Garrett Lucash (born September 21, 1978, in Attleboro, Massachusetts) is an American pair skater. With partner

Katie Orscher Kathryn "Katie" Orscher (born June 18, 1984) is an American figure skater who competed as a single skater and pair skater. With partner Garrett Lucash, she is the 2005 U.S. national champion and 2005 Four Continents bronze medalist. Personal ...

, he is the 2005 U.S. national champion and 2005 Four Continents bronze medalist.

Career

Lucash was searching for a new partner when he remembered Orscher and gave her a call. Unlike most skaters, they both rotate clockwise. They trained in

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. In 2005, Orscher and Lucash won the gold medal at the U.S. Championships. They went on to win the bronze medal at the

2005 Four Continents Championships The 2005 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2004–05 season. It was held at the Gangneung Ice Centre in Gangneung, South Korea on February 14–20. Medals were awarded in the disc ...

. At the 2005 Worlds, their placement combined with that of Rena Inoue / John Baldwin earned the United States two entries to the

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. In the summer of 2005, Orscher broke her foot, causing them to lose training time before the 2005–06 season. In January 2006 at the U.S Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, they were in first after the short program but dropped to third after the long program and missed the Olympic team by .66 points. Orscher and Lucash announced their retirement from competitive skating in April 2006. Lucash is the co-creator and director of the National Figure Skating Academy in Boston, along with

Dmitri Palamarchuk Dmytro (Dmitri) Palamarchuk ( uk, Дмитро Паламарчук, born December 17, 1979) is a Ukrainian figure skating coach and retired pair skater. With former partner Julia Obertas, he is a two-time World Junior champion (1998, 1999) and ...

Personal life

Lucash is a Boston Red Sox fan. On August 1, 2007, he was featured on the first episode of the Red Sox themed dating show

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, in which he went on three blind dates at Fenway Park during a Red Sox game against the San Francisco Giants.

Programs

(with Orscher)

Competitive highlights

With MacAdam

With Waldstein

With Orscher

References

External links

National Figure Skating Academy - Boston
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucash, Garrett 1978 births Living people American male pair skaters People from Attleboro, Massachusetts Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists