Biography

ICE DANCING


Date of birth:	14.05.1990	Emily SAMUELSON USA
Place of birth:	Southfield, MI
Height:	161 cm
Home town:	Novi, MI
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	reading, volunteering, golfing, skiing, travelling
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
Hobbies:	playing the guitar, biking, golf
Start sk. / Club:	1993 / Ann Arbor FSC
Former Partners	Arielle Chudnofsky

Coach:	Juri Tchesnitchenko, Jaroslava Netchaeva
Choreographer:	Juri Tchesnitchenko, Jaroslava Netchaeva

Practice low season:	37 h / week at Ann Arbor, MI
Practice high season:	34 h / week at Ann Arbor, MI

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2007/2008

Kalinka (Russian Folk Music)
Russkie Napievi (Russian Folk Music)

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2007/2008

Luna by Alessandra Safina

Personal Best Total Score	181.66	02.03.2008	World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance	35.11	26.02.2008	World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance	57.84	28.02.2008	World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance	88.71	29.02.2008	World Junior Championships 2008

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07/08

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

3.N

1.N

10.

2.J

1.J

4.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU JGP Skate Slovakia 2005 Bratislava	2005	8. J
ISU JGP Sofia Cup 2005 Sofia	2005	5. J
ISU JGP Mexico Cup 2006 Mexico City	2006	1. J
ISU JGP Chinese Taipei Cup 2006 Taipei City	2006	1. J

Internation Competition	Year	Place
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2007 Sofia	2007	2. J
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	2008	2. J

Samuelson began skating at age 5 after watching another girl while she wasn on vacation in Switzerland. She has two younger sisters. Bates's 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. Coaches Netchaeva and Tchesnitchenko were the 1992 World Junior Ice Dancing silver medallists (competing for the Soviet Union).

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