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Brooke Castile (born May 31, 1986) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Benjamin Okolski, she is the 2008 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and 2007 U.S. national champion.

Brooke Castile
Castile and Okolski in 2008.
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1986-05-31) May 31, 1986 (age 36) Detroit
Residence	Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Former partner	Benjamin Okolski
Former coach	Johnny Johns Joseph Mero
Former choreographer	Marina Zueva
Skating club	Arctic FSC
Began skating	1994
Retired	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	160.04 2007 Four Continents
Short program	56.44 2008 Four Continents
Free skate	104.92 2007 Four Continents
Medal record Representing United States Figure skating: Pairs Four Continents Championships 2008 Goyang Pairs

Personal life

Castile was born on May 31, 1986 in Detroit, Michigan.[1] On June 25, 2013, she married engineer and former ice dancer Kevin O'Keefe, whom she had dated for ten years.[2]

Career

Castile began skating at age seven.[3] She teamed up with Benjamin Okolski after the 2002 U.S. Championships.[4][3] They won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. They placed 7th at their first Four Continents in 2005. Following the 2006 U.S. Championships, Castile and Okolski changed coaches to Johnny Johns and Marina Zueva at the Arctic Figure Skating Club in Canton, Michigan.[3] They won the 2007 U.S. Championships,[5] earning them the right to compete at 2007 Four Continents, where they were 5th, and then to make their World debut, where they finished 12th.

In the 2007–08 season, Castile and Okolski were assigned to 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2007 Skate America, and 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard, but withdrew from all three due to injury.[3][6] They won bronze at the 2008 U.S. Championships and went on to win a bronze medal in their third Four Continents appearance. They finished 11th at their second World Championships.

In 2008–09, they also withdrew from their Grand Prix assignments, 2008 Cup of China and 2008 Cup of Russia, due to injury.[6][7] They finished 5th at the 2009 U.S. Championships.

In the 2009–10 season, Castile and Okolski were 6th at 2009 Skate America. Their 4th-place finish at the 2010 U.S. Championships meant they did not make the U.S. team to the 2010 Winter Olympics. They announced their retirement from competitive skating in May 2010.[8]

In November 2010, Castile was cast on ABC's Skating with the Stars, partnered with Jonny Moseley.[9] Moseley sliced her finger in a practice accident.[10]

Castile is a coach and choreographer at the St. Clair Shores Figure Skating Club.[2]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–10 [1][11]	Samba Pa Ti by Carlos Santana	Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
2008–09 [11]	Memoirs of a Geisha (soundtrack) by John Williams	Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
2007–08 [12][3]	Scheherezade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	L'Arena (from Kill Bill: Volume 2) by Ennio Morricone
2006–07 [13]	Shine on You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd	Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell
2004–06 [14][11]	Anticipation by Luciani	Romeo and Juliet (soundtrack)
2003–04 [15]	Ave Maria	Romeo and Juliet

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

with Okolski

International[16]
Event	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10
Worlds					12th	11th
Four Continents			7th		5th	3rd
GP Bompard				6th		WD
GP Cup of China							WD
GP Cup of Russia				8th			WD
GP Skate America						WD		6th
Nebelhorn Trophy					1st	WD		4th
International: Junior[16]
Junior Worlds		9th
JGP Bulgaria		4th
JGP China			5th
JGP France			3rd
JGP Japan		3rd
JGP United States	6th
National[11]
U.S. Champ.	6th J	2nd J	7th	8th	1st	3rd	5th	4th
J=Junior level; WD=Withdrew

References

External links

• Official site
• Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski at the International Skating Union

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