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Matteo Guarise
2012 WFSC 04d 105 Nicole Della Monica Matteo Guarise.JPG
Della Monica and Guarise at the 2012 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 36)
Rimini, Italy
Home town Rimini, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Partner Lucrezia Beccari
Former partner Nicole Della Monica
Kaela Pflumm
Elena Yarkhunova
Sara Venerucci (roller)
Coach Franca Bianconi, Luca Demattè, Rosanna Murante
Former coach Cristina Mauri, Nina Mozer, Cristina Pelli, Silvia Martina, Lucia Civardi, Oleg Vasiliev
Choreographer Valter Rizzo
Former choreographer Raffaella Cazzaniga, Giuseppe Arena, Corrado Giordani, Luca Mantovani, Paola Mezzadri
Skating club Forum SSDRL Milano
Training locations Bergamo, Baselga di Pinè, Sesto San Giovanni
Former training locations Saint Petersburg
Zanica
Began skating January 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 191.71
2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program 66.94
2023 CS Lombardia Trophy
Free skate 125.35
2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing  Italy
(with Beccari)
European Championships
Gold 2024 Kaunas Pairs
Representing  Italy
(with Della Monica)
Winter Universiade
Bronze 2013 Trentino Pairs

Matteo Guarise (born 15 September 1988) is an Italian pairs figure skater and roller skater. Currently competing in pair skating with partner Lucrezia Beccari, he is the 2024 European champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and 2024 Italian national silver medalist.

After winning the 2008 World Championship in pairs roller skating with Sara Venerucci, Guarise switched over to figure skating to compete with Nicole Della Monica. Guarise/Della Monica won seven Italian national pairs titles (2016–22). The pair represented represented Italy at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Guarise became engaged to longtime girlfriend Carolina Moscheni, a former ice dancer, in 2022. They married on New Year's Eve of that year.

Career

In roller skating

Guarise was originally a roller skater and won the 2008 World title with Sara Venerucci. He ended his roller career in 2009 and moved to Milan.

Switch to figure skating

In January 2010, Guarise began training in figure skating. In June 2010, it was reported that he had teamed up with Elena Yarkhunova and was training with her under coach Oleg Vasiliev in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Chicago, Illinois. After their partnership ended, he skated with Kaela Pflumm and Caitlin Yankowskas.

Partnership with Della Monica

2011–12 season

Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise in 2017
Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise in 2017

Guarise teamed up with Nicole Della Monica in late November 2011. They train mainly in Zanica. They withdrew after the short program from the 2012 Italian Championships. Della Monica/Guarise made their international debut at the 2012 Bavarian Open, where they won the bronze medal. They were assigned to compete at the 2012 World Championships and finished fifteenth.

2012–13 season

Della Monica/Guarise placed ninth at the 2013 European Championships and then fourteenth at the 2013 World Championships, where Italy secured two berths for the 2014 Olympic pairs event. They also won bronze at the 2013 Winter Universiade.

2013–14 season

After taking silver at the 2014 Italian Championships, they placed eighth at the 2014 European Championships. Della Monica/Guarise were named along with Italian champions Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek as Italy's pairs entries at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Just before the event, Guarise tore the medial meniscus in his right knee. The pair finished sixteenth at the Olympics. He then underwent a knee operation and resumed training starting in March.

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 season, Della Monica/Guarise competed at two Grand Prix events, placing fifth at the 2014 Cup of China and sixth at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. After finishing second to Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek at the Italian Championships, they came in sixth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden and fourteenth at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Della Monica/Guarise took the bronze medal at the 2015 Ice Challenge, their first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event. After finishing fifth at their sole GP event, the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, they appeared at two more CS events, winning silver at the Warsaw Cup and placing sixth at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb. In December 2015, they won their first national title together, edging out Marchei/Hotárek. They placed sixth at the 2016 European Championships, and then placed eleventh at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, United States.

2016–17 season

The 2016–17 season saw the duo win two Challenger events, the 2016 Lombardia Trophy and 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb. They placed sixth at the Skate Canada International and fifth at the Cup of China. After their second national title, they placed eighth at the 2017 European Championships and then placed thirteenth at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

2017–18 season

Guarise and his partner began the 2017–18 season with silver medals at Lombardia Trophy and Finlandia Trophy. Competing again at the Cup of China, they placed fourth. At the Internationaux de France, they placed third, winning their first Grand Prix bronze medal. Della Monica pronounced herself "really happy with our performance." Della Monica/Guarise won their third straight national title, followed by a sixth-place finish at Europeans. Competing at their second Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, they placed tenth. The season concluded at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, where they placed fifth overall.

2018–19 season

Their 2018–19 season began again at Lombardia Trophy, where they won the bronze medal. Turning to the Grand Prix series, they won silver at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Della Monica commented, "this is our first silver medal on the Grand Prix. Last year we won our first medal, a bronze, so we are happy that we improved. Next time it maybe will be gold; who knows? It shows that we are on the right track." They won a second silver medal at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, becoming the first Italian pair team to qualify for the Grand Prix Final, a goal they had set for themselves at the beginning of the year. They placed fifth at the Final, after multiple falls and popped jumps.

After winning their fourth consecutive national title, Della Monica/Guarise competed at the 2019 European Championships. They placed third in the short program, 0.12 points ahead of Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii of Russia, and were awarded a small bronze medal for the result. In the free skate, both teams made errors, with Della Monica putting a hand down on their three-jump combination, as a result, finished fourth in the free skate and fourth overall, 0.14 points behind Boikova/Kozlovskii. Guarise said they were "a little bit disappointed actually because we gave everything we had. It maybe wasn’t 100 percent, but I think it was very good."

At the 2019 World Championships, Guarise collided with French skater Vanessa James in the warmup for the short program, which shook up both skaters. He then doubled his jump attempt, causing them to place eighth in the short. In the free skate, the team had multiple errors, finishing seventh there and eighth overall. Guarise reported that the aftereffects of the collision had been more of a problem than he initially believed. Della Monica/Guarise concluded the season at the 2019 World Team Trophy as part of Team Italy, which finished sixth out of sixth teams.

2019–20 season

Della Monica dislocated her shoulder during the summer, significantly delaying the team's training. They returned to competition at the 2019 Icelab International in Italy, taking the silver medal, a week before their first Grand Prix. At the 2019 Cup of China, they placed fourth. At the 2019 NHK Trophy, Della Monica/Guarise placed eighth.

After winning the Italian title again, Della Monica/Guarise competed at the 2020 European Championships, placing fourth. They had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–21 season

Della Monica/Guarise were scheduled to compete on the Grand Prix at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic. They placed eighth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm. They were later named to the team for the 2021 World Team Trophy. On April 8, he was named team captain. Finishing the season at the Trophy, they placed second in the short program and fourth in the free skate, while Team Italy finished in fourth place overall.

2021–22 season

Della Monica/Guarise began the season on home soil at the Lombardia Trophy, where they won the gold medal. They were initially assigned to the 2021 Cup of China as their first Grand Prix of the season, but following the event's cancellation, they were reassigned to a special home 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia, hosted in Turin. They placed third in the free skate despite both falling on their side-by-side jumps, but were fourth in the free skate with several errors and dropped to fourth place overall. Guarise acknowledged " today was hard physically and mentally," which he said did not reflect their training. They were seventh at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup. Della Monica said afterward that she intended to retire at the end of the season to start a family, while Guarise expressed a desire to continue, joking, "maybe she can be my coach one day."

After winning the gold medal at the Italian championships again, Della Monica/Guarise were named to the Italian Olympic team and withdrew from the 2022 European Championships as a precautionary measure after a fall in training.

Della Monica/Guarise began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Italian entries in the pairs' short program of the Olympic team event, where they placed seventh of nine teams, earning four points for Team Italy. Team Italy did not advance to the second stage of the competition and finished seventh. In the pairs event, they placed tenth in the short program after Della Monica fell on her jump attempt. In the free skate, they dropped to thirteenth.

Partnership with Beccari

2022–23 season

Della Monica decided to retire following the Beijing Olympics, but Guarise opted to continue skating with an eye to competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, to be held in Italy in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. To that end, he quickly formed a new partnership with former singles skater Lucrezia Beccari. On the end of his partnership with Della Monica, he commented "in life, people take different directions, but we have to remember the journey together with a smile."

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

Lucrezia Beccari & Matteo Guarise 2024 Worlds Free Skate 1
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. 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.

Programs

(with Beccari)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–24
  • 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:
  • I Dreamed a Dream
    performed by Susan Boyle
  • On My Own
    performed by Rosalind James
    choreo. by Valter Rizzo

(with Della Monica)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–22
Moulin Rouge!:
2020–21
  • Pilgrims on a Long Journey
    (from Child of Light)
    by Cœur de pirate
  • Saturn
    by Sleeping at Last
2019–20
2018–19
  • Tristan and Isolde
    by Maxime Rodriguez
2017–18
  • The Tree Of Life
    by Roberto Cacciapaglia
2016–17
  • Carmina Burana
    by Carl Orff
    performed by The Piano Guys
  • Love Story (soundtrack)
    by Francis Lai
    performed by Nana Mouskouri
2015–16
  • Magnificat
    performed by Mina
Cosmic Journey:
  • The Cheek of Night
  • A Thousand Times Good Night
    (from Romeo and Juliet)
    by Abel Korzeniowski
2014–15
2013–14
2012–13
2011–12

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

With Beccari
International
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
Italian Champ. 3rd 2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
With Della Monica
Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise in 2017
Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise in 2017
International
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 16th 10th 13th
Worlds 15th 14th 16th 14th 11th 13th 5th 8th C 8th
Europeans 9th 8th 6th 6th 8th 6th 4th 4th WD
GP Final 5th
GP Cup of China 5th 5th 4th 4th C
GP Finland 2nd
GP France 8th 6th 5th 3rd C
GP Italy 4th
GP NHK Trophy 7th 8th
GP Rostelecom 7th 2nd 7th
GP Skate Canada 6th
CS Finlandia 2nd
CS Golden Spin 6th 1st
CS Ice Challenge 3rd
CS Lombardia 1st 2nd 3rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy WD
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
Bavarian Open 3rd
Cup of Nice 3rd 7th 1st
Icelab Cup 2nd
Lombardia Trophy 5th 1st
Nepela Memorial 3rd
Toruń Cup 1st
Universiade 3rd
National
Italian Champ. WD 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Team events
Olympics 4th T
7th P
7th T
7th P
World Team Trophy 6th T
3rd P
4th T
4th P
Team Challenge Cup 2nd T
5th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals are awarded for team results only.

Detailed results

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
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

With Beccari

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

With Della Monica

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 18–19, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics – Pairs event 10
63.58
13
116.29
13
179.87
February 4–7, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics — Team event 7
60.30
7P/7T
60.30
December 4–5, 2021 2022 Italian Championships 1
66.28
1
129.61
1
195.89
November 26–28, 2021 2021 Rostelecom Cup 6
59.92
6
112.93
7
172.85
November 5–7, 2021 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 3
65.12
4
114.14
4
179.26
September 10–12, 2021 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 1
72.35
2
115.75
1
188.10
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 15–18, 2021 2021 World Team Trophy 2
66.09
4
128.24
4P/4T
194.33
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 11
59.95
8
126.55
8
186.50
December 12–13, 2020 2021 Italian Championships 1
62.28
1
125.67
1
187.95
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 4
70.48
4
123.96
4
194.44
December 12–15, 2019 2020 Italian Championships 1
71.14
1
117.11
1
188.25
November 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 8
57.55
7
113.88
8
171.43
November 8–10, 2019 2019 Cup of China 4
64.24
5
118.64
4
182.88
November 1–3, 2019 2019 IceLab International Cup 1
62.59
2
108.20
2
170.79
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 11–14, 2019 2020 World Team Trophy 3
69.77
4
130.85
3P/6T
200.62
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 8
67.29
7
128.45
8
195.74
January 21–27, 2019 2019 European Championships 3
73.70
4
131.44
4
205.14
December 13–16, 2018 2019 Italian Championships 1
72.91
1
127.17
1
200.08
December 6–9, 2018 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 5
69.77
6
117.86
5
187.63
November 16–18, 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 2
72.32
2
131.51
2
203.83
November 2–4, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 1
68.18
3
117.59
2
185.77
September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 2
66.93
3
111.25
3
178.18
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 19–25, 2018 2018 World Championships 5
72.53
5
133.53
5
206.06
February 14–15, 2018 2018 Winter Olympics – Pairs event 9
74.00
10
128.74
10
202.74
February 9–12, 2018 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event 7
67.62
7P/4T
67.62
January 15–21, 2018 2018 European Championships 6
64.53
6
127.85
6
192.38
December 13–16, 2017 2018 Italian Championships 2
70.60
1
129.90
1
200.50
November 17–19, 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 3
70.85
3
126.94
3
197.59
November 3–5, 2017 2017 Cup of China 3
63.76
5
126.49
4
190.25
October 6–8, 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 3
65.42
1
128.08
2
193.50
September 14–17, 2017 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 2
66.66
2
124.73
2
191.39
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 29–April 2, 2017 2017 World Championships 11
70.08
12
121.94
13
192.02
January 25–29, 2017 2017 European Championships 8
63.97
8
117.02
8
180.99
December 14–17, 2016 2017 Italian Championships 1
70.22
2
123.52
1
193.74
December 7–10, 2016 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
64.54
3
116.06
1
180.60
November 18–20, 2016 2016 Cup of China 5
66.39
7
109.99
5
176.38
October 28–30, 2016 2016 Skate Canada International 6
59.25
5
119.42
6
178.67
September 8-11, 2016 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy 2
58.22
1
126.96
1
185.18
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 22–24, 2016 2016 Team Challenge Cup 5
105.88
5P/2T
105.88
March 28–April 3, 2016 2016 World Championships 11
65.32
13
118.49
11
183.81
January 25–31, 2016 2016 European Championships 6
61.51
6
117.46
6
178.97
December 16–19, 2015 2016 Italian Championships 1
66.20
2
118.08
1
184.28
December 2–5, 2015 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5
58.66
6
105.12
6
163.78
November 27–29, 2015 2015 CS Warsaw Cup 2
65.36
2
126.62
2
191.98
November 13–15, 2015 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard 5
64.08
C 5
64.08
October 27–31, 2015 2015 CS Ice Challenge 2
58.34
4
96.44
3
154.78
2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 23–29, 2015 2015 World Championships 14
54.48
15
97.29
14
151.77
January 26–February 1, 2015 2015 European Championships 8
48.43
5
107.34
6
155.77
January 7–10, 2015 2015 Mentor Toruń Cup 1
53.82
1
96.61
1
150.43
December 20–21, 2014 2015 Italian Championships 2
57.18
2
100.96
2
158.14
November 21–23, 2014 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard 6
53.34
7
107.79
6
161.13
November 7–9, 2014 2014 Cup of China 7
53.48
5
102.42
5
155.90
October 15–19, 2014 2014 International Cup of Nice 1
53.54
3
99.75
1
153.29
2013–14 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 24–30, 2014 2014 World Championships 16
51.38
16
87.92
16
139.30
February 11–12, 2014 2014 Winter Olympics 16
51.64
16
86.22
16
137.86
January 13–19, 2014 2014 European Championships 9
53.65
8
100.90
8
154.55
December 18–21, 2013 2014 Italian Championships 2
57.26
2
98.59
2
155.85
December 11–15, 2013 2013 Winter Universaide 3
56.21
3
104.74
3
160.95
November 15–17, 2013 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard 8
48.59
8
99.29
8
147.88
October 23–27, 2013 2013 International Cup of Nice 7
43.06
6
94.73
7
137.79
September 19–22, 2013 2013 Lombardia Trophy 4
53.76
5
95.42
5
149.18
2012–13 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 11–17, 2013 2013 World Championships 15
47.82
14
88.21
14
136.03
January 23–27, 2013 2013 European Championships 9
47.26
8
93.63
9
140.89
December 19–22, 2012 2013 Italian Championships 2
48.70
2
102.48
2
151.18
November 22–25, 2012 2012 NHK Trophy 7
42.14
7
79.39
7
121.53
November 8–11, 2012 2012 Rostelecom Cup 6
50.25
7
92.28
7
142.53
October 24–28, 2012 2012 Coupe Internationale de Nice 4
44.52
3
92.95
3
137.47
October 3–7, 2012 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 3
39.28
3
77.86
3
117.14
2011–12 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 26–April 1, 2012 2012 World Championships 14
49.07
15
88.24
15
137.31
February 1–5, 2012 2012 Bavarian Open 3
42.97
3
83.40
3
126.37
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