Colette Appel (born July 22, 1986) is an American former pair skater. With Lee Harris, she is the 2002 U.S. national junior champion and placed 12th at the 2002 World Junior Championships. They were fourth at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and on the senior level at the 2003 Finlandia Trophy.
| Colette Appel | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | (1986-07-22) July 22, 1986 (age 36) Hartford, Connecticut |
| Former partner | Lee Harris, Adam Kaplan |
| Former coach | Johnny Johns, Mitch Moyer, Kathy Collings |
| Former choreographer | Zuzanna Szwed, Julie Marcotte |
| Former training locations | Newington, Connecticut |
| Began skating | 1990 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Earlier in her career, Appel competed with Adam Kaplan. They were the 1998 U.S. pairs champions on the Intermediate level and the 1999 U.S. silver medalists on the novice level. From 2011 to 2013, Appel was an athlete member of the U.S. Figure Skating Pairs Committee. She received her Bachelor degrees in Psychology and also in Liberal Studies: Teaching and Learning from California State University Channel Islands.
With Harris
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2005–2006 [1] |
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| 2001–2002 [2] |
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With Harris
| Results[2] | |||||
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| International | |||||
| Event | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 |
| Finlandia Trophy | 4th | ||||
| International: Junior | |||||
| World Junior Championships | 12th | ||||
| JGP Serbia | 4th | ||||
| JGP Slovakia | 4th | ||||
| National | |||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st J. | 3rd J. | 15th | 11th | 12th |
| J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix | |||||
With Kaplan
| Event | 1998 | 1999 |
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| U.S. Championships | 1st I. | 1st N. |
| Levels: I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice | ||