Rachel Parsons (figure skater)

Rachel Parsons
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1997-11-19) November 19, 1997
Rockville, Maryland
Home town Derwood, Maryland, U.S.
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Partner Michael Parsons
Former partner Kyle MacMillan
Coach Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmitri Ilin
Choreographer Elena Novak
Skating club Washington Figure Skating Club
Training locations Wheaton, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 162.74
2016 Junior Worlds
Short dance 67.88
2016 Junior Worlds
Free dance 94.86
2016 Junior Worlds
Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
2016 Debrecen Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing

Rachel Parsons (born November 19, 1997) is an American ice dancer. With partner Michael Parsons, she is the 2016 World Junior silver medalist, the 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a three-time U.S. national junior medalist.

Personal life

Rachel Parsons was born November 19, 1997 in Rockville, Maryland.[1] She is the sister, younger by two years, of Michael Parsons. She attends Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland.[2] Her siblings are Michael (20), Tatiana (19), Katie (16), and Elliot (16).

Career

Parsons started skating at age six because she wanted to learn how to stand up on the ice.[2] After joining the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in June 2006,[3] she started focusing solely on ice dance. With Kyle MacMillan, she won gold on the juvenile level at the 2009 U.S. Championships and then gold on the intermediate level at the 2010 U.S. Championships.[2]

She teamed up with her older brother, Michael, in February 2010.[4]They won gold on the novice level at the 2011 U.S. Championships and pewter on the junior level at the 2012 U.S. Championships. They were the only American ice dancers to represent the United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, where they placed 4th. They were also selected for the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus, where they finished 15th.

During the 2013-14 season, the team placed second at both of their assigned Junior Grand Prix events. They qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final where they finished sixth. They won bronze at the junior level at the 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and capped of their season with an eighth place finish at the 2014 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

The following season, the team medaled again at both their Junior Grand Prix events, but did not qualify for the Final.[5] However, they won silver on the junior level at the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and moved up four spots from last season when they placed fourth at the 2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

(with Michael Parsons)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–2016
[1]
  • La Malamada
  • Palabras y Vientoby
    by Medialuna Tango Project
2014–2015
[6]
2013–2014
[4]
  • Quickstep: Funny Girl: Overture
    by Jule Styne
  • Foxtrot: Funny Girl: Overture
  • Quickstep: Funny Girl: Overture
2012–2013
[7]		 Faust
by Charles Gounod:
  • Walpurgis Night, Three Nymphs
2011–2012
[8]
2010–2011
[2]

Competitive highlights

(with Michael Parsons)

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Junior Worlds 15th 8th 4th 2nd
Youth Olympics 4th
JGP Final 6th 3rd
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Croatia 3rd 2nd 1st
JGP Czech Rep. 2nd
JGP Japan 3rd
JGP Poland 9th
JGP Slovakia 2nd 1st
MNNT Cup 2nd J.
National[2][3]
U.S. Champ. 1st N. 4th J. 3rd J. 2nd J. 2nd J.
Eastern Sect. 1st N. 2nd J.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons". IceNetwork.
  3. 1 2 "Rachel Parsons". Wheaton Ice Skating Academy. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Slater, Paula (21 July 2015). "Parsons and Parsons look to raise the bar". Golden Skate.
  6. ↑ "Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Competition Results: Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Rachel Parsons at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, April 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.