Jules Alpe
{{Short description|Filipino figure skater (born 1998)}}
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Jules Vince Alpe (born September 24, 1998){{cite web|title=Jules Vince ALPE|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00035094.htm|accessdate=21 February 2017|publisher=International Skating Union}} is a Filipino figure skater.
Career
Alpe started figure skating at the skating rink at SM Southmall in Las Piñas, Metro Manila. He practices with Michael Christian Martinez whenever Martinez is training in the Philippines.{{cite web|title=It's Cool Being Pinoy|url=http://benchblog.ph/2014/06/cool-pinoy/|publisher=Bench|accessdate=21 February 2017|date=13 June 2014|language=English, Filipino}} He stopped his schooling in order to focus on his figure skating career.{{cite news|last1=Payo|first1=Jasmine|title=Breaking ice|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/232701/breaking-ice|accessdate=21 February 2017|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=18 December 2016}}
He was the champion of the Junior Men category of the 2014 Philippine National Figure Skating Championships{{cite news|title=Champions emerge from nat'l skating tilt|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/07/14/champions-emerge-natl-skating-tilt|accessdate=21 February 2017|work=ABS-CBN News|date=7 December 2014}}
At the Elite Junior Men category of the 2016–17 SEA Figure Skating Challenge in Bangkok, Alpe finished first place placing ahead of Chadwick Tse-Fung Wang of Singapore, the only other competitor.{{cite web|title=SEA Figure Skating Challenge 2016/2017 - Elite Junior Men|url=http://www.fsatresults.com/2016SEA/CAT002RS.HTM|website=FSAT Result|publisher=Figure & Speed Skating Association Of Thailand|accessdate=21 February 2017|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106190627/http://www.fsatresults.com/2016SEA/CAT002RS.HTM|url-status=dead}} He placed second at the Junior Men Category of the 2017 Jégvirág Cup.{{cite web|title=JÉGVIRÁG CUP 2017_ISU JUNIOR MEN|url=http://www.jegviragcup.com/wp-content/uploads/scores2017/isu/CAT049RS.HTM|website=Jégvirág Cup|accessdate=21 February 2017}}
Alpes competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games{{cite news|last1=Yalung|first1=Brian|title=Michael Martinez Pinoy Skaters, aim high at 2017 Asian Winter Games|url=http://tempo.com.ph/2017/02/21/michael-martinez-pinoy-skaters-aim-high-at-2017-asian-winter-games/|accessdate=21 February 2017|work=Tempo|date=21 February 2017}} where he placed 17th in the short program, free skate, and overall.
Programs
Competitive highlights
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| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} | |||
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! 14–15 ! 15–16 ! 16–17 | |||
| align=left | Philippine Champ. | bgcolor=gold | 1st J. | bgcolor=gold | 1st J. | bgcolor=silver |2nd J. |
| colspan=4 align=center | J. = Junior level |