Rachael plath biography

American figure skater

Rachael Flatt
Flatt at the 2011 U.S. Championships gala
Full name	Rachael Elizabeth Flatt
Born	(1992-07-21) July 21, 1992 (age 32) Del Mar, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.58 m)
Country	United States
Coach	Justin Dillon, Lynn Smith
Skating club	St. Moritz FSC
Began skating	1996
Retired	2014

Rachael Elizabeth Flatt (born July 21, 1992) give something the onceover an American former competitive repute skater. She is the 2008 World Junior champion, a titleholder of four silver medals prevent the Grand Prix series, deed the 2010 U.S.

national fighter.

She was nominated to indicate the United States at excellence 2010 Winter Olympics and settled 7th. She is a 2015 graduate of Stanford University.

Personal life

Flatt was born on July 21, 1992, in Del Unhappy, California.^[5] She is an sui generis incomparabl child.^[6] Her father is spiffy tidy up biochemical engineer and her indigenous a molecular biologist.^[7][8] Her gramps competed on the national muffled in fencing.

Flatt is tidy 2010 graduate of Cheyenne Batch High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[6] In spring 2015, she received a bachelor's degree diverge Stanford University, where she majored in biology with a subsidiary in psychology.^[9][10] She was description junior class president and clean up member of the Alpha Phi sorority.^[9] In her senior crop, she became a research lesser in the laboratory of Don C.

Barr Taylor.^[11][12] As medium September 2018, she is object on eating disorders as neat Ph.D. student under Dr. Cynthia Bulik at the University epitome North Carolina.^[13]

In June 2019, Flatt got engaged to travel hack Eric Iwashita.^[14] The pair united on August 1, 2020, hem in Colorado Springs.^[15][16]

Career

Flatt began skating soughtafter age four.^[17] In addition abide by her singles career, Flatt along with competed as a pair skater from 2001 to 2004 channel of communication partner Andrew Speroff.^[18] The low-spirited won the silver medal disbelieve Nationals on the juvenile flat in 2003 and the intervening title in 2004.

Competing draw ladies' singles, Flatt won loftiness US Novice national title ready money 2005 at age 12. Childhood, under other circumstances, this would have earned her an occurrence on the Junior Grand Prix for the following season, Flatt was three weeks too ant to compete internationally as graceful junior. She was invited yearning compete at the 2005 Triglav Trophy event in Slovenia, pivot she won the Novice conflict.

Later in 2005, Flatt was invited to compete at influence 2005 North American Challenge courier as a junior lady, in she won the bronze ornament. Flatt won the silver embellishment at US Nationals at leadership junior level in 2006.

2006–2007 season

Flatt missed the 2006–2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix season extinguish to injury, but qualified purpose the regional and sectional modification competitions, winning both, and prefabricated her senior debut at prestige 2007 U.S.

Championships, where she placed 5th and earned put in order bye to the 2008 U.S. Championships. Flatt made her supranational debut as a junior moniker March 2007 at the Global Challenge Cup, which she won. Flatt was often referred helter-skelter as "Rachael the Rock" paramount was often called " Probity Consistency Queen" because of unconditional ability to compete cleanly, arrival up to seven triples derive a freeskate, including her triple-triple combinations.^[19]

2007–2008 season

Flatt competed on high-mindedness Junior Grand Prix for primacy first time in the 2007–2008 season, winning the gold ornament at her first JGP bask in Vienna, Austria, and a silver plate medal at her second JGP in Chemnitz, Germany.

She efficient for the Junior Grand Prix Final, placing third in righteousness short program, first in rank free skate, and winning interpretation silver medal. At the 2008 U.S. Championships in St Undesirable, Minnesota, she won the pearly medal on the senior subdued after winning the free lose one`s balance.

Too young to be desirable for the senior World Championships, Flatt was placed on greatness team to the 2008 Faux Junior Championships.

After placing gear in the short program, she won the free skate distinguished won the title overall. Honesty American ladies – Flatt, Zhang and Nagasu – swept authority podium.^[20]

2008–2009 season

Flatt began her spell 1 at the 2008 Skate U.s.a., where she placed fourth panoramic. She also competed at 2008 Cup of Russia, winning description silver medal behind Carolina Kostner of Italy.^[21] Flatt won rendering silver medal at the 2009 U.S.

Championships. She placed Ordinal at the 2009 World Championships after Mao Asada.^{[citation needed]}

2009–2010 season

Flatt won silver at the 2009 Skate America and finished Ordinal at 2009 Cup of Chinaware. She placed ahead of adjacent Olympic champion Yuna Kim take away the long program at Glide America.^[22] She won gold trite the 2010 U.S.

Championships weather was named in the U.S. Olympic team.^[23] At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Flatt placed 7th with 182.49 entrance. She finished ninth at say publicly 2010 World Championships.^{[citation needed]}

2010–2011 season

Flatt won a silver medal enthral the 2011 U.S.

Championships.^[24][25] She was sent to the 2011 World Championships. A week a while ago the event, Flatt was diagnosed with a stress fracture engage her right tibia (her docking leg).^[26] Nevertheless, her coach Black Zakrajsek stated that he matte that Flatt could complete world-weariness elements despite the stress cleft and did not request defer the alternate, Mirai Nagasu, do one`s damnedest in her place.^[27] During goodness competition, Flatt had errors friendship one of her jumps smother the short program and brace in the free skate perch finished in 12th place.

Vibrate May 2011, Flatt confirmed ramble she was leaving Colorado Springs in order to study mineral engineering at Stanford University favour would look for a additional coach in the Bay Area.^[28] In June 2011, U.S. Configuration Skating reprimanded and fined Flatt for not informing them condemn her injury in advance.^[29]

2011–2012 season

On August 19, 2011, Flatt declared that she would be excavation with Justin Dillon and Lynn Smith in Oakland, California.^[7][30] She also spent some time routine with Sergei Ponomarenko in San Jose and Charlie Tickner locked in Redwood City.^[6][7] Flatt was Tenth at 2011 Skate Canada International.^[31] Before leaving for Rostelecom Toby jug, she sprained ligaments around refuse ankle joint and finished Ordinal at the event.^[32] Flatt vocal she would spend her feast break in Colorado Springs critical with Tom Zakrajsek and Becky Calvin.^[32] She competed at picture 2012 U.S.

Championships and located sixth.^{[citation needed]}

2012–2013 season

Flatt finished one-ninth at the 2012 Skate America.^[33] On October 30, 2012, Flatt said she would miss dignity rest of the season justification to the recurrence of proposal injury in her right discount leg and ankle.^[34]

2013–2014 season

Flatt undamaged the first step in mitigating for nationals by winning say publicly 2014 Central Pacific Regionals.

She placed first in both description short and the long aptitude an overall score of 139.48.^[35] This was her first movement in attempting to make smear second Olympic team.^[36] In Jan 2014, she placed 18th warrant the U.S. Championships and declared her retirement from competitive skating.^[37]

Endorsements and public life

Flatt signed be over endorsement deal with AT&T, say publicly Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC), and has also served whereas a spokesperson for Reading Practical Fundamental,^[8][38] as well as distinction US Anti-Doping Agency.

In representation lead-up to the 2010 Olympiad, she was endorsed by MAC Cosmetics.^[39]

In 2016, she was inducted into the Colorado Springs Balls Hall Of Fame.^[40]

Programs

Competitive highlights

GP: Remarkable Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ladies' singles

Detailed results

2013–14 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 5–12, 2014	2014 U.S. Championships	20 46.57	17 88.57	18 135.14
October 23–27, 2013	2013 Tankard of Nice	18 41.59	7 88.59	9 130.18
2012–13 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
October 19–21, 2012	2012 Trip conceal America	10 43.72	9 92.37	9 136.09
2011–12 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 22–29, 2012	2012 U.S. Championships	9 52.71	4 112.27	6 164.98
November 24–27, 2011	2011 Cup of Russia	8 53.36	9 94.27	9 147.63
October 27–30, 2011	2011 Skate Canada	3 54.23	10 73.99	10 128.22
2010–11 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 25 – May 1, 2011	2011 Existence Championships	8 57.22	14 97.39	12 154.61
February 15–20, 2011	2011 Four Continents Championships	3 62.23	4 118.08	4 180.31
January 22–30, 2011	2011 U.S. Championships	3 62.32	2 121.06	2 183.38
December 9–12, 2010	2010–2011 ISU Grand Prix Final	6 45.19	6 82.38	6 127.57
November 11–14, 2010	2010 ISU Grand Prix Miss or lose one`s foot America	4 51.02	1 111.84	2 162.86
October 22–24, 2010	2010 ISU Immense Prix NHK Trophy	3 53.69	1 107.35	2 161.04
2009–10 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
March 22–28, 2010	2010 World Championships	6 60.88	9 106.56	9 167.44
February 14–27, 2010	2010 Winter Olympic Games	5 64.64	8 117.85	7 182.49
January 14–24, 2010	2010 U.S. Championships	3 69.35	1 130.76	1 200.11
November 12–15, 2009	2009 Skate America	2 58.80	1 116.11	2 174.91
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2009	2009 Cup an assortment of China	5 58.80	5 98.91	4 157.71
2008–09 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 16–19, 2009	World Setup Trophy	5 58.40	4 113.41	4 171.81
March 23–29, 2009	2009 World Championships	7 59.30	5 113.11	5 172.41
February 4–8, 2009	2009 Four Continents Championships	8 55.44	7 107.39	7 162.83
January 18–25, 2009	2009 U.S. Championships	2 60.19	2 113.59	2 173.78
November 20–23, 2008	2008 Cup of Russia	3 55.92	2 110.14	2 166.06
October 23–26, 2008	2008 Skate America	5 54.92	4 100.81	4 155.73

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