{"id":4753,"date":"2011-01-05T14:11:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T19:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=4753"},"modified":"2011-08-22T11:56:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T15:56:05","slug":"first-an-olympian-flatt-now-a-debutante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2011\/01\/05\/first-an-olympian-flatt-now-a-debutante\/","title":{"rendered":"First an Olympian, Rachael Flatt now a debutante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning U.S. Champion Rachael Flatt and 26 other\u00a0young women from Southern Colorado were presented at the Colorado Springs Debutante Ball Dec. 22 at the Broadmoor International Center. The Debutante Ball, a 44-year tradition, benefits the  Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center\u2019s ongoing acquisition fund and over  the years has raised more than $525,000 for the museum\u2019s permanent  collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Debutante Ball capped off an impressive year for Flatt, who started 2010 by securing a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team with a win at the U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash. Flatt placed seventh at the Olympic Winter Games, ninth at the World Championship and won two silver medals on the Grand Prix circuit en route to qualifying for her first Grand Prix Final.<\/p>\n<p>Away from the rink, Flatt graduated Summa Cum   Laude  from Cheyenne Mountain High School and was accepted to Stanford University, although she deferred admission until fall 2011. She also continued her public outreach with causes including Reading is Fundamental, Team for Tomorrow Humanitarian Relief Fund and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency&#8217;s I Compete Clean.<\/p>\n<p>[nggallery id=6]<\/p>\n<p>__________<\/p>\n<h5>Photos courtesy of Rachael Flatt<\/h5>\n<p><em>Figure Skaters Online strives to be an accurate source of       information related to the sport of figure skating. To report an error,       please e-mail the <\/em><em>news editor<\/em><em>. Include the article date      and title in your e-mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning U.S. Champion Rachael Flatt and 26 other young women from Southern Colorado were presented at the Colorado Springs Debutante Ball Dec. 22 at the Broadmoor International Center. The Debutante Ball, a 44-year tradition, benefits the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center\u2019s ongoing acquisition fund and over the years has raised more than $525,000 for the museum\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-4753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-rachael-flatt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4753"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22319,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions\/22319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}