Katie Orscher Explained

Katie Orscher
Country:	United States
Fullname:	Kathryn Orscher
Birth Date:	18 June 1984
Birth Place:	Farmington, Connecticut
Hometown:	Glastonbury, Connecticut
Height:	1.58m (05.18feet)
Formerpartner:	Garrett Lucash
Formercoach:	Vadim Naumov Evgenia Shishkova
Formerchoreographer:	Elena Petrenko Igor Shpilband
Skating Club:	Charter Oak FSC
Retired:	April 5, 2006
Combined Total:	153.05
Combined Date:	2005 Four Continents
Sp Score:	56.15
Sp Date:	2005 Four Continents
Fs Score:	98.23
Fs Date:	2005 Worlds

Kathryn "Katie" Orscher (born June 18, 1984) is an American figure skater who competed as a single skater and pair skater. With partner Garrett Lucash, she is the 2005 U.S. national champion and 2005 Four Continents bronze medalist.

Personal life

Katie Orscher was born in Farmington, Connecticut and raised in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Career

Singles career

Orscher was originally a single skater. She won the junior bronze medal at the 2000 U.S. Championships. She retired from singles in November 2000 to compete in pairs.

Pairs career

From 2000 through 2006, she competed with partner Garrett Lucash. Lucash remembered her during his search for a partner and gave her a call. They both rotate clockwise. They trained in Simsbury, Connecticut.

In 2005, Orscher and Lucash won the gold medal at the U.S. Championships. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents Championships. At the 2005 Worlds, their placement combined with that of Rena Inoue / John Baldwin earned the United States two entries to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In the summer of 2005, Orscher broke her foot, causing them to lose training time before the 2005-06 season. In January 2006 at the U.S Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, they were in first after the short program but dropped to third after the long program and missed the Olympic team by .66 points.

Orscher and Lucash announced their retirement from competitive skating in April 2006.

Programs

(with Lucash)

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2005–2006	Egyptian Disco by DJ Disse	Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
2004–2005	Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore	Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
2003–2004	Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian	Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
2002–2003	Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil)	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian
2001–2002	Unchained Melody Mythos N DS Cosmo	The Black Stallion Returns by Georges Delerve

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Lucash

Results
International
Event	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
align=left			16th	13th	12th
align=left		10th	6th	7th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	5th
align=left						6th
align=left					5th
align=left			7th	8th	6th
align=left			7th	9th
align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
National
align=left		5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
GP = Grand Prix

Single skating

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International
Event	1999–2000	2000–2001
align=left			6th
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st J.
National
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd J.
J. = Junior level