Emily Hughes
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Emily Hughes in 2006
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| Full name | Emily Anne Hughes |
| Country represented |  United States |
| Born | January 26, 1989 Great Neck, New York |
| Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Coach | Bonni Retzkin |
| Former coach | Mark Mitchell Peter Johansson |
| Choreographer | David Wilson |
| Former choreographer | Mark Mitchell |
| Skating club | SC of New York |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 166.60 2007 Four Continents |
| Short program | 60.88 2007 Worlds |
| Free skate | 111.26 2007 Four Continents |
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Emily Anne Hughes (born January 26, 1989) is an American figure skater. She is the 2007 U.S. National silver medalist and was a member of the 2006 Olympic team. She is a younger sister of Sarah Hughes, the 2002 Olympic champion.
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Personal life
Emily Hughes was born in Great Neck, New York. Her father, John Hughes, is a Canadian of Irish descent,[1] and was the captain of the NCAA champion 1969–70 Cornell University ice hockey team. Her mother, Amy Pastarnack, is Jewish[2] and is a breast cancer survivor. Hughes has supported a variety of causes for breast cancer research and awareness, including Skating for Life, a television special that she promoted on NBC's Today show.[3]
Hughes has five siblings. One of her older sisters, Sarah, is the 2002 Olympic champion. In December 2012, her older brother Matt, graduated from the police academy and is currently an NYPD officer. Her family has two dogs - Taz and Ty, though she prefers to play with Taz due to his energy and virile spirit.
She graduated from Great Neck North High School in June 2007,[4] and announced on April 26, 2007 that she would attend Harvard University starting in Fall 2007. After moving to Harvard, she switched from long-time coach Bonni Retzkin to train under Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson at the Skating Club of Boston.[5] Hughes had a concentration in sociology with a minor in government, and graduated as a member of the class of 2011.[6] In 2002, she co-wrote a book in Random House's Young Dreamers series, I Am a Skater.[7] On December 18, 2005, Hughes was the subject of a cover story in the Sunday New York Times Magazine.
In 2010, she served as a legislative intern with the United States Senate. Starting in February 2012, Hughes began employment with Deloitte Consulting in New York City as a business analyst. She left Deloitte in September 2013 and began working for the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.[8] In late October 2014, Emily announced, to a small group of close friends, her plans to move to San Francisco, CA by year-end and begin a career with Google.
Career
Hughes qualified for her first U.S. Figure Skating Championships in the 2001–2002 season and placed 11th at the Junior level. She repeated that placement the following season. She placed 5th at the junior level at the 2003–2004 Eastern Sectional Championships and so did not qualify for the 2004 U.S. Championships.
Hughes moved up to the senior level nationally in the 2004–2005 season. She won her regional championship and placed second at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She placed 6th and was named to the team to the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. It was her first international competition and she won the bronze medal.[9]
In early August 2005, she spent nearly a week in hospital due to viral meningitis.[10] In the 2005–2006 season, Hughes competed for the first time on the Grand Prix, placing fifth in both events. She won the bronze medal at the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Hughes was named as first alternate to the 2006 Winter Olympics. After Michelle Kwan withdrew from the Olympics, Hughes was named to the team. She flew to Torino and placed 7th. After the Olympics, Hughes went to the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 8th.
In the 2006–2007 season, Hughes won her first medal on the Grand Prix circuit, then moved up a place at Nationals, winning the silver medal. She competed at the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships and placed ninth.
In the 2007–2008 season, Hughes placed fourth at both her Grand Prix events. On January 15, 2008, it was announced that Hughes would not compete in the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships due to a hip injury that prevented her from training and competing.[11][12]
Hughes began the 2008–2009 season at the North Atlantic Regional Championships, where she placed 3rd. She qualified for the Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships but received a bye to the 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships due to her Grand Prix assignment. Hughes competed at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard Grand Prix event during the 2008–2009 season, finishing ninth.[13]
On January 19, 2009, Hughes announced her withdrawal from the 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships due to an ankle injury.[14] Later that year, Hughes took a semester off from Harvard in an attempt to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1] She specifically noted she wanted to qualify for the 2010 games so she could experience the Opening Ceremony [2], something she missed in 2006 since she was a late replacement to the team. In January 2010, she placed 9th at the 2010 US Championships and did not qualify for the USA 2010 Winter Olympics team, which only had spots for two skaters.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2009–10 | Caprice Bohemien by Sergei Rachmaninov |
Gone with the Wind soundtrack by Max Steiner |
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| 2008–09 | I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin |
Gone with the Wind soundtrack by Max Steiner |
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| 2007–08 | I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin |
Carmina Burana suite by Carl Orff |
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| 2006–07 | Carmen by Georges Bizet |
Selections from the ballet, Sylvia by Léo Delibes |
Proud Mary by John Fogerty, performed by Tina Turner |
| 2005–06 | Concerto in F Major for Piano & Orchestra (Allegro) by George Gershwin |
The Seasons by Alexander Glazunov |
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| 2004–05 | Concerto in F Major for Piano & Orchestra (Allegro) by George Gershwin |
The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Competitive highlights
| Event | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 7th | |||||||||
| World Championships | 8th | 9th | ||||||||
| Four Continents Championships | 2nd | |||||||||
| World Junior Championships | 3rd | |||||||||
| GP Skate America | 5th | 5th | 4th | 7th | ||||||
| GP Skate Canada International | 4th | |||||||||
| GP Trophée Eric Bompard | 9th | |||||||||
| GP Cup of China | 3rd | |||||||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 5th | |||||||||
| U.S. Championships | 11th J. | 11th J. | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | ||||
| Eastern Sectionals | 8th N. | 4th J. | 2nd J. | 5th J. | 2nd | |||||
| North Atlantic Regionals | 4th N. | 3rd J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level | ||||||||||
See also
References
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- ↑ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers – Forward.com
- ↑ Lifeskate.com, October 25, 2008
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- ↑ Feldman, Jane. I Am a Skater. New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002. ISBN 978-0-375-80256-0
- ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/emily-hughes/17/466/605
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- ↑ ISU GP Trophée Eric Bompard
- ↑ Emily Hughes Withdraws from 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships
External links
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- Twitter[1]
- Emily Hughes at the Internet Movie Database
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- American female single skaters
- American people of Canadian descent
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Harvard University alumni
- American people of Irish descent
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish American writers
- Olympic figure skaters of the United States
- People from Great Neck, New York
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Deloitte people
- Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
