Rachel Parsons (figure skater)
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| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 19, 1997 Rockville, Maryland |
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| Home town | Derwood, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Began skating | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 162.74 2016 Junior Worlds |
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| Short dance | 67.88 2016 Junior Worlds |
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| Free dance | 94.86 2016 Junior Worlds |
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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)
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| 2013–2014 [4] |
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| 2012–2013 [7] |
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| 2011–2012 [8] |
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| 2010–2011 [2] |
Competitive highlights
(with Michael Parsons)
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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| 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. | |||||
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| 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
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External links
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