi was held on September 10–12, 2021 in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice danc ...

, placing fourteenth.

Programs

With Wagret

With Alessandrini

With Ojardias

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Wagret

With Alessandrini

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With Ojardias

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Souquet, Pierre 1994 births French male ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Paris Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade 21st-century French sportsmen