Biography

ICE DANCE


Date of birth:	14.05.1990	Emily SAMUELSON USA
Place of birth:	Southfield, MI
Height:	161 cm
Home town:	Ann Arbor, MI
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	reading, volunteering, golfing, skiing, singing, swimming
Start sk. / Club:	1995 / Ann Arbor FSC


Date of birth:	23.02.1989	Evan BATES USA
Place of birth:	Ann Arbor, MI
Height:	182 cm
Home town:	Ann Arbor, MI
Profession:	student (business)
Hobbies:	golf, biking, basketball
Start sk. / Club:	1993 / Ann Arbor FSC
Former Partners	Arielle Chudnofsky

Coach:	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer:	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Former Coach:	Juri Tchesnitchenko, Jaroslava Netchaeva
Practice low season:	34 h / week at Canton, MI
Practice high season:	36 h / week at Canton, MI

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2010/2011

Tango: Descle el Alma

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2010/2011

An American in Paris by George Gershwin

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

10/11

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

3.N

1.N

10.

2.J

1.J

4.S

11.

2.S

11.

3.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU JGP Lake Placid 2007 Lake Placid NY	2007	1. J
ISU JGP Vienna Cup 2007 Vienna	2007	1. J
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2008 Gdansk	2007	2. J
Nebelhorn Trophy 2008 Oberstdorf	2008	1.

Internation Competition	Year	Place
Skate America 2008 Everett	2008	4.
NHK Trophy 2008 Tokyo	2008	3.
ISU GP Trophee Eric Bompard Paris	2009	4.
ISU GP HomeSense Skate Canada International 2009 Kitchener	2009	5.

Samuelson began skating at age 5 after watching another girl while she was on vacation in Switzerland. She has two younger sisters. Bates' sister runs marathons and his brother is a dodgeball player. His father was the captain of Princeton's cross country team. Standing in second place after the Original Dance, Samuelson/Bates withdrew from the 2007 World Junior Championships during the Free Dance after she fell and he accidentally stepped on her hand, severing the tendon in her middle finger. The injury required hand surgery. The couple switched coaches following the 2009/10 season.

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