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Ian Somerville

Ian Somerville (born September 1, 2000) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emily Bratti, he is the 2024 U.S. national bronze medalist and 2024 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist.

Ian Somerville
Bratti and Somerville at the 2024 World Championships
Born (2000-09-01) September 1, 2000 (age 24)
Washington, D.C.
HometownCabin John, Maryland
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineIce dance
PartnerEmily Bratti
CoachGreg Zuerlein
Charlie White
Tanith White
Skating clubWashington Figure Skating Club
Began skating2007
Medal record
U.S. Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Columbus Ice dance

With his former skating partner, Katarina Del Camp, he is the 2021 U.S. junior national bronze medalist. With his former skating partner, Eliana Gropman, he is the 2019 U.S. national junior bronze medalist and the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist. They placed in the top twelve at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

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Ian Somerville was born September 1, 2000, in Washington, D.C. to real estate appraisers Catherine and Scott Somerville. He has an older sister named Lauren.[1] Somerville graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.[1] He is fluent in French and has attended bilingual English/French schools since preschool.[1] Somerville is a fan of the Washington Football Team and owns two Wheaten Terriers named Divi and Margot.[1]

Career

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Early career

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Somerville began skating at age four as a recreational activity.[2] Gropman/Somerville announced their partnership in June 2008.[2] They did not compete during the 2010–11 season after Somerville and his family moved to France for nine months.[3] Together, they are the 2012 U.S. national juvenile and 2013 U.S. national intermediate champions, as well as the 2014 U.S. national novice silver medalists. They did not advance to the 2015 U.S. Championships, after placing fifth at 2015 Eastern Sectionals.[2]

2015–16 season

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Gropman/Somerville received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment, placing tenth at 2015 JGP United States in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals and finished seventh at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Gropman/Somerville then competed at the 2016 Bavarian Open, where they won silver behind Shevchenko/Eremenko of Russia.[4]

2016–17 season

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Gropman/Somerville opened their season with the bronze medal at 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance International behind U.S. teammates Parsons/Parsons and Lewis/Bye. They finished ninth at 2016 JGP France and fifth at 2016 NRW Trophy. Gropman/Somerville won bronze at Eastern Sectionals and finished sixth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.[4]

2017–18 season

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Gropman/Somerville began the season with a pair of fourth-place finishes at 2017 JGP Australia and 2017 JGP Croatia. They won silver at Eastern Sectionals and earned their first junior national medal, pewter, at the 2017 U.S. Championships.[4]

 
Gropman and Somerville at the 2019 World Junior Championships

2018–19 season

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Gropman/Somerville won their first JGP medal, a bronze, at 2018 JGP Slovakia behind Russians Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov and Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy. They placed fifth at 2018 JGP Canada. Gropman/Somerville won gold at Midwestern Sectionals and bronze at the 2019 U.S. Championships. With their result, they were named to the team for the 2019 World Junior Championships for the first time, alongside Green/Green and Nguyen/Kolesnik.[5]

At the 2019 Junior Worlds, Gropman/Somerville were ninth after the rhythm dance but fell to twelfth overall following a thirteenth-place free dance. Somerville and Gropman dissolved the partnership at the end of the season.[6]

2019–20 season

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Somerville teamed up with Katarina DelCamp in 2019. They placed tenth at 2019 JGP Croatia and fourth at 2019 JGP Italy. DelCamp/Somerville won the bronze medal at the inaugural U.S. Ice Dance Final behind Wolfkostin/Chen and Cesanek/Yehorov. They then finished fifth at the 2020 U.S. Championships and, as a result, were assigned to Egna Dance Trophy. DelCamp/Somerville won their first international medal, silver, at Egna Trophy behind teammates Cesanek/Yehorov.[1]

2020–21 season

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In their lone event of the pandemic-shortened season, DelCamp/Somerville won the bronze medal at the 2021 U.S. junior championships.[1] Somerville dissolved the partnership afterward.[7]

2021–22 season

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After ending his partnership with DelCamp, Somerville formed a new partnership with Emily Bratti, who he had known for three years while she 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.[7]

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.[8] At their senior national debut at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville were fifth.[9] 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.[10]

2022–23 season

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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.[11]

Bratti/Somerville began the season at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, coming in fourth.[8] They were fourth as well at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy.[12] Invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, the team finished in sixth place.[13] They won the gold medal at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, their first Challenger title.[14]

Finishing the season at the 2023 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville placed fifth for the second consecutive year.[8]

2023–24 season

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On the Challenger circuit, Bratti/Somerville came fourth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.[8] On the Grand Prix, they were sixth at the 2023 Cup of China.[15] They were sixth as well at the 2023 NHK Trophy, with new personal bests in both the free dance and overall.[16]

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.[17] They would later admit to having found this "pretty disappointing."[18] 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.[19]

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."[18] 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."[20]

2024–25 season

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Bratti/Somerville started the season by winning silver at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. They then went on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, finishing ninth at 2024 Skate Canada International. One week later, Bratti/Somerville won their first Grand Prix medal, a bronze at the 2024 Grand Prix de France.[8]

Programs

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With Bratti

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Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
[21]
2023–2024
[22]
2022–2023
[23]
2021–2022
[24]

With DelCamp

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Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[25]

With Gropman

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Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2018–2019
[26]
  • Tango: Nuevo Tango
    by Cuarteto Nuevo Tango
  • Argentine tango: La Cascada
    by Seoan feat. Kathy
  • Tango: Nuevo Tango
    by Cuarteto Nuevo Tango
Short dance Free dance
2017–2018
[27]
2016–2017
[28]
2015–2016
[29]
  • Ice Queen
    by Dinletir
  • Rebirth 2
    by Solace
  • Ice Queen
    by Dinletir
2014–2015
[2]
  • Mi Chica
    by Sarbel
  • Gitti Gideli
    by Tarkan

Competitive highlights

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Ice dance with Emily Bratti

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Competition placements at senior level [30]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 23rd
Four Continents 5th
U.S. Championships 5th 5th 3rd
GP Cup of China 6th
GP France 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 6th
GP Skate Canada 6th 9th
CS Budapest Trophy 2nd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5th
CS Ice Challenge 8th 1st
CS Lombardia Trophy 4th 4th
CS Tallinn Trophy TBD
Lake Placid Ice Dance 4th

Ice dance with Katarina Del Camp

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Competition placements at junior level [31]
Season 2019–20 2020–21
U.S. Championships 5th 3rd
JGP Croatia 10th
JGP Italy 4th
Egna Dance Trophy 2nd

Ice dance with Eliana Gropman

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Competition placements at junior level [32]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Worlds Junior Championships 12th
U.S. Championships 7th 6th 4th 3rd
JGP Australia 4th
JGP Canada 5th
JGP Croatia 4th
JGP France 9th
JGP Slovakia 3rd
JGP United States 10th
Bavarian Open 2nd
Lake Placid International 3rd
NRW Trophy 5th

Detailed results

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Ice dance with Emily Bratti

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 189.91 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
Rhythm dance TSS 74.92 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
TES 41.86 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
PCS 33.06 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
Free dance TSS 114.99 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
TES 64.39 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
PCS 50.60 2024 CS Budapest Trophy
Results in the 2021–22 season [30]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 11–14, 2021   2021 CS Cup of Austria 7 67.18 9 99.65 8 166.83
Dec 7–11, 2021   2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 68.90 5 103.34 5 172.24
Jan 3–9, 2022   2022 U.S. Championships 6 76.70 6 111.28 5 187.98
Jan 18–23, 2022   2022 Four Continents Championships 6 67.72 5 101.82 5 169.54
Results in the 2022–23 season [30]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jul 26–29, 2022   2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 4 68.63 3 104.72 4 173.35
Sep 16–19, 2022   2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 4 67.79 5 102.75 4 170.54
Oct 28–30, 2022   2022 Skate Canada International 6 70.85 6 108.29 6 179.14
Nov 9–13, 2022   2022 CS Ice Challenge 1 71.61 1 107.46 1 179.07
Jan 23–29, 2023   2023 U.S. Championships 6 75.91 6 113.93 5 189.84
Results in the 2023–24 season [30]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 8–10, 2023   2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 5 68.19 5 109.47 4 177.66
Nov 10–12, 2023   2023 Cup of China 5 71.17 7 108.22 6 179.39
Nov 24–26, 2023   2023 NHK Trophy 6 71.47 6 111.96 6 183.43
Jan 22–28, 2024   2024 U.S. Championships 4 78.14 3 118.80 3 196.94
Mar 18–24, 2024   2024 World Championships 23 65.21 – – 23 65.21
Results in the 2024–25 season [30]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 11–13, 2024   2024 CS Budapest Trophy 2 74.92 3 114.99 2 189.91
Oct 25–27, 2024   2024 Skate Canada International 7 71.48 9 101.60 9 173.08
Nov 1–3, 2024   2024 Grand Prix de France 4 72.81 2 113.07 3 185.88

Ice dance with Katarina Del Camp

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [33]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 147.05 2019 JGP Italy
Rhythm dance TSS 58.06 2019 JGP Italy
TES 32.86 2019 JGP Italy
PCS 25.88 2019 JGP Croatia
Free dance TSS 88.99 2019 JGP Italy
TES 47.67 2019 JGP Italy
PCS 41.32 2019 JGP Italy

Ice dance with Eliana Gropman

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [34]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 148.51 2018 JGP Slovakia
Rhythm dance TSS 59.92 2018 JGP Slovakia
TES 33.25 2018 JGP Slovakia
PCS 27.11 2019 World Junior Championships
Free dance TSS 88.59 2018 JGP Slovakia
TES 47.52 2018 JGP Slovakia
PCS 41.07 2018 JGP Slovakia
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [34]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 127.60 2017 JGP Australia
Rhythm dance TSS 52.40 2017 JGP Australia
TES 27.85 2017 JGP Australia
PCS 25.68 2017 JGP Croatia
Free dance TSS 75.38 2017 JGP Croatia
TES 36.48 2017 JGP Australia
PCS 40.02 2017 JGP Croatia

References

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  5. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents and World Junior Teams". U.S. Figure Skating. January 27, 2019.
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  10. ^ Slater, Paula (January 21, 2022). "Green and Parsons feel 'incredible' after Four Continents win". Golden Skate.
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