Katherine Copely
| Katherine Copely | |
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Copely and Stagniunas in 2009.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Katherine Leigh Copely |
| Former country(ies) represented |
Lithuania United States |
| Born |
January 9, 1988 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Residence | Canton, Michigan |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Former partner |
Deividas Stagniūnas (LTU) Patrick Connelly (USA) Duke Wensel (USA) |
| Former coach |
Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva Elena Garanina Valeri Spiridonov |
| Former choreographer | Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 164.28 2008 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 29.85 2008 Worlds |
| Original dance | 51.66 2008 Worlds |
| Free dance | 82.85 2007 Cup of Russia |
Katherine Leigh Copely (born January 9, 1988) is an American ice dancer who competed internationally for Lithuania. With partner Deividas Stagniūnas, she is the 2007 Lithuanian national champion and 2006 & 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist.
Copely teamed up with Duke Wensel in 2002. They competed until 2004 on the novice and junior levels. From 2004 to 2006, Copely skated on the junior level with Patrick Connelly. She teamed up with Stagniunas in 2006 to compete for Lithuania. They were unable to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics because she was not granted Lithuanian citizenship.
Her brother is American ice dancer Dean Copely. Katherine is now attending medical school.
(with Stagniunas)
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