Eliana Gropman (born February 5, 2001) is an American

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With her former skating partner,

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 competed in the final segment at the 2022 Four Continents Championships. With his form ...

, she 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

Eliana Gropman was born February 5, 2001, in

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She graduated from

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, in 2019 and currently attends the

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. Gropman is fluent in

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and

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Career

Early career

Gropman began skating at age 4 after attending a skating party. Gropman/Somerville announced their partnership in June 2008. They did not compete during the 2010–11 season after Somerville and his family moved to

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for nine months. 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.

2015–2016 season

Gropman/Somerville received their first

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assignment, placing tenth at 2015 JGP United States in

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. They won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals and finished seventh at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Gropman/Somerville then competed at the 2016

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, where they won silver behind

Sofia Shevchenko Sofia Antonovna Shevchenko (russian: Софья Антоновна Шевченко, born 14 December 2001) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With her skating partner, Igor Eremenko, she is the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2018–19 ...

Igor Eremenko Igor Vladimirovich Eremenko (russian: Игорь Владимирович Ерёменко, born 22 August 1997) is a retired Russian competitive ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Sofia Shevchenko, he is the 2019 World Junior bronze m ...

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2016–2017 season

Gropman/Somerville opened their season with the bronze medal at 2016

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behind U.S. teammates Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons and Chloe Lewis /

Logan Bye Logan Bye (born March 2, 1998) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner and fiancée, Eva Pate, he is a two-time ISU Challenger Series silver medalist. With former partner Chloe Lewis, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic silver medalist, ...

. They finished ninth at 2016 JGP France and fifth at 2016

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. Gropman/Somerville won bronze at Eastern Sectionals and finished sixth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

2017–2018 season

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.

2018–2019 season

Gropman/Somerville won their first JGP medal, a bronze, at 2018 JGP Slovakia behind Russians

Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva Elizaveta Khasanzhonovna Khudaiberdieva (russian: Елизавета Хасанжоновна Худайбердиева, born 2 October 2002) is a Russian ice dancer. With her current skating partner, Egor Bazin, she is the 2022 Russian natio ...

Nikita Nazarov Nikita Gennadievich Nazarov (russian: Никита Геннадьевич Назаров; born 14 May 1998) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva, he is the 2019 World Junior silver medal ...

and

Elizaveta Shanaeva Elizaveta Tamerlanovna Shanaeva (russian: Елизавета Тамерлановна Шанаева, born 30 May 2003) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Devid Naryzhnyy, she is the 2020 World Junior bronze ...

Devid Naryzhnyy Devid Yurievich Naryzhnyy (russian: Девид Юрьевич Нарижный, born 11 October 1999) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Elizaveta Shanaeva, he is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist and the ...

. 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

Caroline Green Caroline Green (born October 3, 2003) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Michael Parsons, she is the 2022 Four Continents champion, a four-time medalist on the ISU Challenger Series, and a three-time U.S. national medalist. W ...

/ Gordon Green and

Avonley Nguyen Avonley Claren Nguyen (born November 22, 2002) is an American ice dancer. With her former partner, Vadym Kolesnik, she is the 2020 World Junior champion, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and the 2020 U.S. junior national ...

Vadym Kolesnik Vadym Kolesnik ( uk, Вадим Колесник; born October 27, 2001) is a Ukrainian-born ice dancer who competes for the United States. With his skating partner, Emilea Zingas, he is the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist and 2 ...

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

Programs

Competitive highlights

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Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

.'' ''Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.''

References

External links

Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville
at the

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...

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