Tomàs Guarino

Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté (born 5 July 1999) is a Spanish figure skater. He is the 2021 Open d'Andorra champion, the 2025 Merano Ice Trophy champion, and a six-time Spanish national champion (2021–26).

He represented Spain at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Guarino Sabaté was born 5 July 1999 in Barcelona.^[1] He began studying at International University of La Rioja in January 2021.^[2]

Guarino began learning to skate in 2007.^[1] As an advanced novice, he competed internationally for Spain and won the national title in that category in December 2014. The following season, he moved up to the junior ranks and represented Spain at two events, in September and November 2015.^[3]

Deciding to represent Switzerland, Guarino debuted for his new country in November 2016 at the NRW Trophy in Germany.^[3] As a junior, he competed three seasons for Switzerland, appearing at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events. In December 2018, he became the Swiss national bronze medalist in the senior men's category. He trained in La Chaux-de-Fonds, coached by Bernard Glesser (2017–18 season)^[4] and by Jean-François Ballester (2018–19 season).^[5]

Guarino made his senior international debut in October 2019, placing 16th at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. In November, he won bronze at the Open d'Andorra. It was his final international appearance for Switzerland. The following month, he finished fourth at the Swiss Championships.^[6]

After not competing in 2020, Guarino resumed his career for Spain in February 2021 at the International Challenge Cup in the Netherlands. He won the Spanish national title in March and took bronze at the Egna Spring Trophy in April.^[6]

In September, Guarino placed sixteenth at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, an Olympic qualifying event. He won gold at the Open d'Andorra in November and then his second national title in December.^[7] He was subsequently selected to compete at his first ISU Championship, the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where he qualified to the free skate and finished in twenty-second place. To end the season, he was twenty-first at the 2022 World Championships.^[6]

Beginning the new season at the Nebelhorn Trophy again, Guarino came fifth. At two other Challenger events, he was sixth at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy and fourth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge. Guarino was fifth at the Santa Claus Cup, before winning a third Spanish national title.^[6]

Guarino finished fourteenth at the 2023 Winter World University Games, twelfth at the 2023 European Championships, and twenty-seventh at the 2023 World Championships.^[6]

Tomas decided to leave the Young Goose Academy where he was training, and moved to Torino to train with Edoardo De Bernardis at the Ice Club Torino.

Guarino began the season by competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, finishing twelfth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International and eighth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy. He then went on to take silver at the 2023 Volvo Open Cup and gold at the 2023 NRW Trophy.^[6]

In December, Guarino won his fourth national title at the 2023–24 Spanish Championships. Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, he finished eighteenth. Two months later, he would finish twenty-eighth at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[6]

Guarino Sabaté started the season by winning bronze at the 2024 Tayside Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, he finished fifth at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial and tenth at the 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy. In December, Guarino won his fifth consecutive national title at the 2025 Spanish Championships.^[6]

Going on to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Guarino Sabaté finished the event in nineteenth place overall. He followed this up by winning the 2025 Merano Ice Trophy.^[6]

In March, Guarino finished twentieth at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^[6] His placement won Spain a quota for men's singles skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[8]

Guarino opened his season by finishing twelfth at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial. He followed this up by finishing fourth at the 2025 Golden Bear of Zagreb, winning silver at the 2025 NRW Trophy, and placing ninth at the 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy.^[6]

In December, he won his sixth consecutive national title at the 2026 Spanish Championships. The following month, he competed at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, finishing in eighteenth place.^[6]

In early February, days before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Guarino announced via his Instagram that despite having skated to it for the entirety of the season, he would be unable to use his Minions short program at the event due to Universal Pictures not allowing it. "Unfortunately, just days before the Olympic inauguration, I was informed that I am no longer permitted to use this program due to copyright clearance issues," he shared. "Finding this out last Friday, so close to the biggest competition of my life, was incredibly disappointing. Nevertheless, I will face this challenge head-on and do everything I can to make the best of the situation."^[9] The day after making his post, Guariano announced that Universal Pictures had reconsidered and granted him the rights to perform his Minions program due to widespread fan support leading to his post going viral.^[10] Going on to compete at the 2026 Olympic Games, Guarino finished twenty-fifth in the short program, just 2.5 points shy of qualifying for the final.^[11]

• Tomas Guarino Sabate at the International Skating Union
• Tomás Guarino Sabaté at Skating Scores (for Spain)
• Tomás Guarino Sabaté at Skating Scores (for Switzerland)
• Tomas Guarino Sabate at Milano Cortina 2026
• Tomàs Guarino at Olympics.com
• Tomàs Guarino at Olympedia
• Tomás Guarino Sabaté on Instagram