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Rachael Elizabeth Flatt (born July 21, 1992) is an American figure skater. She is the 2010 U.S. national champion, 2008, 2009 and 2011 national silver medalist, and 2008 World Junior Champion.
At the 2010 U.S. Championships, she was nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and came in 7th place.
Flatt was born in Del Mar, California. She is an only child. Her father is a biochemical engineer and her mother a molecular biologist. Her grandfather competed on the national level in fencing. She is a 2010 graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Flatt attends Stanford University, class of 2015, and plans to major in chemical engineering. She currently resides in Palo Alto, California, and she trains in the Bay Area.
Flatt began skating at age four. She originally competed in both singles and pairs on the national level. As a pair skater, she won the silver medal at Nationals on the juvenile level in 2003 and the intermediate title in 2004, both with Andrew Speroff.