Dean Copely

Dean Copely

Lichtman & Copely at the 2010–2011 JGP Final
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	August 28, 1989 (1989-08-28) (age 22) Fort Myers, Florida
Residence	Canton, Michigan
Partner	Charlotte Lichtman
Former partner	Anastasia Cannuscio
Coach	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Skating club	All Year FCS
Current training locations	Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1993
World standing	20 (As of 17 June 2011 (2011 -06-17)[update])[1]
Season's bests	22 (2010–2011)[2] 53 (2009–2010)[3]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	133.36 2011 Junior Worlds
Short dance:	55.28 2011 Junior Worlds
Free dance	78.08 2011 Junior Worlds

Dean Copely (born August 28, 1989 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American ice dancer who competes with Charlotte Lichtman. They are the 2011 World Junior bronze medalists and U.S. Junior champions.

Career

Dean Copely began skating in 1993.^[4] He was initially a singles skater and competed at intermediate level, coached by Priscilla Hill for six years.^[5] He began dabbling in ice dancing at the age of 12 when he teamed up with Rachel Siegel and competed with her on the juvenile level, as well as with Ashley Foy.^[5] He also briefly competed in juvenile pair skating with Meredith Pipkin.^[5]

Copely skated in novice and junior ice dance with Anastasia Cannuscio for two years until April 2008 when he decided to move to Canton, Michigan.^[5] He teamed up with Charlotte Lichtman after the 2008 Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championships.^[6] They train in Canton 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.^[7] At Junior Worlds they won a bronze medal.^[8]

Personal life

His sister, Katherine Copely, is also a competitive ice dancer.^[6]

Programs

(with Lichtman)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2011–2012	Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps by Doris Day	TBD Dark Eyes
2010–2011	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	Georgian folk: Lezginka Suliko	Limelight by Charlie Chaplin
2008-2009	I've Got Rhythm & Embraceable You from Crazy for You by George Gershwin	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner

Competitive highlights

Ice Dance

(with Cannuscio)

Event	2007
U.S. Championships	3rd N.

(with Lichtman)

Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011-12
World Junior Championships			3rd
U.S. Championships	9th J.	8th J.	1st J.
Cup of China				7th
Junior Grand Prix Final			5th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany			3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Austria			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia		4th
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary		8th
Pacific Coast Sectionals	2nd J.	1st J.

• J = Junior level

References

1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 17, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsdance.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
2. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
3. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 26, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
4. ^ Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely at the International Skating Union
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Mittan, Barry (September 28, 2009). "Canton’s Copely Channels Chaplin with Charlotte Lichtman". SkateToday. http://www.skatetoday.com/2009/09/28/cantons-copely-channels-chaplin-with-charlotte-lichtman/. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Walker, Elvin (February 27, 2011). "Lichtman and Copely hungry for another podium". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/022711.shtml. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 
7. ^ Walker, Elvin (January 26, 2011). "Copely takes Lichtman to the dark side and to a gold medal". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/us_jr_fd.shtml. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 
8. ^ Flade, Tatiana (March 4, 2011). "Monko and Khaliavin capture gold". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/jw_fd.shtml. Retrieved April 9, 2011. 

External links

• Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely at the International Skating Union
• Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely at Icenetwork

Persondata
Name	Copely, Dean
Alternative names
Short description	American ice dancer
Date of birth	August 28, 1989
Place of birth	Fort Myers, Florida
Date of death
Place of death