Deanna Stellato-Dudek
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Deanna Stellato-Dudek[1][2] (born June 22, 1983) is an American pair skater who currently competes with Maxime Deschamps for Canada. With Deschamps, she is the 2024 World champion, the 2024 Four Continents champion, 2023–24 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, a three-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist, a two-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist, and two-time Canadian national champion (2023–2024). She is the oldest female figure skater to win a World title in any discipline.
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Born | (1983-06-22) June 22, 1983 (age 40) Park Ridge, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Canada (since 2019) United States (1998–2001; 2016–19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Pair skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Maxime Deschamps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Josée Picard Stéphanie Fiorito Manon Perron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Competing for the United States with her former skating partner, Nathan Bartholomay, she is the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2018–2019).
Stellato-Dudek originally competed in ladies' singles, winning silver at the 2000 World Junior Championships and gold at the 1999–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. She won one senior international medal, a silver at the 2000 Karl Schäfer Memorial, prior to her initial retirement from competitive skating in 2001.