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'''Rachael Elizabeth Flatt''' (born July 21, 1992) is an [[United States|American]] [[figure skater]]. She is the 2010 [[United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. national champion]], 2008 & 2009 national silver medalist, and [[2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2008 World Junior Champion]]. {{As of|2009|12}}, Flatt is ranked 9th in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/ws/wsladies.htm | title = ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies | publisher = [[International Skating Union]] | date = 14 December 2009 | accessdate = 2 January 2010 }}</ref>
'''Rachael Elizabeth Flatt''' (born July 21, 1992) is an [[United States|American]] [[figure skater]]. She is the 2010 [[United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. national champion]], 2008 & 2009 national silver medalist, and [[2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2008 World Junior Champion]]. {{As of|2009|12}}, Flatt is ranked 9th in the world.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/ws/wsladies.htm | title = ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies | publisher = [[International Skating Union]] | date = 14 December 2009 | accessdate = 2 January 2010 }}</ref>


At the [[2010 United States Figure Skating Championships]], she was nominated to represent the [[United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=44109&type=media | title = U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies, Ice Dancing Teams Nominated to 2010 U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team | publisher = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] | date = 23 January 2010 | accessdate = 25 January 2010}}</ref>
At the [[2010 United States Figure Skating Championships]], she was nominated to represent the [[United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=44108&type=media | title = U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies, Ice Dancing Teams Nominated to 2010 U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team | publisher = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] | date = 23 January 2010 | accessdate = 23 January 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Rachael Flatt was born in [[Watersmeet]], MI. She moved to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]] to train. Her grandfather competed on the national level in [[fencing]].
Rachael Flatt was born in [[Watersmeet]], MI. She moved to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]] to train. Her grandfather competed on the national level in [[fencing]].

Revision as of 21:53, 25 January 2010

Rachael Flatt
Flatt on the 2008 World Junior podium
Full nameRachael Elizabeth Flatt
Height5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachTom Zakrajsek
Becky Calvin
Erik Schulz
Eddie Shipstad
Skating clubBroadmoor SC

Rachael Elizabeth Flatt (born July 21, 1992) is an American figure skater. She is the 2010 U.S. national champion, 2008 & 2009 national silver medalist, and 2008 World Junior Champion. As of December 2009, Flatt is ranked 9th in the world.[1]

At the 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships, she was nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2]

Personal life

Rachael Flatt was born in Watersmeet, MI. She moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to train. Her grandfather competed on the national level in fencing.

Career

Flatt began skating at age 4. She originally competed in both singles and pairs on the national level. As a pair skater, she won the silver medal at Nationals on the juvenile level in 2003 and the intermediate title in 2004, both with Andrew Speroff.

Competing in ladies' singles, Flatt won the US Novice national title in 2005 at age 12. While, under other circumstances, this would have earned her an event on the Junior Grand Prix for the following season, Flatt was too young to compete internationally as a junior. She won the silver medal at US Nationals at the junior level in 2006.

She missed the 2006-2007 Junior Grand Prix season due to injury, but made her senior debut at the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 5th and earned a bye to the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Flatt made her international debut as a junior in March, 2007 at the International Challenge Cup, which she won.

She competed on the Junior Grand Prix for the first time in the 2007-2008 season, winning the gold medal at her first JGP in Vienna, Austria, and a silver medal at her second JGP in Chemnitz, Germany. She qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final where she won the silver medal. At the 2008 Nationals in St Paul, Minnesota, she won the silver medal on the senior level after winning the free skate. Too young to be eligible for the senior Worlds Championships, Flatt was placed on the team to the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. After placing third in the short program, she won the free skate and won the title overall.[3]

Flatt began the 2008-2009 season at the 2008 Skate America, where she placed fourth overall. She also competed at 2008 Cup of Russia, winning the silver medal behind Carolina Kostner of Italy.[4]

She won the silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the gold medal at the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Endorsements and public life

Flatt has signed an endorsement deal with MAC Cosmetics, and she is a spokesperson for Reading Is Fundamental.[5]

Programs

Flatt performs her One Day I'll Fly Away exhibition at the 2009 World Team Trophy.
Season Short Program Free skating Exhibition
2009-2010 Sing, Sing, Sing
by Louis Prima 		Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
by Sergei Rachmaninoff 		One Night Only
from Dreamgirls
One Day I'll Fly Away
from Moulin Rouge!
by Nicole Kidman
2008-2009 Moon River
from Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Henry Mancini
&
Piano Concerto No. 2
by Sergei Rachmaninoff 		Dialogue du vent et de la mer
from La Mer
& En Bateau
from Petite Suite
by Claude Debussy
Romantic Rhapsody
by Mathieu 		One Day I'll Fly Away
from Moulin Rouge!
by Nicole Kidman
Simple Gifts
by Alison Krauss and YoYo Ma
Respect
by Aretha Franklin
2007-2008 It Ain't Necessarily So
by George Gershwin 		Romantic Rhapsody
by Mathieu 		Respect
by Aretha Franklin
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
by KT Tunstall
2006-2007 Scherzo: Allegro Molto
from Trio No. 1 in B Major, Opus 8
by Johannes Brahms 		An American in Paris
by George Gershwin 		Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
by KT Tunstall
2005-2006 Nessun Dorma
by Giacomo Puccini [6] 		Carmen
by Georges Bizet [7]
2004-2005 Summertime
by George Gershwin [8] 		The Firebird
by Igor Stravinsky 		Summertime
by George Gershwin

Competitive highlights

The ladies medalists at the 2008 World Junior Championships display the United States flag during the medals ceremony.
Event 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Winter Olympic Games
World Championships 5th
Four Continents Championships 7th
World Junior Championships 1st
U.S. Championships 1st N. 2nd J. 5th 2nd 2nd 1st
Skate America 4th 2nd
Cup of China 4th
Cup of Russia 2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Austria 1st
International Challenge Cup 1st J.
Triglav Trophy 1st N.
Midwestern Sectionals 1st N. 1st J. 1st
Southwestern Regionals 1st N. 1st J. 1st
  • N = Novice level; J = Junior level

Detailed Results

2009-2010 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 14–27, 2010 2010 Winter Olympic Games
January 14 - 24, 2010 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships 3
69.35 		1
130.76 		1
200.11
November 12 - 15, 2009 2009 Skate America 2
58.80 		1
116.11 		2
174.91
October 29 - November 1, 2009 2009 Cup of China 5
58.80 		5
98.91 		4
157.71


2008-2009 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 16 - 19, 2009 World Team Trophy 5
58.40 		4
113.41 		4
171.81
March 23 - 29, 2009 2009 World Figure Skating Championships 7
59.30 		5
113.11 		5
172.41
February 4 - 8, 2009 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 8
55.44 		7
107.39 		7
162.83
January 18 - 25, 2009 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships 2
60.19 		2
113.59 		2
173.78
November 20 - 23, 2008 2008 Cup of Russia 3
55.92 		2
110.14 		2
166.06
October 23 - 26, 2008 2008 Skate America 5
54.92 		4
100.81 		4
155.73
2007-2008 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 25 - March 2, 2008 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 3
60.16 		1
112.03 		1
172.19
January 20 - 27, 2008 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships Senior 3
62.91 		1
125.82 		2
188.73
December 6 - 9, 2007 2007-08 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 3
52.11 		1
107.55 		2
159.66
October 10 - 13, 2007 2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Germany Junior 3
47.64 		2
83.21 		2
130.85
September 12 - 15, 2007 2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Austria Junior 2
49.63 		1
105.02 		1
154.65


2006-2007 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
January 21 - 28, 2007 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships Senior 6
56.51 		5
103.24 		5
159.75
November 16 - 18, 2006 2007 Midwestern Sectional Championships Senior 1
53.55 		1
105.72 		1
159.27
October 11 - 14, 2006 2007 Southwestern Regional Championships Senior 1
93.21 		2
46.54 		1
87.76 		1
134.30
2005-2006 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
January 7 - 15, 2006 2006 United States Figure Skating Championships Junior 1
53.58 		5
83.87 		2
137.45
November 17 - 19, 2005 2006 Midwestern Sectional Championships Junior 2
45.86 		1
86.20 		1
132.06
October 18 - 22, 2005 2006 Southwestern Regional Championships Junior 1 1 1 1
2004-2005 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
April 13 - 17, 2005 2005 Triglav Trophy Novice 1 1 1
January 9 - 16, 2005 2005 United States Figure Skating Championships Novice 2 2 1
November 18 - 20, 2004 2005 Midwestern Sectional Championships Novice 1 1 1
October 12 - 16, 2004 2005 Southwestern Regional Championships Novice 1 1 1 1
  • QR = Qualifying Round, SP = Short Program; FS = Free Skating

References

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies, Ice Dancing Teams Nominated to 2010 U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team". U.S. Figure Skating. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ^ Schwindt, Troy. "World is Flatt's." Skating Apr. 2008: 16-17.
  4. ^ Fawcett, Laura. "Silver Lining." Skating Jan. 2009: 18.
  5. ^ Flatt official site-Partners
  6. ^ Stevenson, Alexandra. "Rachael Leaves Rest of Junior Ladies Field Looking Flatt". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 16 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (13 January 2006). "Relaxed and Confident Hyatt Wins Junior Ladies Title". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 16 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Partain, Amy (9 January 2005). "Kitsell on the Road to Her "Dreams" at State Farm U.S. Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 16 January 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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