Kathryn "Katie" Orscher (born June 18, 1984) is an American

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

who competed as a

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and pair skater. With partner

Garrett Lucash Garrett Lucash (born September 21, 1978, in Attleboro, Massachusetts) is an American pair skater. With partner Katie Orscher, he is the 2005 U.S. national champion and 2005 Four Continents bronze medalist. Career Lucash was searching for a n ...

, 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

. 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 The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. 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

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, 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)

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Lucash

Single skating

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orscher, Katie 1984 births American female pair skaters American female single skaters People from Farmington, Connecticut Living people Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Connecticut 21st-century American women 20th-century American women