Dean J. Copely, Jr. (born August 28, 1989) is an

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former competitive Ice Dancer. With

Charlotte Lichtman Charlotte Lichtman (born March 26, 1993, in Detroit) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Dean Copely, she is the 2011 World Junior bronze medalist and U.S. Junior champion. Career Charlotte Lichtman began sk ...

, he is the 2011 World Junior Ice Dance Bronze Medalist and 2011 U.S. Junior Ice Dance Champion.

Career

Dean Copely began skating in 1993. He began as a singles skater and competed at the intermediate level coached by Priscilla Hill for six years. He began training in ice dance at the age of 12 at which time he partnered with Rachel Siegel and competed with her on the juvenile level. He later partnered and competed with

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in ice dance. Dean also competed for a season in juvenile

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with Meredith Pipkin . Dean qualified for the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in all three disciplines. Copely competed at both the Novice and Junior levels with

Anastasia Cannuscio Anastasia Cannuscio (born July 1, 1992) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner, Colin McManus, she is the 2013 Ice Challenge champion, a three-time bronze medalist on the ISU Challenger Series, and the 2016 U.S. ...

until April 2008 when he relocated to

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to train with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva known for coaching many North American and European teams to National and Olympic podiums. There he teamed up with

following the 2008 Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championships. They began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series during the 2009–10 season. Lichtman and Copely won Gold and Bronze medals competing in the

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series, and qualified for the JGP Final in Beijing, China where they finished 5th. Together they won the Gold in Junior Ice dance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, N.C. after which they were featured in th
Smucker's Skating Spectacular
exhibition show and th
RISE Tribute
performance (choreographed by Randy Gardner and later included in th
USFSA
s skating documentar
RISE
. They went on to win the Bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea.. Lichtman and Copely announced the amicable end of their partnership on April 27, 2012. Dean is a graduate of Western Michigan University. He currently coaches at a number of rinks throughout the state of Michigan.

Personal life

His sister is the former Lithuanian National Ice Dance Champion Katherine Copely.

Programs

(with Lichtman)

Competitive highlights

Ice dance

(with Cannuscio) (with Lichtman)

References

External links

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