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Kathryn "Katie" Orscher (born June 18, 1984) is an American figure skater who competed as a single skater and pair skater. With partner Garrett Lucash, she is the 2005 U.S. national champion and 2005 Four Continents bronze medalist.

Katie Orscher
Orscher and Lucash in 2004.
Personal information
Full name	Kathryn Orscher
Country represented	United States
Born	(1984-06-18) June 18, 1984 (age 38) Farmington, Connecticut
Home town	Glastonbury, Connecticut
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Former partner	Garrett Lucash
Former coach	Vadim Naumov Evgenia Shishkova
Former choreographer	Elena Petrenko Igor Shpilband
Skating club	Charter Oak FSC
Retired	April 5, 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	153.05 2005 Four Continents
Short program	56.15 2005 Four Continents
Free skate	98.23 2005 Worlds
Medal record Representing  United States Pairs Figure skating Four Continents Championships 2005 Hamilton Pairs

Personal life

Katie Orscher was born in Farmington, Connecticut and raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Career

Singles career

Orscher was originally a single skater. She won the junior bronze medal at the 2000 U.S. Championships. She retired from singles in November 2000 to compete in pairs.

Pairs career

From 2000 through 2006, she competed with partner Garrett Lucash. Lucash remembered her during his search for a partner and gave her a call. They both rotate clockwise. They trained in Simsbury, Connecticut.[1]

In 2005, Orscher and Lucash won the gold medal at the U.S. Championships. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents Championships. At the 2005 Worlds, their placement combined with that of Rena Inoue / John Baldwin earned the United States two entries to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In the summer of 2005, Orscher broke her foot, causing them to lose training time before the 2005-06 season. In January 2006 at the U.S Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, they were in first after the short program but dropped to third after the long program and missed the Olympic team by .66 points.

Orscher and Lucash announced their retirement from competitive skating in April 2006.[2]

Programs

(with Lucash)

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2005–2006 [3]	Egyptian Disco by DJ Disse	Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
2004–2005 [4][5]	Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore	Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
2003–2004 [6][5]	Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian	Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
2002–2003 [7][1]	Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil)	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian
2001–2002 [8]	Unchained Melody Mythos N DS Cosmo	The Black Stallion Returns by Georges Delerve

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Lucash

Results[3][4][6][7][8]
International
Event	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Worlds		16th	13th	12th
Four Continents	10th	6th	7th	3rd	5th
GP Cup of China					6th
GP Trophée Eric Bompard				5th
GP Skate America		7th	8th	6th
GP Skate Canada		7th	9th
Nebelhorn		3rd
National
U.S. Champ.	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd
GP = Grand Prix

Single skating

International
Event	1999–2000	2000–2001
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico		6th
Triglav Trophy	1st J.
National
U.S. Championships	3rd J.
J. = Junior level

References

External links

• Katie Orscher / Garrett Lucash at the International Skating Union

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