Maé Bérénice Méité

Maé Bérénice Méité

Personal information
Full name	Maé Bérénice Méité
Country represented	France
Born	September 21, 1994 (1994-09-21) (age 17) Paris
Home town	Vitry sur Seine
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach	Katia Krier
Former coach	Annick Lejeune Christophe Moucheboeuf
Choreographer	Romain Haguenauer Muriel Zazoui
Skating club	ES Vitry Patinage
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	150.44 2011 World Figure Skating Championships
Short program	53.26 2011 World Figure Skating Championships
Free skate	97.18 2011 World Figure Skating Championships

Maé Bérénice Méité (born September 21, 1994 in Paris) is a French figure skater. She is a three time medalist at French Nationals.

Career

Maé-Bérénice Méité at Trophée Éric Bompard 2010

Maé Bérénice Méité began skating in 1999. Her first international event was the 2007 Coupe de Nice, where she finished second in novice ladies. Méité moved up to the junior level in 2008-9, finishing 8th and 6th in her two events. She then took part in her second French Nationals, and won the silver medal behind Candice Didier. Consequently, she was chosen to represent France at the 2009 World Junior Championships, where she finished in twelfth place.

In 2009/2010, Méité was only 13th at the JGP Budapest, but came in 6th at the JGP Croatia. She won her second silver medal at French Nationals, this time behind Lena Marrocco, who was selected for the French slot at 2010 Junior Worlds.

In 2010/2011, Méité moved up to the senior level. She competed at the 2010 Skate America, finishing 8th, and the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard, where she placed ninth. In December, she won the bronze medal at French Nationals, but was nonetheless named to the French team for the 2011 European Figure Skating Championships, where her goal was a top ten finish.^[1] Because France did not have a direct entry to the short program in the ladies' discipline, Méité had to compete in the qualifying round; she finished second and qualified for the short program.^[2] She finished 7th in the program with a new personal best score, but was only 10th in the free skating after falling on both triple lutzes, and ended up in 9th place overall; Méité said that although her skating "wasn’t perfect", she was "very satisfied with it".^[3]

Méité began the 2011–12 season at the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She was first in the short program and second in the free skate, and won the event for her first international title. For the 2011–12 Grand Prix, she is assigned to the 2011 NHK Trophy.

Personal life

Méité is currently a student. In addition to her skating, she plays the violin.

Programs

Event	Short program	Long program	Exhibition
2011–2012	Derniere lettre du Prince by Henri Torgue	Fever Jessica's Theme (from Who Framed Roger Rabbit) by Alain Silvestri Hey Pachuco (from The Mask)
2010–2011	Forrest Gump by Alan Silvestri	Concertino pour guitare by Bacarisse Talk to her Fiesta Flamenca	Fever (song) by Beyoncé

Competitive highlights

Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
World Championships				14th
European Championships				9th
World Junior Championships		12th
French Championships	5th	2nd	2nd	3rd
Skate America				8th
Trophée Eric Bompard				9th
NHK Trophy					7th
Coupe Internationale de Nice	2nd N.			3rd	4th
Triglav Trophy			7th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial					1st
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia			6th
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary			13th
Junior Grand Prix, France		8th
Junior Grand Prix, Great Britain		6th
N. = Novice level

References

1. ^ French team is getting ready for Europeans. Web.icenetwork.com (2011-01-18). Retrieved on 2011-11-11.
2. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
3. ^ 2011 European Ladies Championship. Iceskatingintnl.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.

• Maé Bérénice Méité at the International Skating Union

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Name	Meite, Mae Berenice
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Date of birth	September 21, 1994
Place of birth	Paris
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