Matteo Guarise

Matteo Guarise (born 15 September 1988) is an Italian pairs figure skater and roller skater. Currently competing in pair skating with partner Lucrezia Beccari, he is the 2024 European champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and 2024 Italian national silver medalist.

After winning the 2008 World Championship in pairs roller skating with Sara Venerucci, Guarise switched over to figure skating to compete with Nicole Della Monica. Guarise/Della Monica won seven Italian national pairs titles (2016–22). The pair represented Italy at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Guarise was born on September 15, 1988, in Rimini, Italy. In addition to being a figure skater, he also works as a police officer.

He became engaged to longtime girlfriend and former ice dance, Carolina Moscheni, in 2022. They married on New Year's Eve in 2023. In September 2025, their son, Tommaso, was born.

Guarise was originally a roller skater and won the 2008 World title with Sara Venerucci. He ended his roller career in 2009 and moved to Milan.

In January 2010, Guarise began training in figure skating. In June 2010, it was reported that he had teamed up with Elena Yarkhunova and was training with her under coach Oleg Vasiliev in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Chicago, Illinois. After their partnership ended, he skated with Kaela Pflumm and Caitlin Yankowskas.

Guarise teamed up with Nicole Della Monica 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.

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.