Denys Strekalin
| File:2020 European Figure Skating Championships Cléo Hamon Denys Strekalin 2020 01 24 6182.jpg Cléo Hamon and Denys Strekalin at the 2020 European Championships | |
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| Born | 31 March 1999 |
| Home town | Paris, France |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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| Country | File:Flag of France.svg France (since 2016) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (2012–15) |
| Discipline | Pair skating (since 2016) Men's singles (2012–15) |
| Partner | Megan Wessenberg (since 2025) Océane Piegad (2022–24) Cléo Hamon (2016–22) |
| Coach | Bruno Massot Stefania Berton Rockne Brubaker |
| Skating club | Club Olympique Courbevoie |
| Began skating | 2005 |
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Denys Strekalin (born 31 March 1999) is a Ukrainian-born pair skater who competes for France with Megan Wessenberg.
With previous partner, Océane Piegad, he is the 2024 French national silver medalist.
With former skating partner, Cléo Hamon, he is a two-time French national champion (2020, 2021), 2018 Volvo Open Cup champion, and has competed in the final segment at three World Junior Championships (2017–2019).
Career
[edit | edit source]In Ukraine
[edit | edit source]Strekalin began learning to skate in 2006.[1] Competing in men's singles, he placed seventh at the Ukrainian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2015.[2] He also trained in pair skating with Sofiia Nesterova.[1]
Partnership with Hamon
[edit | edit source]Early seasons
[edit | edit source]In August 2016, Strekhalin teamed up with Cleo Hamon to compete for France in pairs.[1] Coached by Mehdi Bouzzine in Courbevoie, they made their international debut in February 2017, placing seventh in junior pairs at the Bavarian Open. In March, they placed fourteenth at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[3]
In September 2017, Hamon/Strekalin debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing eighth in Riga, Latvia. In December, appearing on the senior level, they won silver at the French Championships, behind Lola Esbrat / Andrei Novoselov. In March, they finished eleventh at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Competing in the 2018 JGP series, Hamon/Strekalin placed sixth in Linz, Austria, and fifth in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Making their senior international debut, the pair took gold at the Volvo Open Cup in November 2018. In March 2019, they finished ninth at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
2019–20 season
[edit | edit source]After placing eighth at the 2019 JGP United States, Hamon/Streklain debuted on the senior Challenger series with a seventh-place finish at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. They would go on to place tenth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup and ninth at their first European Championships.[4] Hamon/Strekalin also won the French senior national title for the first time, due to the absence of James/Cipres from the competition season. They finished the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they placed fifth.[5] Hamon/Strekalin were scheduled to participate in the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, which would have been their senior World debut, but these were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
2020–21 season
[edit | edit source]With the pandemic ongoing, Hamon/Strekalin began the new season at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where only pairs training in Europe competed.[7] They were fourth after the short program, and after the top-ranked Hase/Seegert withdrew, they placed third in the free and won the bronze medal.[8]
Hamon/Strekalin were scheduled to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.[9]
In February, they won their second straight National title.[10] Later that month, they competed at the International Challenge Cup, placing fifth. On 1 March they were named to the team for the 2021 World Championships.[11] They placed twentieth in their World Championship debut.[12] Hamon/Strekalin finished the season at the 2021 World Team Trophy, where they finished fifth in both segments, and Team France finished in fifth place overall.[13][14][15]
2021–22 season
[edit | edit source]Hamon/Strekalin began the season at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, where they finished in fourth place.[16]
They were originally scheduled to compete at the Nebelhorn Trophy, where the final Olympics spots would be decided, but were later replaced by Coline Keriven / Noël-Antoine Pierre. It was later announced that Hamon would be taking a break from figure skating due to health issues from burnout, and that had been the reason for them being replaced at the Nebelhorn Trophy.[17]
Partnership with Piegad
[edit | edit source]2022–23 season
[edit | edit source]On 31 January 2022 Strekalin announced that he had formed a new partnership with former singles skater Océane Piegad.[18] Coached by Laurent Depouilly, Nathalie Depouilly, and Dominique Deniaud, the pair made their competitive debut at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they finished in eleventh place, and then competed at the 2022 Master's de Patinage, winning the silver medal.[19]
Invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Grand Prix de France, they finished seventh of seven teams at the event. They went on to place fourth at the 2022 Bavarian Open and seventh at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.[19]
2023–24 season
[edit | edit source]Piegad/Strekalin began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, before coming seventh at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.[19] Appearing on the Grand Prix at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, they finished fifth.[20]
2024–25 season
[edit | edit source]Piegad/Strekalin were assigned to the 2024 Grand Prix de France.[21] They withdrew from the competition on September 17.[22] On September 23, they announced their spilt due to injury.[23]
Partnership with Wessenberg
[edit | edit source]2025–26 season
[edit | edit source]In June 2025, it was Strekalin announced that he had teamed up with American-born figure skater, Megan Wessenberg, and they would split their time between training in France with Bruno Massot and the United States with Stefania Berton and Rockne Brubaker.[24]
The team debuted at the 2025 Master's de Patinage, where they won the bronze medal. They then went on to compete at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing in seventeeth place.[25]
Programs
[edit | edit source]With Wessenberg
[edit | edit source]| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2025–2026 [26] |
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With Piegad
[edit | edit source]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2023–2024 [27] |
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| 2022–2023 [28] |
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With Hamon
[edit | edit source]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2021–2022 [29] |
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| 2020–2021 [30] |
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| 2019–2020 [31] |
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| 2018–2019 [1] |
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| 2017–2018 [32] |
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| 2016–2017 [3] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit | edit source]- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- C – Cancelled
- TBD – Assigned
- WD – Withdrew from competition
Pairs with Wessenberg for France
[edit | edit source]| Season | 2025–26 |
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| French Championships | 4th |
| GP France | 8th |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 10th |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 17th |
| Master's de Patinage | 3rd |
Pairs with Piegad for France
[edit | edit source]| International [19] | ||||||
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| Event | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24-25 | |||
| Europeans | 12th | |||||
| GP France | 7th | 5th | WD | |||
| CS Finlandia | 7th | |||||
| CS Golden Spin | WD | |||||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 10th | |||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | |||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | WD | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 4th | |||||
| Challenge Cup | 7th | |||||
| Trophée Nice | 2nd | |||||
| National [19] | ||||||
| French Nationals | 2nd | |||||
| Master's de Patinage | 2nd | WD | ||||
| TBD = Assigned | ||||||
Pairs with Hamon for France
[edit | edit source]| International[34] | ||||||
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| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Worlds | C | 20th | ||||
| Europeans | 9th | |||||
| GP France | C | WD | ||||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 7th | |||||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 4th | |||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | WD | ||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 10th | |||||
| Challenge Cup | WD | |||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 1st | |||||
| International: Junior[34] | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 14th | 11th | 9th | 5th | ||
| JGP Austria | 6th | |||||
| JGP Czech Rep. | 5th | |||||
| JGP Latvia | 8th | |||||
| JGP Poland | 15th | |||||
| JGP United States | 8th | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 7th | |||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| National[34] | ||||||
| French Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| French Junior | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Masters | 1st J | 1st | ||||
| Team events | ||||||
| World Team Trophy | 5th T 5th P |
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| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||||
Men's singles for Ukraine
[edit | edit source]| National[2] | ||
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| Event | 2012–13 | 2014–15 |
| Ukrainian Junior Champ. | 7th | 7th |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin at the International Skating Union Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).