Rachael Flatt
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| Flatt (far left) on the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix Final podium | ||
| Personal Info | ||
| Country: |  United States |
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| Date of birth: | July 21, 1992 | |
| Height: | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |
| Coach: | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Becky Bradley, Erik Schulz, Eddie Shipstad | |
| Choreographer: | Lori Nichol, Tom Dickson | |
| Skating Club: | Broadmoor Skating Club | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 172.19 | 2008 World Junior Championships |
| Short Program: | 60.16 | 2008 World Junior Championships |
| Free Skate: | 112.03 | 2008 World Junior Championships |
| Most Recent Results : | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| World Junior Championships | 172.19 | 1st | 2008 |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 159.66 | 2nd | 2007 |
Rachael Elizabeth Flatt (born July 21, 1992 in Del Mar, California, U.S.) is an American figure skater. She is the 2008 World Junior Champion and 2008 U.S. silver medalist.
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[edit] Career
Flatt 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.
Flatt won the US Novice national title in 2005 at age 12. While normally 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, taking 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.
[edit] Programs
| Season | Short Program | Long Program | Exhibition |
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| 2007-2008 | It Ain't Necessarily So by George Gershwin |
Romantic Rhapsody by Mathieu |
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree by KT Tunstall Respect by Aretha Franklin |
| 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 from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini |
Carmen by Georges Bizet |
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 |
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| World Junior Championships | 1st | |||
| U.S. Championships | 1st N. | 2nd J. | 5th | 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
[edit] External links
- Rachael Flatt at the International Skating Union biography page
- Rachael Flatt at the United States Figure Skating Association
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