Lucrezia Beccari

Lucrezia Beccari
Beccari at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born	(2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 20) Turin, Italy
Hometown	Rivoli, Piedmont
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Partner	Matteo Guarise
Coach	Franca Bianconi, Luca Demattè, Rosanna Murante
Skating club	Icelab Bergamo
Began skating	2009
Medal record Representing   Italy Figure skating: Pairs European Championships 2024 Kaunas Pairs Figure skating: Women's singles European Youth Olympic Festival 2019 Sarajevo Women's singles

Lucrezia Beccari (born 18 December 2003) is an Italian figure skater, who currently competes in pair skating with partner Matteo Guarise. With Guarise, she is the 2024 European champion, two-time ISU Grand Prix medalists, 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalists and 2024 Italian national silver medalists.

As a single skater, she is the 2019 Italian national silver medalist on the senior level and 2018 junior champion. She has competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships – the 2018 and 2019 World Junior Championships.

Career

Early years

Beccari began learning to skate in 2009. ^[1] In 2014 and 2015, she competed in novice ice dancing with Pietro Turbiglio. In 2016, she was off the ice for several months due to an injury. ^[2]

Competing in the advanced novice ladies' category, Beccari became the Italian national champion in March 2017 and took silver at the Rooster Cup in April, coached by Edoardo De Bernardis. ^[3]

2017–18 season

Beccari became age-eligible for junior international events and made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in September, placing seventh in Minsk, Belarus. After winning the national junior title, she was selected to represent Italy at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria; she finished sixteenth overall after placing twenty-third in the short program and eleventh in the free skate. During the season, she was coached by Edoardo De Bernardis and Claudia Masoero in Turin. ^[4]

2018–19 season

Beccari decided to train under Franca Bianconi in Bergamo. ^[1] Starting her season on the JGP series, she placed seventh in Kaunas, Lithuania, and fifteenth in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She then won three junior international medals – bronze at the Golden Bear of Zagreb, gold at the Warsaw Cup, and gold at the Denkova-Staviski Cup. Although too young for international senior-level events, she competed in the senior category at the Italian Championships in December. Ranked first in the short program and fourth in the free skate, she was awarded the silver medal. ^[5]

2019–20 season

In her final appearance on the Junior Grand Prix, Beccari placed sixteenth at the 2021 JGP Poland. Making her senior debut on the Challenger series, she competed three times at 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy, 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, and 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Beccari was fourth at the Italian championships and competed at several other minor internationals. ^[5]

2020–21 season

In an international season greatly limited by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Beccari was the Italian national bronze medalist and won the Egna Trophy. ^[5]

2021–22 season

Beccari withdrew from the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy. Following the cancellation of the 2021 Cup of China, Italy unexpectedly became the host of the third event in the Grand Prix, the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia. ^[6] Beccari was one of two Italian women assigned to compete at the home Grand Prix (along with Lara Naki Gutmann), making her Grand Prix debut with a twelfth-place finish. ^[7] She was sixth at the Italian championships. ^[5]

2022–23 season

In the summer of 2022, Beccari had the opportunity to switch to pair skating after reigning Italian national champion Nicole Della Monica decided to retire following the Beijing Olympics, leaving her partner Matteo Guarise looking for a new partner to continue onward to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. ^[8] Beccari would later say that she had previously tried out in pairs, but due to an injury had focused on singles skating. However, she had reconsidered after the prior season, citing that "I had a lot of physical issues that affected me on the ice and in all my competitions. I was feeling low, both physically and mentally. I instantly decided that I needed a drastic change" ^[9]

Beccari/Guarise made their international debut at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, finishing in fourth place. They won the bronze medal at their first Italian championships, and were seventh at the 2023 European Championships. ^[10]

2023–24 season

Beccari and Guarise during their free skate at the 2024 World Championships

Beccari/Guarise began the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy. ^[10] At their second Challenger event, the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, they won the silver medal, their first international podium together. They set new personal bests in both the free skate and total score. ^[11] They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate Canada International, where they won the bronze medal, despite each making a jump error in the free skate. Beccari remarked that she was "really happy" about her "first important medal," though "about the skate, we are not that happy." Guarise deemed it a "learning experience." ^[12] They went on to win the silver medal at the 2023 NHK Trophy. ^[13] Beccari/Guarise finished the Grand Prix with the same placements as fellow Italian team Ghilardi/Ambrosini and Hungarians Pavlova/Sviatchenko, but lost the tiebreaker of cumulative scores, and thus finished as second alternates to the Grand Prix Final. ^[14] Guarise acknowledged this as disappointing, but said "for our first Grand Prix season we can be pleased." ^[13]

After winning the silver medal at the Italian championships, Beccari/Guarise competed at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, generally noted rated among the title favourites in pre-event assessments. ^[15] They finished third in the short program with a new personal best score, but then unexpectedly won the free skate and took the gold medal, 3.05 points ahead of Georgian silver medalists Metelkina/Berulava. ^[16]

Beccari/Guarise were given one of the two Italian berths at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal. The finished eighth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall. ^{[17] [18]}

Programs

With Guarise

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2023–24 [19]	Run by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Luca Demattè, Barbara Fusar-Poli	Macavity: The Mystery Cat performed by Graham Hurman, John Ashton, Thomas Simon Lee, Taylor Swift Memory performed by Jennifer Hudson Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat performed by Steven McRae (from Cats ) by Andrew Lloyd Webber & T. S. Eliot choreo. by Luca Demattè, Barbara Fusar-Poli	Golden Hour by JVKE
2022–23 [20]	The Joker and the Queen by Ed Sheeran The Joker and the Queen performed by Louie Ashley choreo. by Valter Rizzo	Les Misérables: I Dreamed a Dream performed by Susan Boyle On My Own performed by Rosalind James choreo. by Valter Rizzo

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating
2021–2022 [21]	Limelight by Charlie Chaplin choreo. by Corrado Giordani	Song for the Little Sparrow by Abel Korzeniowski performed by Patricia Kaas choreo. by Corrado Giordani
2019–2020 [22]	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven Morir d'amor by Marianna Cataldi choreo. by Misha Ge	A New Family (from Cinderella ) by Patrick Doyle Midnight (from Cinderella ) by Sergei Prokofiev A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (from Cinderella ) by Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston performed by Lily James choreo. by Valter Rizzo, Corrado Giordani, Massimo Scali
2018–2019 [1]	Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla choreo. by Valter Rizzo, Corrado Giordani	Phantom Thread by Jonny Greenwood choreo. by Valter Rizzo, Corrado Giordani
2017–2018 [4]	Alien (soundtrack) by Jerry Goldsmith Slow by Kylie Minogue Visitors (soundtrack) choreo. by Edoardo De Bernardis	Schindler's List by John Williams choreo. by Edoardo De Bernardis

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Guarise

International [10]
Event	22–23	23–24
Worlds		9th
Europeans	7th	1st
GP Skate Canada		3rd
GP NHK Trophy		2nd
CS Lombardia Trophy		4th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		2nd
CS Warsaw Cup	4th
Challenge Cup		2nd
Tayside Trophy	WD
National [10]
Italian Champ.	3rd	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Women's singles

International [5]
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
GP Italy						12th
CS Golden Spin				7th
CS Lombardia				7th		WD
CS Warsaw Cup				11th
EduSport Trophy				1st
Egna Trophy					1st
Halloween Cup				1st
Icelab International						1st
Merano Cup						2nd
Sofia Trophy				2nd
Tirnavia Ice Cup						WD
International: Junior [5]
Junior Worlds		16th	16th
JGP Belarus		7th
JGP Lithuania			7th
JGP Poland				16th
JGP Slovenia			15th
EYOF			2nd
Bavarian Open			3rd
Cup of Nice		7th
Cup of Tyrol		2nd
Denkova-Staviski			1st
EduSport Trophy			1st
Golden Bear		2nd	3rd
IceLab Cup				4th
Merano Cup		1st
Skate Helena		1st
Warsaw Cup			1st
International: Advanced novice [3]
Egna Trophy	5th
Rooster Cup	2nd
National [5] [3]
Italian Champ.	1st N	1st J	2nd	4th	3rd	6th
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system  ^[23]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	199.19	2024 European Championships
Short program	TSS	67.05	2024 European Championships
	TES	37.35	2023 CS Lombardia Trophy
	PCS	30.44	2024 European Championships
Free skating	TSS	132.14	2024 European Championships
	TES	69.09	2024 European Championships
	PCS	63.05	2024 European Championships

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Pair skating

With Guarise

2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	8 66.12	9 119.28	9 185.40
February 22–25, 2024	2024 Challenge Cup	2 62.22	2 113.19	2 175.41
January 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	3 67.05	1 132.14	1 199.19
December 22–23, 2023	2024 Italian Championships	1 70.09	2 121.04	2 191.13
November 24-26, 2023	2023 NHK Trophy	2 66.77	2 123.54	2 190.31
October 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	2 65.83	4 115.59	3 181.42
September 20–23, 2023	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	3 66.36	1 125.35	1 191.71
September 8–10, 2023	2023 CS Lombardia Trophy	2 66.94	5 118.12	4 185.06
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 27–March 5, 2023	2023 European Championships	8 53.29	7 99.25	7 152.54
December 15–18, 2022	2023 Italian Championships	3 64.98	3 112.01	3 176.99
November 17–20, 2022	2022 CS Warsaw Cup	4 60.71	4 105.79	4 166.50

Singles skating

Senior results

2021–2022 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
February 5 - 6, 2022	Merano Cup	1 58.55	3 96.68	2 155.23
January 1 - 13, 2022	IceLab International Cup	1 60.38	1 94.71	1 155.09
December 4 - 5, 2021	2022 Italian Nationals	4 54.64	6 76.93	6 131.57
November 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	12 53.35	12 94.94	12 148.29
2020–2021 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 29 - May 2, 2021	Enga Spring Trophy	2 56.74	1 109.40	1 166.14
12-13 December 2020	2021 Italian Championships	2 61.67	3 106.06	3 167.73
2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
12-18 February 2020	2020 Sofia Trophy	2 58.05	2 110.71	2 168.76
8-12 January 2020	2020 EduSport Trophy	1 63.01	1 119.85	1 182.86
12-15 December 2019	2020 Italian Championships	2 62.44	4 106.06	4 168.50
4-7 December 2019	2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb	9 53.83	6 113.34	7 167.17
14-17 November 2019	2019 Warsaw Cup	11 54.36	10 105.85	11 160.21
17-20 October 2019	2019 Halloween Cup	1 59.14	1 100.59	1 159.73
13-15 September 2019	2019 Lombardia Trophy	7 55.16	7 112.04	7 167.94
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
13-16 December 2018	2019 Italian Championships	1 58.57	4 99.09	2 157.66

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
1-3 November 2019	2019 IceLab Cup	2 55.02	7 84.77	4 139.79
18-21 September 2019	2019 JGP Poland	20 43.18	15 85.61	16 128.79
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
4-10 March 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	8 57.70	17 89.33	16 147.03
13-14 February 2019	2019 European Youth Olympic Festival	2 58.91	2 114.78	2 173.69
5-9 February 2019	2019 Bavarian Open (Group I)	3 52.85	3 103.79	3 156.64
9-12 January 2019	2019 EduSport Trophy	1 54.81	1 104.14	1 158.95
27 November - 2 December 2018	2018 Denkova-Staviski Cup	1 60.74	1 105.32	1 166.06
23-25 November 2018	2018 Warshaw Cup	1 50.19	1 86.85	1 137.04
25-28 October 2018	2018 Golden Bear	2 61.82	3 110.66	3 172.48
3-6 October 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	15 42.91	15 76.42	15 119.33
5-8 September 2018	2018 JGP Lithuania	5 54.49	9 94.92	7 149.41
2017–2018 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
5-11 March 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	23 46.46	11 100.99	16 147.45
23-27 January 2018	2018 Skate Helena	1 47.60	1 100.40	1 148.00
13-16 December 2017	2018 Italian Junior Championships	1 60.25	1 105.19	1 165.44
20-25 November 2017	2017 Cup of Tyrol	3 49.83	2 89.84	2 139.67
15-19 November 2017	2017 Merano Cup	1 50.96	1 101.98	1 152.94
26-29 October 2017	2017 Golden Bear	4 48.12	1 93.87	2 141.99
11-15 October 2017	2017 Cup of Nice	6 47.33	6 87.15	7 134.48
20-23 September 2017	2017 JGP Belarus	13 43.17	6 93.47	7 136.64

References

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External links

• Lucrezia Beccari at the International Skating Union
• Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise at the International Skating Union