Matteo Guarise

Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise at the2023 Skate Canada International
Personal information
Born	(1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (age 37) Rimini, Italy
Height	1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Lucrezia Beccari (since 2022) Nicole Della Monica (2011–22)
Coach	Luca Demattè Rosanna Murante
Skating club	G.S. Fiamme Oro Moena
Began skating	2010
Medal record
Event European Championships 1 0 0 Italian Championships 7 4 1 Medal list European Championships 2024 Kaunas Pairs Italian Championships 2016 Turin Pairs 2017 Egna Pairs 2018 Milan Pairs 2019 Trento Pairs 2020 Bergamo Pairs 2021 Egna Pairs 2022 Turin Pairs 2013 Milan Pairs 2014 Merano Pairs 2015 Turin Pairs 2024 Pinerolo Pairs 2023 Brunico Pairs

Matteo Guarise (born 15 September 1988) is an Italianpairsfigure skater androller skater. Currently competing in pair skating with partnerLucrezia Beccari, he is the2024 European champion, a two-timeISU Grand Prix medalist,2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and 2024Italian national silver medalist.

After winning the 2008 World Championship in pairs roller skating with Sara Venerucci, Guarise switched over to figure skating to compete withNicole Della Monica. Guarise/Della Monica won seven Italian national pairs titles (2016–22). The pair represented Italy at the2014,2018 and2022 Winter Olympics.

Guarise was born on September 15, 1988, inRimini, Italy. In addition to being a figure skater, he also works as a police officer.^[1]

He became engaged to longtime girlfriend and former ice dance,Carolina Moscheni, in 2022.^[2] They married onNew Year's Eve in 2023.^[3] In September 2025, their son, Tommaso, was born.^[4]

Guarise was originally aroller skater and won the 2008 World title with Sara Venerucci.^[5] He ended his roller career in 2009 and moved toMilan.^[6]

In January 2010, Guarise began training infigure skating.^[5][7] In June 2010, it was reported that he had teamed up with Elena Yarkhunova and was training with her under coachOleg Vasiliev inSaint Petersburg,Russia andChicago,Illinois.^[7][8] After their partnership ended, he skated withKaela Pflumm andCaitlin Yankowskas.^[5][9]

Guarise teamed up withNicole Della Monica in late November 2011.^[10][11] They train mainly inZanica.^[12] They withdrew after the short program from the2012 Italian Championships. Della Monica/Guarise made their international debut at the 2012Bavarian Open, where they won the bronze medal. They were assigned to compete at the2012 World Championships and finished fifteenth.

Della Monica/Guarise placed ninth at the2013 European Championships and then fourteenth at the2013 World Championships, where Italy secured two berths for the 2014 Olympic pairs event. They also won bronze at the2013 Winter Universiade.

After taking silver at the2014 Italian Championships, they placed eighth at the2014 European Championships. Della Monica/Guarise were named along with Italian championsStefania Berton /Ondrej Hotarek as Italy's pairs entries at the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi. Just before the event, Guarise tore themedial meniscus in his right knee.^[13][14] The pair finished sixteenth at the Olympics. He then underwent a knee operation and resumed training starting in March.^[14]

In the 2014–15 season, Della Monica/Guarise competed at two Grand Prix events, placing fifth at the2014 Cup of China and sixth at the2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. After finishing second toValentina Marchei /Ondřej Hotárek at the Italian Championships, they came in sixth at the2015 European Championships inStockholm, Sweden and fourteenth at the2015 World Championships inShanghai, China.

In the 2015–16 season, Della Monica/Guarise took the bronze medal at the2015 Ice Challenge, their firstISU Challenger Series (CS) event. After finishing fifth at their sole GP event, the2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, they appeared at two more CS events, winning silver at theWarsaw Cup and placing sixth at the2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb. In December 2015, they won their first national title together, edging out Marchei/Hotárek. They placed sixth at the2016 European Championships, and then placed eleventh at the2016 World Championships inBoston,United States.

The 2016–17 season saw the duo win two Challenger events, the2016 Lombardia Trophy and2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb. They placed sixth at theSkate Canada International and fifth at theCup of China. After their second national title, they placed eighth at the2017 European Championships and then placed thirteenth at the2017 World Championships inHelsinki,Finland.

Guarise and his partner began the 2017–18 season with silver medals atLombardia Trophy andFinlandia Trophy. Competing again at theCup of China, they placed fourth. At theInternationaux de France, they placed third, winning their first Grand Prix bronze medal. Della Monica pronounced herself "really happy with our performance."^[15] Della Monica/Guarise won their third straight national title, followed by a sixth-place finish atEuropeans. Competing at theirsecond Olympic Games inPyeongchang,South Korea, they placed tenth. The season concluded at the2018 World Championships inMilan, where they placed fifth overall.

Their 2018–19 season began again atLombardia Trophy, where they won the bronze medal. Turning to theGrand Prix series, they won silver at the2018 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."^[16] They won a second silver medal at the2018 Rostelecom Cup, becoming the first Italian pair team to qualify for theGrand Prix Final, a goal they had set for themselves at the beginning of the year.^[17] They placed fifth at theFinal, after multiple falls and popped jumps.^[18]

After winning their fourth consecutive national title, Della Monica/Guarise competed at the2019 European Championships. They placed third in the short program, 0.12 points ahead ofAleksandra Boikova /Dmitrii Kozlovskii of Russia, and were awarded a small bronze medal for the result.^[19] 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."^[20]

At the2019 World Championships, Guarise collided with French skaterVanessa 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.^[21] 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.^[22] Della Monica/Guarise concluded the season at the2019 World Team Trophy as part of Team Italy, which finished sixth out of sixth teams.^[23]

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 firstGrand Prix.^[24] At the2019 Cup of China, they placed fourth.^[25] At the2019 NHK Trophy, Della Monica/Guarise placed eighth.^[26]

After winning the Italian title again, Della Monica/Guarise competed at the2020 European Championships, placing fourth.^[27][28] They had been assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[29]

Della Monica/Guarise were scheduled to compete on theGrand Prix at the2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.^[30] They placed eighth at the2021 World Championships inStockholm.^[31] They were later named to the team for the2021 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.^[32][33][34]

Della Monica/Guarise began the season on home soil at theLombardia Trophy, where they won the gold medal.^[35] They were initially assigned to the2021 Cup of China as their firstGrand Prix of the season, but following the event's cancellation, they were reassigned to a special home2021 Gran Premio d'Italia, hosted inTurin.^[36] 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.^[37] They were seventh at the2021 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."^[38]

After winning the gold medal at the Italian championships again, Della Monica/Guarise were named to theItalian Olympic team and withdrew from the2022 European Championships as a precautionary measure after a fall in training.^[39]

Della Monica/Guarise began the2022 Winter Olympics as the Italian entries in the pairs' short program of theOlympic team event, where they placed seventh of nine teams, earning four points for Team Italy.^[40] Team Italy did not advance to the second stage of the competition and finished seventh.^[41] In thepairs event, they placed tenth in the short program after Della Monica fell on her jump attempt.^[42] In the free skate, they dropped to thirteenth.^[43]

Della Monica decided to retire following the Beijing Olympics, but Guarise opted to continue skating with an eye to competing at the2026 Winter Olympics, to be held in Italy inMilan andCortina d'Ampezzo. To that end, he quickly formed a new partnership with former singles skaterLucrezia Beccari.^[2] 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."^[44]

Beccari/Guarise made their international debut at the2022 CS Warsaw Cup, finishing in fourth place. They won the bronze medal at their first Italian championships, and were seventh at the2023 European Championships.^[45]

Beccari/Guarise began the season with a fourth-place finish at the2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.^[45] At their secondChallenger event, the2023 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.^[46] They were invited to make theirGrand Prix debut at the2023 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."^[47] They went on to win the silver medal at the2023 NHK Trophy.^[48] Beccari/Guarise finished the Grand Prix with the same placements as fellow Italian teamGhilardi/Ambrosini and HungariansPavlova/Sviatchenko, but lost the tiebreaker of cumulative scores, and thus finished as second alternates to theGrand Prix Final.^[49] Guarise acknowledged this as disappointing, but said "for our first Grand Prix season we can be pleased."^[48]

After winning the silver medal at the Italian championships, Beccari/Guarise competed at the2024 European Championships inKaunas, generally noted rated among the title favourites in pre-event assessments.^[50] 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 medalistsMetelkina/Berulava.^[51]

Beccari/Guarise were given one of the two Italian berths at the2024 World Championships inMontreal. The finished eighth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and ninth overall.^[52][53]

Beccari/Guarise began the season by winning silver at the2024 Shanghai Trophy.^[54] Although the pair were scheduled to compete on the2024–25 Grand Prix circuit at2024 Skate Canada International and2024 NHK Trophy, they would withdraw from both events due to Beccari sustaining a foot injury.^[55]

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.^[56]

Returning to competition, Beccari/Guarise opened the season by competing on the2025–26 ISU Challenger Series, finishing seventh at the2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and at the2025 CS Trialeti Trophy.^[54]

They subsequently competed at the2025 Cup of China but were forced to withdraw before the free skate due to Beccari sustaining an injury.^[57] They went on to withdraw from their second Grand Prix assignment,2025 Skate America, as well.^[58]

Results in the2022–23 season ^[54]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 17–20, 2022	2022 CS Warsaw Cup	4	60.71	4	105.79	4	166.50
Dec 15–18, 2022	2023 Italian Championships	3	64.98	3	112.01	3	176.99
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	8	53.29	7	99.25	7	152.54

Results in the2023–24 season ^[54]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–10, 2023	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	2	66.94	5	118.12	4	185.06
Sep 20–23, 2023	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	3	66.36	1	125.35	1	191.71
Oct 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	2	65.83	4	115.59	3	181.42
Nov 24–26, 2023	2023 NHK Trophy	2	66.77	2	123.54	2	190.31
Dec 22–23, 2023	2024 Italian Championships	1	70.99	2	121.04	2	191.13
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	3	67.05	1	132.14	1	199.19
Feb 22–25, 2024	2024 International Challenge Cup	2	62.22	2	113.19	2	175.41
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	8	66.12	9	119.28	9	185.40

Results in the2024–25 season ^[54]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 3–5, 2024	2024 Shanghai Trophy	2	61.72	2	116.63	2	178.35

Results in the2025–26 season ^[54]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 25–27, 2025	2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	7	62.96	7	118.26	7	181.22
Oct 8–11, 2025	2025 CS Trialeti Trophy	6	56.10	7	103.92	7	160.02
Oct 24–26, 2025	2025 Cup of China	8	55.67	–	–	–	WD

Media related toMatteo Guarise at Wikimedia Commons

• Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise at theInternational Skating Union
• Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise at theInternational Skating Union
• Matteo Guarise atOlympedia
• Matteo Guarise atOlympics.com
• Matteo Guarise onInstagram

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• Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
• Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
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