Katie Orscher

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Katie Orscher
Personal Info
Country: Flag of the United States United States
Date of birth: June 18, 1984 (1984-06-18) (age 23)
Residence: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Height: 158 cm / 5'2"
Partner: Garrett Lucash
Coach: Vadim Naumov,
Evgenia Shishkova
Skating Club: Charter Oak FSC
Retired: April 5, 2006
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total: 153.05 2005 Four CC
Short Program: 56.15 2005 Four CC
Free Skate: 98.23 2005 Worlds

Kathryn "Katie" Orscher (born June 18, 1984 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. With partner Garrett Lucash, she is the 2005 U.S. national champion.

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[edit] Biography

Orscher was originally a single skater. She retired from singles in November 2000 to compete in pairs. The highlight of her singles career was winning the bronze medal in the Junior level at the 2000 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Her pairs partner since 2000 has been Garrett Lucash. The team was brought together because Garrett was searching for a new partner, and he remembered Katie. They are both clockwise skaters and only a small portion of skaters skate in that direction. They skate at the ISCC in Simsbury, Connecticut.

In 2005, they won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The 2005-2006 season was a difficult one for them as Katie broke her foot over the summer and they missed a great deal of training time going into their most important season ever. In January 2006 at the US National Championships in St. Louis, MO they led the pack in Pairs after the short program. After the long program, they dropped to third and missed out on making the US Olympic team by .66 points.

Orscher and Lucash retired from competitive skating in 2006.

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Lucash)


Event 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006
World Championships 16th 13th 12th
Four Continents Championships 10th 6th 7th 3rd 5th
U.S. Championships 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd
Cup of China 6th
Trophee Eric Bompard 5th
Skate America 7th 8th 6th
Skate Canada 7th 9th
Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd


(singles)

Event 1999-2000 2000-2001
U.S. Championships 3rd J.
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico 6th
Triglav Trophy 1st
  • J = Junior level

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