Charlotte Lichtman

Charlotte Lichtman
Lichtman & Copely at the 2010–2011 JGP Final
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	March 26, 1993 Detroit, Michigan
Home town	Northville, Michigan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Former partner	Dean Copely Paul Bellantuno
Coach	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Skating club	Arctic FSC
Training locations	Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1999
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	133.36 2011 Junior Worlds
Short dance	55.28 2011 Junior Worlds
Free dance	78.08 2011 Junior Worlds

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

Career

Charlotte Lichtman began skating in 1999.^[1] She was a singles skater until the age of 14 and competed up to the novice level.^[2] She then began solo dancing until teaming up with Paul Bellantuono in December 2007; she competed with him in novice ice dance until mid-2008.^[2] She teamed up with Dean Copely after the 2008 Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championships.^[3] They train in Canton, Michigan with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva. They began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series during the 2009–10 season.

Lichtman and Copely won gold and bronze medals on the 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, and qualified for the JGP Final where they finished 5th. They won the U.S. Junior Championships.^[4] At Junior Worlds they won a bronze medal.^[5]

Lichtman and Copely announced the end of their partnership on April 27, 2012.^[6]

Programs

(with Copely)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2011–2012 [1]	Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps by Doris Day	Austin Powers
2010–2011 [7]	That's Amore An Evening in Rome by Dean Martin	Beetlejuice: The Book Travel Music Obituaries Main Title by Danny Elfman
	Original dance
2009–2010 [8]	Georgian folk: Lezginka Suliko	Limelight by Charlie Chaplin
2008–2009 [9]	Crazy for You by George Gershwin: I've Got Rhythm Embraceable You	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner

Competitive highlights

(with Copely)

Results[10]
International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
GP Cup of China				7th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			3rd
JGP Final			5th
JGP Austria			1st
JGP Croatia		4th
JGP Germany			3rd
JGP Hungary		8th
National
U.S. Championships	9th J.	8th J.	1st J.	10th
Pacific Coast Sectionals	2nd J.	1st J.
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level

References

1. "Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
2. Mittan, Barry (September 28, 2009). "Canton's Copely Channels Chaplin with Charlotte Lichtman". SkateToday.
3. Walker, Elvin (February 27, 2011). "Lichtman and Copely hungry for another podium". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
4. Walker, Elvin (January 26, 2011). "Copely takes Lichtman to the dark side and to a gold medal". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
5. Flade, Tatiana (March 4, 2011). "Monko and Khaliavin capture gold". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
6. "Lichtman, Copely end four-year dance partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. Ice Network. April 27, 2012.
7. "Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
8. "Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
9. "Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely". Ice Network. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012.
10. "Competition Results: Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY". International Skating Union.

External links

• Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely at the International Skating Union
• Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely at Icenetwork