Emily Bratti (born June 11, 2002) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Ian Somerville, she competed in the final segment at the 2022 Four Continents Championships.
Emily Bratti | |
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Personal information | |
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Born | (2002-06-11) June 11, 2002 (age 20) Washington, D.C. |
Home town | McLean, Virginia |
Residence | Canton, Michigan |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Partner | Ian Somerville |
Former partner | Mathieu Couyras |
Coach | Greg Zuerlein Charlie White Tanith White Dmytri Ilin |
Former coach | Alexei Kiliakov Elena Novak Ramil Sarkulov |
Choreographer | Greg Zuerlein Charlie White |
Former choreographer | Elena Novak |
Skating club | Washington FSC |
Training locations | Canton, Michigan |
Former training locations | Leesburg, Virginia Rockville, Maryland Wheaton, Maryland |
Began skating | 2007 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 179.14 2022 Skate Canada International |
Short dance | 71.61 2022 CS Ice Challenge |
Free dance | 108.29 2022 Skate Canada International |
Bratti previously represented France internationally with her former skating partner, Mathieu Couyras.
Bratti was born on June 11, 2002, in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Virginia and Michael Bratti. She has an older brother named Peter. Bratti graduated from Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in 2020 and is a student at the University of Michigan as of 2022. She was previously a competitive diver.[1]
Bratti began skating in 2007.[2] She competed one season in 2019–20 with Mathieu Couyras for France, including at two Junior Grand Prix events.[3]
In the summer of 2021, Bratti teamed up with Ian Somerville, who she had known for three years while he trained at the same facility with a different partner. They moved to train with Charlie White and Greg Zuerlein at the newly opened Michigan Ice Dance Academy in Canton, Michigan.[4]
Bratti/Somerville made their international debut on the Challenger series at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, finishing eighth. They went on to place fifth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[5] At their senior national debut at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville were fifth.[6] This placement earned them an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where they also finished fifth. Somerville said he looked forward to the off-season and having more time to improve the partnership.[7]
Bratti/Somerville began the season at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, coming in fourth.[5] They were fourth as well at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy.[8] Invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, the team finished in sixth place.[9]
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2022–2023 [10] |
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2021–2022 [2] |
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Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2019–2020 [3] |
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix; USCS: U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series
International[5] | ||
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Event | 21–22 | 22–23 |
Four Continents | 5th | |
GP Skate Canada | 6th | |
CS Cup of Austria | 8th | 1st |
CS Golden Spin | 5th | |
CS Lombardia | 4th | |
Lake Placid IDI | 4th | |
National[5] | ||
U.S. Champ. | 5th | |
USCS Minnesota | 1st | |
TBD = Assigned |
International: Junior[11] | |
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Event | 2019–20 |
JGP Croatia | 14th |
JGP U.S. | 10th |
Lake Placid IDI | 7th |
National[11] | |
French Junior | 5th |