Emily Bratti | ||||||
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![]() Bratti & Somerville at the 2024 World Championships | ||||||
Born | Washington, D.C. | June 11, 2002|||||
Hometown | Canton, Michigan | |||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||
Figure skating career | ||||||
Country | ![]() (since 2021) ![]() | |||||
Discipline | Ice dance | |||||
Partner | Ian Somerville | |||||
Coach | Greg Zuerlein Charlie White Tanith White | |||||
Skating club | Washington FSC | |||||
Began skating | 2007 | |||||
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Emily Bratti (born June 11, 2002) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Ian Somerville, she is the 2024 U.S. national bronze medalist and competed in the final segment at the 2022 Four Continents Championships.
Bratti previously represented France internationally with her former skating partner, Mathieu Couyras.
Bratti was born on June 11, 2002, in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Virginia and Michael Bratti. She has a brother named Peter. Bratti graduated from Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in 2020 and is a student at the University of Michigan as of 2022. She was previously a competitive diver. [1]
Bratti began skating in 2007. [2] She competed one season in 2019–20 with Mathieu Couyras for France, including at two Junior Grand Prix events. [3]
In the summer of 2021, Bratti teamed up with Ian Somerville, who she had known for three years while he trained at the same facility with a different partner. They moved to train with Charlie White and Greg Zuerlein at the newly opened Michigan Ice Dance Academy in Canton, Michigan. [4]
Bratti/Somerville made their international debut on the Challenger series at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, finishing eighth. They went on to place fifth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. [5] At their senior national debut at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville were fifth. [6] This placement earned them an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where they also finished fifth. Somerville said he looked forward to the off-season and having more time to improve the partnership. [7]
Bratti and Somerville's summer training was disrupted in June after a fall in a lift resulted in Bratti fracturing a bone in her face and requiring three root canal surgeries to repair damage to her teeth. Eventually they resumed training, though they did not attempt lifts again for over a month afterward. [8]
Bratti/Somerville began the season at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, coming in fourth. [5] They were fourth as well at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy. [9] Invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, the team finished in sixth place. [10] They won the gold medal at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, their first Challenger title. [11]
Finishing the season at the 2023 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville placed fifth for the second consecutive year. [5]
On the Challenger circuit, Bratti/Somerville came fourth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy. [5] On the Grand Prix, they were sixth at the 2023 Cup of China. [12] They were sixth as well at the 2023 NHK Trophy, with new personal bests in both the free dance and overall. [13]
In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, U.S. Figure Skating opted to name the team for the Four Continents Championships in advance, as they were to be held the week following the national championships. Bratti/Somerville were not included among the entries or as alternates. [14] They would later admit to having found this "pretty disappointing." [15] At the national championship in Columbus, they came fourth in the rhythm dance. Bratti/Somerville then surprised by placing third in the free dance, aided by errors by Green/Parsons, who had been ahead of them after the first segment. This result moved them up to third overall and they received the bronze medal. They had the second-best technical mark in the free dance. Both said they were "in shock" as to the result. [16]
Following their unexpected third-place at the national championship, Bratti/Somerville were named to the American team for the 2024 World Championships in Montreal. Bratti said that their goal was "to show that we belong there and that we should be belonging there in the future, too," while Somerville hoped to "show the joy and energy and excitement of our programs, and show the maturity of the free dance and how far we’ve come as artists." [15] In the rhythm dance in Montreal, the team had a fall at the end of their program, as a result of which they placed twenty-third in the segment, missing qualification to the free dance. Bratti said she was "extremely disappointed" with the error, but otherwise that she felt the program was " the best we've ever skated, and we'll definitely take this as a learning experience going forward." [17]
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2023–2024 [18] |
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2022–2023 [19] |
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2021–2022 [2] |
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Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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2019–2020 [3] |
Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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World Championships | 23rd | |||
Four Continents | 5th | |||
U.S. Championships | 5th | 5th | 3rd | |
GP Cup of China | 6th | TBD | ||
GP France | TBD | |||
GP NHK Trophy | 6th | |||
GP Skate Canada | 6th | |||
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 5th | |||
CS Ice Challenge | 8th | 1st | ||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 4th | 4th | ||
Lake Placid Ice Dance | 4th |
Season | 2019–20 |
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JGP Croatia | 14th |
JGP United States | 10th |
Lake Placid Ice Dance | 7th |
French Championships | 5th |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 183.43 | 2023 NHK Trophy |
Rhythm dance | TSS | 71.61 | 2022 CS Ice Challenge |
TES | 41.20 | 2022 Skate Canada International | |
PCS | 31.50 | 2023 NHK Trophy | |
Free dance | TSS | 111.96 | 2023 NHK Trophy |
TES | 63.04 | 2023 NHK Trophy | |
PCS | 48.92 | 2023 NHK Trophy | |
Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Nov 11–14, 2021 | ![]() | 7 | 67.18 | 9 | 99.65 | 8 | 166.83 |
Dec 7–11, 2021 | ![]() | 5 | 68.90 | 5 | 103.34 | 5 | 172.24 |
Jan 3–9, 2022 | ![]() | 6 | 76.70 | 6 | 111.28 | 5 | 187.98 |
Jan 18–23, 2022 | ![]() | 6 | 67.72 | 5 | 101.82 | 5 | 169.54 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Jul 26–29, 2022 | ![]() | 4 | 68.63 | 3 | 104.72 | 4 | 173.35 |
Sep 16–19, 2022 | ![]() | 4 | 67.79 | 5 | 102.75 | 4 | 170.54 |
Oct 28–30, 2022 | ![]() | 6 | 70.85 | 6 | 108.29 | 6 | 179.14 |
Nov 9–13, 2022 | ![]() | 1 | 71.61 | 1 | 107.46 | 1 | 179.07 |
Jan 23–29, 2023 | ![]() | 6 | 75.91 | 6 | 113.93 | 5 | 189.84 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 8–10, 2023 | ![]() | 5 | 68.19 | 5 | 109.47 | 4 | 177.66 |
Nov 10–12, 2023 | ![]() | 5 | 71.17 | 7 | 108.22 | 6 | 179.39 |
Nov 24–26, 2023 | ![]() | 6 | 71.47 | 6 | 111.96 | 6 | 183.43 |
Jan 22–28, 2024 | ![]() | 4 | 78.14 | 3 | 118.80 | 3 | 196.94 |
Mar 18–24, 2024 | ![]() | 23 | 65.21 | – | – | 23 | 65.21 |
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