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Nicole Della Monica

Italian pair skater

Summary

Italian pair skater

Field	Value
name	Nicole Della Monica
image	2012 WFSC 04d 105 Nicole Della Monica Matteo Guarise.JPG
caption	Della Monica and Guarise at the 2012 World Championships
country	Italy
birth_date
birth_place	Trescore Balneario, Bergamo
hometown	Albano
height	1.56 m
partner	Matteo Guarise
Yannick Kocon
discipline	Pair skating
beganskating	1995
retired	April 19, 2022
medalrecord	{{Figure skating infobox medals	nationals=Italian	medalcount=yes
NCg	9	NCs=3	NCb=1
NC

Yannick Kocon Nicole Della Monica (born 3 June 1989) is a retired Italian pair skater. With her former partner Matteo Guarise, she is a seven-time Italian national champion (2016–22) and has represented Italy at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

With her previous partner Yannick Kocon, she was a two-time Italian national champion (2009, 2010) and competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Career

Della Monica competed as a single skater through the 2006–07 season and is the 2005 Italian national bronze medalist.

Partnership with Kocon

Della Monica started skating pairs in 2007 when she teamed up with Yannick Kocon, who was also a single skater until then. They are the 2009 and 2010 Italian national champions. They represented Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Their partnership ended in January 2011 — Della Monica had a chronic inflammation in her left knee and her recovery time was uncertain.

Partnership with Guarise

2011–12 season

Della Monica teamed up with former World champion roller skater Matteo Guarise 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 at the start of 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

Della Monica and her 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 own the bronze medal. Turning to the Grand Prix series, they won silver at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Della Monica commented that "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, and 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, delaying the team's training significantly. 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. Finishing the season at the 2021 World Team 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.

On 19 April 2022, Della Monica announced her retirement from competitive figure skating.

Programs

Pair skating with Matteo Guarise

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition	2021–22
2020–21
2019–20
2018–19
2017–18
2016–17
2015–16
2014–15
2013–14
2012–13
2011–12

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Pair skating with Yannick Kocon

Season	Short program	Free skating	2010–11
2009–10
2008–09
2007–08

Singles career

Season	Short program	Free skating	2004–05

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Matteo Guarise

Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise in 2017

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Pair skating with Yannick Kocon

International	Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Olympics			12th
Worlds		18th
Europeans		6th	6th
GP Cup of China				6th
GP Cup of Russia			5th
Cup of Nice				2nd
Golden Spin		2nd
NRW Trophy		1st	1st
Junior Worlds	14th
Italian Champ.	1st J.	1st	1st

Single skating

International	Event	2004–05	2005–06
Merano Cup			2nd
JGP Canada		12th
JGP Czech Republic			6th
JGP Poland		11th
JGP Serbia	16th
Dragon Trophy			2nd J
EYOF			2nd J
Italian Champ.	3rd		6th

Detailed results

Pair skating with Matteo Guarise

Date	Event	SP	FS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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