Katherine Leigh Copely, M.D. (born January 9, 1988) is a former American-born

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 ...

who competed internationally for

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. With partner

Deividas Stagniūnas Deividas Stagniūnas (born 28 April 1985) is a Lithuanian former ice dancer. With Isabella Tobias, he is the 2011 Skate America bronze medalist and placed in the top ten at two European Championships. They represented Lithuania at the 2014 Wi ...

, she is the 4 time Lithuanian National Champion with Bronze Medals at both Golden Spin of Zagreb and

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competitio ...

. Together they qualified for the

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in Vancouver, Canada after placing in the top 20 at the

2009 World Figure Skating Championships The 2009 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results from th ...

in Los Angeles, California. She received her medical degree in 2018 from Central Michigan University College of Medicine. Copely partnered with Duke Wensel in 2002. They competed until 2004 on the Novice and Junior levels. From 2004 to 2006, Copely skated at the Junior level with Patrick Connelly. She teamed up with Stagniunas in 2006 to compete for Lithuania. By the end of their partnership they were #10 in Europe and #14 in the World. Though the
qualified
the team was subsequently prevented from competing at the 2010 Winter Olympics as Katherine wa
denied Lithuanian citizenship
by then president

Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė (; born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth President of Lithuania from 2009 until 2019. She is the first woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of Lithuania to be ...

Her brother is American Ice Dancer/Coach/Choreographer Dean Copely. Her mother is the respected skating costume designer Sandra Copely. Katherine is currently training in Diagnostic Radiology.

Programs

(with Stagniunas)

Results

With Duke Wensel

With Patrick Connelly

With Deividas Stagniūnas for Lithuania

References

External links

Co-transplantation of Mesenchymal and Neural Stem Cells and Overexpressing Stromal-Derived Factor-1 for Treating Spinal Cord Injury
(Brain Res. 2017 Oct 1;1672:91-105) (contributing author)
Copely K, Dawkins A. The floating gallbladder [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jan 28]. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2020;10.1007/s00261-020-02420-x. doi:10.1007/s00261-020-02420-x
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Copely / Stagniunas archived official site

Competition Photos on Getty Images
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