Emily Samuelson

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::summary American ice dancer ::

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Field	Value
name	Emily Samuelson
image	Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates Banquet 2008 Junior Worlds.jpg
caption	Samuelson and Bates in 2008.
country
birth_date
birth_place	Southfield, Michigan
height
partner	Todd Gilles, Evan Bates
coach	Choreographers:
skating club	Ann Arbor FSC (trained at Ann Arbor and Canton, Michigan)
beganskating	1995
show-medals	yes
medaltemplates
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Emily Samuelson (born May 14, 1990) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Evan Bates, she is the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2008 World Junior champion, and the 2009 U.S. national silver medalist. The duo competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Samuelson later skated with Todd Gilles.

Personal life

Emily Samuelson was born in Southfield, Michigan. Due to her father's job, she also lived in Europe as a child. She was selected for the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Scholastics Honors Team and graduated from Novi High School in spring 2008. In 2013, she received a degree in international studies, with a focus on political economy and development, from the University of Michigan. As of 2016, she is a financial advisor at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Michigan.

Early years

Emily Samuelson began skating in autumn 1995 after being inspired by a skater she saw while vacationing with her family in Switzerland. She competed in single skating through the intermediate level and tested up to the novice level in the USFSA testing structure. At the age of nine, she began learning ice dancing at the suggestion of her coach, Karen Lingenfelter, who paired Samuelson with her son, Kurt. The two skated together for a few months.

Partnership with Bates

Juvenile to novice

Samuelson teamed up with Evan Bates in May 2000 following the suggestion of their coach, Gary Clark. In the 2000–01 season, competing on the juvenile level, they won the pewter medal at their regional championship. This qualified them for the 2000–01 U.S. Junior Championships, where they won the bronze medal. Moving up to the intermediate level in the 2001–02 season, they won the silver medal at their regional championship. At the 2001–02 U.S. Junior Championships, they won the intermediate national title.

In the 2002–03 season, Samuelson/Bates moved up to the novice level. They competed internationally for the first time through the North American Challenge Skate program. They placed 10th on the novice level at the event in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They won the pewter medal at their regional championship to qualify for their sectional championship. At their sectional championship, they placed 6th and did not qualify for the 2003 U.S. Championships. Remaining as novices in the 2003–04 season, Samuelson/Bates won their regional championship to qualify for their sectional championship, where they won the silver medal. This qualified them for the 2004 U.S. Championships on the novice level. At nationals, they won the bronze medal. Their placement at nationals earned them a trip to the Estonia International Ice Dancing Championships on the novice level, where they won the silver medal. In the 2004–05 season, competing in their third season as novices, Samuelson/Bates won the silver medal at their regional championship and won their sectional championship to qualify for the 2005 U.S. Championships. At nationals, they won the novice title.

Junior career: World Junior champion and second Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists

In the 2005–06 season, Samuelson/Bates moved up to the junior level. Their made their debut on the ISU Junior Grand Prix. At the 2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Slovakia, they placed 6th in the compulsory dance, 10th in the original dance, and 6th in the free dance to place 8th overall. At the event in Sofia, Bulgaria, they placed 5th in all three segments of the competition and overall. They won their sectional championship to qualify for the 2006 U.S. Championships, where they won the silver medal on the junior level. This medal qualified them for a trip to the 2006 Junior Worlds, where they placed 10th.

In the 2006–07 season, Samuelson/Bates remained on the junior level. They competed on the 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix. At their event in Mexico, they won all three segments of the competitions and won the gold medal overall. At their event in Taipei, they placed second in the compulsory dance and won the original and free dances to win the gold medal overall. These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they placed second behind training mates Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell. Qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final had given them a bye to the 2007 U.S. Championships. Competing again against the Hubbells, Samuelson/Bates won the junior national title. They were placed on the team to the 2007 World Junior Championships. At Junior Worlds, they were in second place going into the free dance. However, they were forced to withdraw from the competition in the middle of their free dance due to injury. Samuelson fell shortly into the program, and Bates, in an effort to avoid colliding with her head, leaped over her and landed on Samuelson's left hand, and wound up severing the tendon in her middle finger. Their withdrawal, combined with the placement of the other American teams, meant the U.S. would only have two entries to the 2008 Junior Worlds.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Samuelson_&_Bates_2007_JGP_USA_CD.jpg" caption="Samuelson and Bates perform the Viennese Waltz compulsory dance at the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix event in Lake Placid, New York"] ::

In 2007–08, Samuelson/Bates remained juniors internationally, but moved up to seniors nationally. They began their season on the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix. Skating with a minor knee injury at their first Junior Grand Prix event, in Lake Placid, Samuelson/Bates won all three segments of the competition to win the gold medal overall. At their second event, they won both the compulsory and original dances, but placed second in the free dance, to win the gold medal overall. These medals qualified them for the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final and also earned them a bye to the 2008 U.S. Championships. At the Junior Grand Prix Final, they placed third in the compulsory dance and second in the original and free dances to win the silver medal overall. At the U.S. Championships, Samuelson/Bates made their senior national debut. They placed fourth in the compulsory and original dances. In the free dance, Samuelson/Bates fell during a lift that had been inserted into the program for the senior program due to the different requirements between junior and senior level free dances. They placed 6th in the free dance and won the pewter medal, continuing their medal streak at the U.S. Championships. Their placement at the U.S. Championships earned them a trip to the 2008 World Junior Championships. At Junior Worlds, they won all three segments of the competition and won the title overall.

Senior career: Four Continents bronze

In the 2008–09 season, Samuelson/Bates moved up to the senior level internationally. Their first international competition of the season was the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. They placed second in the compulsory dance and won both the original and free dances to win the title overall. They made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Skate America, where they placed 5th in the compulsory dance, fourth in the original dance, and third in the free dance, to place fourth overall. At their second Grand Prix event, the 2008 NHK Trophy, they placed third in the compulsory dance and fourth in the original and free dances to win the bronze medal. At the 2009 U.S. Championships, they placed second in all three segments of the competition, and won the silver medal overall. It was their sixth consecutive medal at the U.S. Championships. This medal qualified them for the teams to the 2009 Four Continents and the 2009 World Championships. At the Four Continents, they placed fourth in the compulsory dance and then third in the original and free dances to win the bronze medal overall. At the World Championships, they placed 13th in the compulsory dance, 11th in the original dance, and 9th in the free dance to place 11th overall.

Samuelson/Bates had an up and down season in 2009–10, failing to medal in their two Grand Prix appearances but finishing 11th at their first Olympics and 9th at Worlds. On April 28, 2010, they announced that they would be leaving long-time coaches Yuri Chesnichenko and Yaroslava Nechaeva to train with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan. In September 2010, Bates suffered a complete laceration of his Achilles tendon after Samuelson hit him with her skate blade as she came down from a lift. They missed the entire 2010–11 season as a result. In June 2011, it was reported that they had ended their partnership. On June 28, 2011, Samuelson and Bates confirmed that they had split and said that they were both looking for new partners.

Partnership with Gilles

On August 22, 2011, Samuelson announced that she would be skating with Todd Gilles. In September, they revealed they would train in Ann Arbor, Michigan, coached by Nechaeva and Chesnichenko with choreography by Tom Dickson and Christopher Dean. In November 2011, they competed in their first event together, the 2011 Cup of China, where they finished 8th. At the time, they had been skating together for approximately two months, and had had their programs choreographed one month earlier. Samuelson and Gilles confirmed the end of their partnership in June 2012.

Programs

Ice dance with Todd Gilles

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/2011_Cup_of_China_Emily_Samuelson_Todd_Gilles.jpg" caption="Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles in 2011."] ::

::data[format=table] | Season | Short dance | Free dance | 2011–12 | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | ::

Ice dance with Evan Bates

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/2008_Skate_America_Emily_SAMUELSON_Evan_BATES.jpg" caption="Samuelson and Bates perform their original dance at the 2008 Skate America."] ::

::data[format=table] | Season | Original dance | Free dance | Exhibition | 2001–2002 | 2002–2003 | 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | 2007–2008 | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Todd Gilles

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series |level=senior|ref= |season1=2011–12 | |

Ice dance with Evan Bates

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/2008_WJC_Ice_Dancing_Podium.jpg" caption="2008 World Junior Championships]]"] ::

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
WD – Withdrew from competition
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Detailed results

Ice dance with Evan Bates

Senior level

|season=2007–08|icedance=CD/OD/FD|ref= |Jan 20–27, 2008|USA 2008 U.S. Championships|CDplace1=4|CDscore1=34.00|4|57.62|6|83.54|4|175.16|pewter1=yes |season=2008–09|icedance=CD/OD/FD|ref= |Sep 25–29, 2008|GER 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy|CDplace1=2|CDscore1=34.53|1|53.36|1|88.26|1|176.15 |Oct 23–26, 2008|USA 2008 Skate America|CDplace2=5|CDscore2=31.81|4|55.01|3|88.84|4|175.66 |Nov 27–30, 2008|JPN 2008 NHK Trophy|CDplace3=3|CDscore3=32.18|4|50.92|4|78.35|3|161.45 |Jan 18–25, 2009|USA 2009 U.S. Championships|CDplace4=2|CDscore4=36.28|2|56.97|2|88.39|2|181.64 |Feb 2–8, 2009|CAN 2009 Four Continents Championships|CDplace5=4|CDscore5=31.41|3|59.48|3|89.90|3|180.79 |Mar 23–29, 2009|USA 2009 World Championships|CDplace6=13|CDscore6=32.51|11|54.97|9|87.28|11|174.76 |season=2009–10|icedance=CD/OD/FD|ref= |Oct 15–18, 2009|FRA 2009 Trophée Éric Bompard|CDplace1=4|CDscore1=31.11|6|46.55|5|80.41|4|158.07 |Nov 19–22, 2009|CAN 2009 Skate Canada International|CDplace2=4|CDscore2=31.47|3|51.49|5|77.80|5|160.76 |Jan 14–24, 2010|USA 2010 U.S. Championships|CDplace3=4|CDscore3=37.36|3|59.60|3|93.73|3|190.69 |Feb 19–22, 2010|CAN 2010 Winter Olympics|CDplace4=14|CDscore4=31.37|11|53.99|11|88.94|11|174.30 |Mar 22–28, 2010|ITA 2010 World Championships|CDplace5=10|CDscore5=32.61|10|52.79|10|83.37|9|168.77

Junior level

|season=2005–06|icedance=CD/OD/FD|ref= |Mar 6–12, 2005|SVK 2005 JGP Slovakia|CDplace1=6|CDscore1=27.51|10|34.30|6|64.15|8|125.96 |Sep 29–Oct 2, 2005|BUL 2005 JGP Bulgaria|CDplace2=5|CDscore2=30.13|5|43.42|5|67.13|5|140.68 |Jan 7–15, 2006|USA 2006 U.S. Championships|CDplace3=2|CDscore3=32.94|2|51.07|2|76.23|2|160.24 |Mar 6–12, 2006|SLO 2006 World Junior Championships|CDplace4=10|CDscore4=27.28|10|43.91|11|62.97|10|134.16 |season=2006–07|icedance=CD/OD/FD|ref= |Sep 12–17, 2006|MEX 2006 JGP Mexico|CDplace1=1|CDscore1=32.33|1|52.32|1|71.10|1|155.75 |Oct 11–14, 2006|TPE 2006 JGP Chinese Taipei|CDplace2=2|CDscore2=30.33|1|51.38|1|72.00|1|153.71 |Dec 7–10, 2006|BUL 2006–07 Junior Grand Prix Final|CDplace3=3|CDscore3=31.24|2|50.11|2|70.63|2|151.98 |Jan 21–28, 2007|USA 2007 U.S. Championships|CDplace4=1|CDscore4=35.75|2|50.63|1|81.27|1|167.65 |Feb 26–Mar 4, 2007|GER 2007 World Junior Championships|CDplace5=4|CDscore5=31.18|2|53.98|WD||WD| |season=2007–08|icedance=CD/OD/FD|ref= |Aug 30–Sep 2, 2007|USA 2007 JGP United States|CDplace1=1|CDscore1=30.76|1|51.72|1|72.94|1|155.42 |Sep 12–15, 2007|AUT 2007 JGP Austria|CDplace2=1|CDscore2=34.38|2|51.73|1|85.73|1|171.84 |Dec 6–9, 2007|POL 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final|CDplace3=3|CDscore3=31.70|2|55.66|2|84.49|2|171.85 |Feb 25–Mar 2, 2008|BUL 2008 World Junior Championships|CDplace4=1|CDscore4=35.11|1|57.84|1|88.71|1|181.66

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