Emily Samuelson

Emily Samuelson
Samuelson and Bates in 2008.
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1990-05-14) May 14, 1990 (age 26) Southfield, Michigan
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Former partner	Todd Gilles, Evan Bates
Former coach	Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva, Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Former choreographer	Tom Dickson, Christopher Dean, Marina Zueva, Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
Skating club	Ann Arbor FSC
Former training locations	Ann Arbor, Michigan Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	181.66 2008 World Juniors
Comp. dance	35.11 2008 World Juniors
Original dance	59.48 2009 Four Continents
Free dance	89.90 2009 Four Continents
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing the  United States Four Continents Championships 2009 Vancouver Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2008 Sofia Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2007–08 Gdansk Ice dancing 2006–07 Sofia Ice dancing

Emily Samuelson (born May 14, 1990) is an American ice dancer. With former partner Evan Bates, she is the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2008 World Junior champion, and the 2009 U.S. national silver medalist. The duo competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Samuelson later skated with Todd Gilles.

Emily Samuelson was born in Southfield, Michigan. Due to her father's job, she also lived in Europe as a child. She was selected for the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Scholastics Honors Team and graduated from Novi High School in spring 2008. In 2013, she received a degree in international studies, with a focus on political economy and development, from the University of Michigan. As of 2016, she is a financial advisor at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Michigan.

Emily Samuelson began skating in autumn 1995 after being inspired by a skater she saw while vacationing with her family in Switzerland. She competed in single skating through the intermediate level and tested up to the novice level in the USFSA testing structure. At the age of nine, she began learning ice dancing at the suggestion of her coach, Karen Lingenfelter, who paired Samuelson with her son, Kurt. The two skated together for a few months.

Samuelson teamed up with Evan Bates in May 2000 following the suggestion of their coach, Gary Clark. In the 2000–01 season, competing on the juvenile level, they won the pewter medal at their regional championship. This qualified them for the 2000–01 U.S. Junior Championships, where they won the bronze medal. Moving up to the intermediate level in the 2001–02 season, they won the silver medal at their regional championship. At the 2001–02 U.S. Junior Championships, they won the intermediate national title.