# Lucrezia Beccari

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. 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.
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.

### 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.

### 2018–19 season

Beccari decided to train under Franca Bianconi in Bergamo. 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.

### 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.

### 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.

### 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. 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. She was sixth at the Italian championships.

### 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. 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"
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.

### 2023–24 season

Beccari/Guarise began the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy. 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. 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." They went on to win the silver medal at the 2023 NHK Trophy. 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. Guarise acknowledged this as disappointing, but said "for our first Grand Prix season we can be pleased."
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. 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.
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.

### 2024–25 season

Beccari/Guarise began the season by winning silver at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy. Although the pair were scheduled to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit at 2024 Skate Canada International and 2024 NHK Trophy, they would withdraw from both events due to Beccari sustaining a foot injury.
In December, Beccari announced that she and Guarise would miss the remainder of the season due to her needing to undergo surgery for her injury.

## Programs
### With Guarise

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2024–25 | Reel Around The Sun by Bill Whelan choreo. by Lukáš Csölley, Barbara Fusar-Poli | Romeo and Juliet Kissing You (from Romeo + Juliet) by Des'ree First Kiss Forbidden Love from (Romeo & Juliet) by Abel Korzeniowski O Verona (from Romeo + Juliet) by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Lukáš Csölley, Barbara Fusar-Poli | Golden Hour by JVKE |
| 2023–24 | Run by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Luca Demattè, Barbara Fusar-Poli | Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber & T. S. Eliot 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 choreo. by Luca Demattè, Barbara Fusar-Poli | Golden Hour by JVKE |
| 2022–23 | The Joker and the Queen by Ed Sheeran The Joker and the Queen performed by Louie Ashley choreo. by Valter Rizzo | Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
### Pair skating with Matteo Guarise

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Championships | | 9th | |
| European Championships | 7th | 1st | |
| Italian Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |
| GP NHK Trophy | | 2nd | |
| GP Skate Canada | | 3rd | |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | | 4th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | 2nd | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 4th | | |
| Challenge Cup | | 2nd | |
| Shanghai Trophy | | | 2nd |

### Single skating

International :
| Event | 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 ||||||
| 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 | | | |
| National ||||||
| Italian Champ. | 1st J | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 6th |

## Detailed results
### Pair skating with Matteo Guarise

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 199.19 | 2024 European Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 67.05 | 2024 European Championships |
| Short program | TES | 37.35 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| Short program | PCS | 30.44 | 2024 European Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 132.14 | 2024 European Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 69.09 | 2024 European Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 63.05 | 2024 European Championships |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Oct 3-5, 2024 | 2024 Shanghai Trophy | 2 | 61.72 | 2 | 116.63 | 2 | 178.35 |
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 |

### Single skating
#### Senior level

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 level

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 |