Charlotte Lichtman

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Charlotte Lichtman
Lichtman & Copely at the 2010–2011 JGP Final
Born	(1993-03-26) March 26, 1993 (age 31) Detroit, Michigan
Hometown	Northville, Michigan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Coach	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Skating club	Arctic FSC
Began skating	1999

Charlotte Lichtman (born March 26, 1993, in Detroit) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Dean Copely, she is the 2011 World Junior bronze medalist and U.S. Junior champion.

Career

Charlotte Lichtman began skating in 1999.^[1] She was a singles skater until the age of 14 and competed up to the novice level.^[2] She teamed up with Dean Copely after the 2008 Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championships.^[3] They trained in Canton, Michigan with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva. They began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series during the 2009–10 season.

Lichtman and Copely won gold and bronze medals on the 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and qualified for the JGP Final where they finished 5th. They won the U.S. Junior Championships.^[4] At Junior Worlds they won a bronze medal.^[5]

Lichtman and Copely announced the end of their partnership on April 27, 2012.^[6]

Programs

(with Copely)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2011–2012 ^[1]	Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps by Doris Day	Austin Powers
2010–2011 ^[7]	That's Amore An Evening in Rome by Dean Martin	Beetlejuice: The Book Travel Music Obituaries Main Title by Danny Elfman
	Original dance
2009–2010 ^[8]	Georgian folk: Lezginka Suliko	Limelight by Charlie Chaplin
2008–2009 ^[9]	Crazy for You by George Gershwin: I've Got Rhythm Embraceable You	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner

Competitive highlights

(with Copely)

Results^[10]
International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
GP Cup of China				7th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			3rd
JGP Final			5th
JGP Austria			1st
JGP Croatia		4th
JGP Germany			3rd
JGP Hungary		8th
National
U.S. Championships	9th J.	8th J.	1st J.	10th
Pacific Coast Sectionals	2nd J.	1st J.
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level

References

^ ^a ^b "Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ Mittan, Barry (September 28, 2009). "Canton's Copely Channels Chaplin with Charlotte Lichtman". SkateToday.
^ Walker, Elvin (February 27, 2011). "Lichtman and Copely hungry for another podium". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
^ Walker, Elvin (January 26, 2011). "Copely takes Lichtman to the dark side and to a gold medal". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
^ Flade, Tatiana (March 4, 2011). "Monko and Khaliavin capture gold". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
^ "Lichtman, Copely end four-year dance partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. Ice Network. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
^ "Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
^ "Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
^ "Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely". Ice Network. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012.
^ "Competition Results: Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY". International Skating Union.

External links

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Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely at the International Skating Union
Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely Archived September 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at Icenetwork

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