Océane Piegad
Océane Manon Mathilde Piegad (born 12 August 2003) is a French figure skater who currently competes in pairs. As a single skater, Piegad is the 2020 French junior national silver medalist and competed at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. Personal life Piegad was born on 12 August 2003 in Nice, France. As of 2022, she is a university student studying physiotherapy. Career Early career Piegad began figure skating in 2010. As a singles skater, she won the silver medal at the 2020 French Junior Championships and finished as high as fifth on the senior level at the French Championships in 2020. She was coached Cedric Tour, Rodolphe Marechal, and Samantha Marechal. She switched to pair skating following the 2019–20 figure skating season and skated with Remi Belmonte for the 2021–22 figure skating season, finishing fifth at the 2021 Tayside Trophy and nineteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. Their partnership soon dissolved following that season. They were coached by Claude Thévenard. Partnership with Strekalin 2022–23 season On January 31, 2022, it was announced that Piegad had formed a new partnership with Ukrainian-born pair skater, Denys Strekalin. Coached by Laurent Depouilly, Nathalie Depouilly, and Dominique Deniaud, the pair made