Eliana Gropman
| Eliana Gropman | |
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 Gropman/Somerville at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  United States |
| Born | February 5, 2001 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Home town | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Former partner | Ian Somerville |
| Coach | Alexei Kiliakov Elena Novak Dmitri Ilin Greg Zuerlein Ramil Sarkulov |
| Choreographer | Elena Novak Greg Zuerlein Natalia Korikova |
| Skating club | Pavilion SC Cleveland Heights |
| Former skating club | Washington FSC |
| Former training locations | Rockville, Maryland Wheaton, Maryland |
| Began skating | 2008 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 148.51 2018 JGP Slovakia |
| Short dance | 59.92 2018 JGP Slovakia |
| Free dance | 88.59 2018 JGP Slovakia |
Eliana Gropman (born February 5, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Ian Somerville, she is the 2019 U.S. national junior bronze medalist and the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist. They placed in the top twelve at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Personal life[edit]
Eliana Gropman was born February 5, 2001, in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Maryland, in 2019 and currently attends the University of Michigan.[1][2] Gropman is fluent in Hebrew and Spanish.[1]
Career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Gropman began skating at age 4 after attending a skating party.[1] Gropman/Somerville announced their partnership in June 2008.[1] They did not compete during the 2010–11 season after Somerville and his family moved to France for nine months.[3] Together, they are the 2012 U.S. national juvenile and 2013 U.S. national intermediate champions, as well as the 2014 U.S. national novice silver medalists. They did not advance to the 2015 U.S. Championships, after placing fifth at 2015 Eastern Sectionals.[1]
2015–2016 season[edit]
Gropman/Somerville received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment, placing tenth at 2015 JGP United States in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals and finished seventh at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Gropman/Somerville then competed at the 2016 Bavarian Open, where they won silver behind Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko of Russia.
2016–2017 season[edit]
Gropman/Somerville opened their season with the bronze medal at 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance International behind U.S. teammates Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons and Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye. They finished ninth at 2016 JGP France and fifth at 2016 NRW Trophy. Gropman/Somerville won bronze at Eastern Sectionals and finished sixth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.
2017–2018 season[edit]
Gropman/Somerville began the season with a pair of fourth-place finishes at 2017 JGP Australia and 2017 JGP Croatia. They won silver at Eastern Sectionals and earned their first junior national medal, pewter, at the 2017 U.S. Championships.
2018–2019 season[edit]
Gropman/Somerville won their first JGP medal, a bronze, at 2018 JGP Slovakia behind Russians Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov and Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy. They placed fifth at 2018 JGP Canada. Gropman/Somerville won gold at Midwestern Sectionals and bronze at the 2019 U.S. Championships. With their result, they were named to the team for the 2019 World Junior Championships for the first time, alongside Caroline Green / Gordon Green and Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik.[4]
At 2019 Junior Worlds, Gropman/Somerville were ninth after the rhythm dance, but fell to twelfth overall following a thirteenth-place free dance. Somerville dissolved the partnership via email at the end of the season.[5]
Programs[edit]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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| 2018–2019 [6] |
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| Short dance | Free dance | |
| 2017–2018 [7] |
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| 2016–2017 [8] |
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| 2015–2016 [9] |
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| 2014–2015 [1] |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.
| International: Junior[10] | ||||||||
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| Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| Junior Worlds | 12th | |||||||
| JGP Australia | 4th | |||||||
| JGP Canada | 5th | |||||||
| JGP Croatia | 4th | |||||||
| JGP France | 9th | |||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 3rd | |||||||
| JGP United States | 10th | |||||||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | |||||||
| Lake Placid IDI | 3rd | |||||||
| NRW Trophy | 5th | |||||||
| National[11] | ||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 1st I | 2nd N | 7th J | 6th J | 4th J | 3rd J | ||
| U.S. Junior | 1st V | |||||||
| Eastern | 1st V | 1st I | 1st N | 5th J | 3rd J | 2nd J | ||
| Midwestern | 3rd J | 1st J | ||||||
| Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "2018–19 Figure Skating Roster: Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville". U.S. Figure Skating.
- ↑ Gropman, Eliana (April 22, 2019). "ho〽️e for the next 4 #victors2023" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
- ↑ "Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville: Our Background". ice-dance.com.
- ↑ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents and World Junior Teams". U.S. Figure Skating. January 27, 2019.
- ↑ Gropman, Eliana (April 5, 2019). "It's with a lot of sadness that I'm announcing the end of my 10-year ice dance partnership with Ian" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
- ↑ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville". Stats on Ice.
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