Laurine Lecavelier (; born 26 April 1996) is a French former figure skater. She is a two-time Cup of Tyrol champion (2017, 2019), the 2017 Toruń Cup champion, the 2016 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion, and the 2017 French national champion. She has won a total of seven international events and finished within the top ten at four European Championships.

Personal life Lecavelier was born on 26 April 1996 in Enghien-les-Bains, France. She studied sociology.

Career Early years Lecavelier began learning to skate in 2001. Her first coach was Katia Lemaire in Garges-lès-Gonesse.

She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011.

2012–13 season Lecavelier won her first senior national medal, bronze, at the 2013 French Championships and was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan. She finished thirteenth after placing ninth in the short program and fifteenth in the free skate.

2013–14 season Lecavelier won silver at the French Championships and was selected to compete at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. Ranked thirteenth in the short and eleventh in the free, she finished thirteenth overall.

2014–15 season Lecavelier made her Grand Prix debut, placing 11th at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. After repeating as the national silver medalist, she finished tenth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, having placed thirteenth in the short and tenth in the free. She was fourth at the 2015 Winter Universiade. She trained under Lemaire in Garges-lès-Gonesse until the end of the season.

2015–16 season During the 2015–16 season, Lecavelier was coached by Claude Thévenard at Pôle France in Bercy, Paris. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 International Cup of Nice. She placed twelfth in the short program at the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard before the event was cancelled due to the November 2015 Paris attacks; the short program standings became the final results. Later that month, she was awarded gold at the NRW Trophy.

Ranked thirteenth in the short and ninth in the free, Lecavelier finished tenth overall at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. She then took silver at the Cup of Tyrol in Austria. Her short program placement, thirty-first, kept her out of the final segment at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, United States. Her season was hampered by a stress fracture in the pubic bone.

2016–17 season Around June 2016, Katia Gentelet began coaching Lecavelier at Nice Baie des Anges Association in Nice. Lecavelier won bronze at the International Cup of Nice and finished sixth at the Trophée de France, having ranked fourth in the short program and seventh in the free skate. In December, she took gold at the French Championships in Caen.

In January 2017, Lecavelier placed fifth overall (fifth in the short, fourth in the free) at the European Championships in Ostrava, achieving her career-best continental result. She finished the season at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, finishing eighteenth after making the free skate for the first time.

2017–18 season After the 2016–17 season, Lecavelier parted ways with coach Katia Gentelet before moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado to train with American coaches Kori Ade and Rohene Ward.

After a tenth-place finish at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy, Lecavelier competed on the Grand Prix series, and was assigned to two events for the first time. She finished eighth at the 2017 Skate Canada International, followed by an eleventh-place finish at the 2017 Internationaux de France.

At the 2017 French Figure Skating Championships, Lecavelier again finished second behind Maé-Bérénice Méité. At the 2018 European Championships she finished eleventh, while Méité was eighth. In consequence, Méité was assigned to France's lone ladies' entry at the 2018 Winter Olympics, while Lecavelier was sent to the 2018 World Championships in Milan, where she finished fourteenth.

2018–19 season Beginning on the Grand Prix series, Lecavelier finished fifth at the 2018 Skate America. She next competed at the Inge Solar Memorial, a Challenger event, again placing fifth. Finishing out the Grand Prix at the 2018 Internationaux de France, she placed ninth.

After winning another silver medal at the French Championships, she reprised her previous career best placement at the European Championships, finishing fifth. As a result, she was chosen over Méité to represent France at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, where she placed fifteenth.

2019–20 season On September 28, 2019, Lecavelier competed at and won France's Master's de Patinage, but did not attend any additional events later in the season. In January 2020, it was reported by L'Équipe that Lecavelier had tested positive for cocaine at the Master's, and was facing a competition ban of up to four years.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2019–2020 November Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No.2 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 2018–2019 Maktub 1 I'll Take Care of You Rise Up 2017–2018 Summer of '42

Shining Silver Skies Grease Hopelessly Devoted to You You're the One That I Want

Bye Bye Baby My Heart Belongs to Daddy Grease Hopelessly Devoted to You You're the One That I Want 2016–2017 Experience Grease Hopelessly Devoted to You You're the One That I Want You Lost Meby Christina Aguilera 2015–2016 I Know You Perfidia Mujer Latina Bésame Mucho Mambo Swing Chandelier 2014–2015 Carmen Marimuz Love Dance Marimuz 2013–2014 A Chorus Line Victor/Victoria 2012–2013 Sing, Sing, Sing 2011–2012 Assassin's Tango Sing, Sing, Sing

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

International Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 Worlds 31st 18th 14th 15th Europeans 13th 10th 10th 5th 11th 5th France 11th 12th 6th 11th 9th WD Skate America 5th Skate Canada 8th Alpen Trophy 5th Lombardia 7th 10th Coupe Printemps 4th Crystal Skate 1st Cup of Nice 5th 3rd 3rd Cup of Tyrol 2nd 1st 1st Gardena Trophy 4th Golden Bear 1st Hellmut Seibt 3rd Mladost Trophy 1st NRW Trophy 1st Toruń Cup 1st Universiade 4th International: Junior Junior Worlds 13th Belarus 9th Estonia 10th France 12th Italy 12th Latvia 11th Slovenia 9th Bavarian Open 1st Cup of Nice 2nd Triglav Trophy 1st National French Champ. 10th 12th 6th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd Master's 1st J 1st J 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st Team events World Team Trophy 6th T 11th P 4th T 10th P J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

Personal best highlighted in bold.

2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total 11–14 April 2019 2019 World Team Trophy 8 62.53 9 107.71 4T/10P 170.24 18–24 March 2019 2019 World Championships 19 56.81 15 113.78 14 170.59 25 February – 3 March 2019 2019 Cup of Tyrol 5 52.09 1 109.37 1 161.46 21–27 January 2019 2019 European Championships 6 63.29 6 116.76 5 180.05 13–15 December 2018 2018 French Figure Skating Championships 2 60.24 2 117.30 2 177.54 23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 11 51.66 9 105.58 9 157.24 11–18 November 2018 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy 5 56.12 4 106.66 5 162.78 19–21 October 2018 2018 Skate America 7 59.57 5 112.84 5 172.41 2017–18 season 19–25 March 2018 2018 World Championships 15 59.79 13 113.44 14 173.23 16–18 March 2018 2018 Coupe du Printemps 4 61.86 4 101.80 4 163.66 15–21 January 2018 2018 European Championships 7 55.36 12 98.75 11 154.11 14–16 December 2017 2017 French Figure Skating Championships 2 63.12 3 114.92 2 178.04 17–19 November 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 7 60.68 11 93.67 11 154.35 27–29 October 2017 2017 Skate Canada International 8 59.08 8 107.35 8 166.43 13–16 September 2017 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy 10 53.97 9 95.05 10 149.02 2016–17 season 20–23 April 2017 2017 World Team Trophy 11 54.15 10 107.43 11 161.58 27 March — 1 April 2017 2017 World Championships 22 55.49 17 107.50 18 162.99 28 February – 5 March 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 3 52.86 1 108.55 1 161.41 25–29 January 2017 2017 European Championships 5 63.81 4 124.29 5 188.10 10–15 January 2017 2017 Toruń Cup 8 50.44 1 107.50 1 157.94 15–17 December 2016 2016 French Figure Skating Championships 1 62.06 1 108.49 1 170.55 7–10 December 2016 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 11 49.16 6 102.42 9 151.58 10–12 November 2016 2016 Trophée de France 4 66.61 7 118.04 6 184.65

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