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 Rachel Flatt  By Bree A   Rachel Flatt began skating when she was four years old when her dad took her to the mall to shop for a birthday gift for her grandfather and they came home with skating lessons instead. By 12, she was the U.S. champion in the novice ladies division and the junior runner-up a year later in 2006. She won the 2008 Junior Worlds. Rachel was a honor roll student at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs. Rachel achieved a lot during her figure skating career at the young age of 17. Rachel  was the 2008 world junior champion and a two-time U.S. silver medalist before winning the title at the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Washington to qualify for her first Olympic team. She placed fifth overall at her world championship debut in 2009. Rachel was induced into the National Honor Society in 2009. Rachel she volunteers at her ice rink's learn-to-skate program. She is a spokesperson for Reading is Fundamental. Rachel has been in many olympics.  Rachel has two old English Sheepdogs, Lucy and Ethel, named after the  //I Love Lucy//   characters.