Pierre Souquet-Basiège Explained

Pierre Souquet-Basiège
Also Known As:Pierre Souquet
Birth Date:18 July 1994
Birth Place:Paris, France
Formerpartner:Julia Wagret
Lorenza Alessandrini
Péroline Ojardias
Coach:Alexander Zhulin
Petr Durnev
Dmitri Ionov
Sergei Petukhov
Formercoach:Alper Uçar
John Kerr
Nadine Kerr
Marina Zoueva
Muriel Zazoui
Olivier Schoenfelder
Diana Ribas
Roberto Pelizzola
Romain Haguenauer
Choreographer:Laurie May
Alexander Zhulin
Formerchoreographer:Massimo Scali
Diana Ribas
Olivier Schoenfelder
Corrado Giordani
Romain Haguenauer
Skating Club:Rouen Olympic Club
Former Skating Club:CSG Lyon
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow, Russia
Formertraininglocations:Estero, Florida
Lyon
Beganskating:1998
Dance Score:134.28
Dance Date:2017 Internationaux de France
Sd Score:54.37
Sd Date:2017 Europeans
Fd Score:81.94
Fd Date:2016 Trophee de France

Pierre Souquet-Basiège (born 18 July 1994) is a French ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Julia Wagret, he is the 2020 Winter Star silver medalist. With his former skating partner, Lorenza Alessandrini, he is the 2015 International Cup of Nice 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 Paris, 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 and Romain Haguenauer in Lyon.

Partnership with Alessandrini

By July 2014, Souquet had teamed up with Italy's Lorenza Alessandrini to compete for France. In December, the duo placed fourth at the French Championships. Making their international debut, they placed 5th at the Bavarian Open in February 2015.

Alessandrini/Souquet won their first international medal, silver, in October 2015 at the Cup of Nice, before taking silver at the French Championships in December. The following month, they competed at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, 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, Diana Ribas, and Roberto Pelizzola in Lyon.

Making their Grand Prix debut, Alessandrini/Souquet placed 9th at the 2016 Trophée de France. They received the bronze medal at the French Championships.

2018–2019 season

Souquet-Basiège teamed up with Julia Wagret prior to the season. They placed in the top nine at three Challenger Series events, 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy, 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy, and 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Wagret/Souquet-Basiège also competed at several Senior B competitions.

Wagret/Souquet-Basiège placed fourth at the 2019 French Championships. They concluded their season at the 2019 Winter Universiade, where they finished sixth.

2019–2020 season

Wagret/Souquet-Basiège placed fifth at 2019 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic to open the season. They also placed fifth at 2019 CS Ice Star, earning personal bests in all three segments. Wagret/Souquet-Basiège were assigned to their first Grand Prix event, 2019 Internationaux de France, where they finished ninth.

2020–2021 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic 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, placing fourteenth.

Programs

With Wagret

SeasonRhythm danceFree dance
2021–2022
  • Torture
  • Criminal
  • The Heart Wants
  • The Secret History
2019–2020
2018–2019
[1]

With Alessandrini

SeasonShort danceFree dance
2017–18
2016–17
  • Treat Me Rough
  • Rhythm
  • Trees
  • Summer
  • Love Actually
2015–16
  • Walking In The Sand
  • The Lilac Tree
  • Walking In The Sand
2014–2015
  • Flamenco
  • The Mask of Zorro

With Ojardias

Competitive highlights

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

With Wagret

International
Event18–1919–2020–2121-22
align=left 9th C
align=left 7th
align=left WD
align=left 5th
align=left 9th
align=left 8th 14th
align=left 5th
align=left WD
align=left 6th
align=left 4th
align=left Halloween Cup 4th
align=left 6th
align=left 7th
align=left Winter Star bgcolor=silver 2nd
National
align=left 4th 5th
align=left bgcolor=cc9663rd 6th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

With Alessandrini

International
Event2014–152015–162016–172017–18
align=left 28th
align=left 20th
align=left 9th 10th
align=left 16th
align=left 8th 7th
align=left 8th 10th
align=left 5th 4th 6th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 11th
align=left 6th
align=left 5th
National
align=left 4th bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
WD = Withdrew

With Ojardias

International
Event2011–122012–13
align=left 4th J
align=left 7th J
align=left Trophy of Lyon 13th J bgcolor=cc9966 3rd J
National
align=left 10th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 4th J
J = Junior level

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julia Wagret & Pierre Souquet-Basiege | Golden Skate.