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.^[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/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]

2024–25 season

Beccari/Guarise began the season by winning silver at the 2024 Shanghai Trophy.^[19] 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.^[20]

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.^[21]

2025–26 season

Returning to competition, Beccari/Guarise opened the season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series, finishing seventh at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy.^[19]

They subsequently competed at the 2025 Cup of China but were forced to withdraw before the free skate due to Beccari sustaining an injury.^[22] They went on to withdraw from their second Grand Prix assignment, 2025 Skate America, as well.^[23] The pair did not compete at the 2026 Italian Championships.^[19] Although assigned, they elected to withdraw from the 2026 European Championships.^[24]

Programs

With Guarise

Single skating

Competitive highlights

*GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series

• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
• TBD – Assigned
• WD – Withdrew from competition

Single skating

Detailed results

Single skating

Senior level

Junior level

References

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2. ^ Testa, Fabrizio (5 March 2018). "Pattinaggio artistico, Lucrezia Beccari pronta per i Mondiali juniores: "Voglio fare bene, porterò a Sofia il dramma delle vittime della Shoah"" (in Italian). oasport.it
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4. ^ "Lucrezia BECCARI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
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6. ^ "Third ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event moves from Chongqing (CHN) to Torino (ITA)". International Skating Union. August 27, 2021. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
7. ^ Slater, Paula (November 6, 2021). "Shcherbakova snags Gran Premio d’Italia title". Golden Skate
8. ^ Barone, Francesco (December 16, 2022). "PATTINAGGIO: QUANTE NOVITÀ PER GUARISE!" [Skating: Lots of news for Guarise] (in Italian). Il Ponte
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10. ^ "Competition Results: Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE". International Skating Union.
11. ^ "Figura, bel secondo posto per Beccari-Guarise al Nebelhorn Trophy!" [Look, nice second place for Beccari-Guarise at the Nebelhorn Trophy!]. Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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15. ^ Slater, Paula (January 21, 2024). "Beccari and Guarise reflect on surprise European gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
16. ^ Slater, Paula (January 11, 2024). "Beccari and Guarise clinch unexpected gold at 2024 Europeans". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
17. ^ "Mondiali Montréal: Sara Conti/Niccolò Macii sono al 3° posto dopo il programma corto. Ottavi Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise" [Montreal World Championships: Sara Conti/Niccolò Macii are in third place after the short program. Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise are eighth.]. Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. March 20, 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
18. ^ "Mondiali Montréal: Sara Conti e Niccolò Macii chiudono sesti. Lucrezia Beccari e Matteo Guarise sono noni" [Montreal World Championships: Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii finish sixth. Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise are ninth]. Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. March 22, 2024. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
19. ^ "ITA–Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise". SkatingScores.com
20. ^ Beccari, Lucrezia. "Hello everyone 👋🏻 I’m so sad to announce that we are not going to compete at Skate Canada🥺". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
21. ^ Beccari, Lucrezia. "💉 SURGERY DAY VLOG 👣". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
22. ^ "Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE 🇮🇹 have withdrawn from today’s free skate because Beccari suffering an injury". X. Golden Skate. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
23. ^ "🇮🇹 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise have withdrawn from Skate America". No. 1986850226766856310. November 7, 2025.
24. ^ "🇮🇹 Irma Caldara/Riccardo Maglio replace Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise at #EuroFigure". December 22, 2025.
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29. ^ "Lucrezia BECCARI / Matteo GUARISE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. 30 January 2023. Archived 25 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
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31. ^ "Lucrezia BECCARI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019.