Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir - split on 7 May 2014 | Golden Skate

Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir - split on 7 May 2014

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Jun 21, 2003
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir are pair skaters representing USA.

Marissa was born on 20 August 1990 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Simon was born on 20 August 1987 in Moscow, Russia.

They competed together between April 2006 and May 2014. They are the XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014 bronze medalists in team event, the 2013 Four Continents bronze medalists, the 2009 World Junior bronze medalists, and two-time U.S. national champions (2013 and 2014).

Following Sochi Olympic Games the pair split. Simon teamed up with DeeDee Leng and Marissa with Mervin Tran.

For Marissa and Mervin's partnership see the following thread: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?55198
For Simon and DeeDee's partnership see: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?55202&p=1158533#post1158533

They were coached by Robert Martin, Carrie Wall, and Mark Mitchell.

Last updated on 10 November 2018 by Mohacz

ISU BIO
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010570.htm

TeamUSA.org BIO
Marisa - https://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/marissa-castelli
Simon - https://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Simon-Shnapir

Social Media
Marissa's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marissacastelli/
Marissa's Twitter - @marissacastelli
Simon's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/simonshnapir/

Personal Best Scores
SP: 67.44 (XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014)
FS: 120.38 (XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014)
TS: 187.82 (XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014)

Programs and Videos
2013/2014
SP: "Black Magic Woman" and "Smooth" by Santana; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
FS: "Skyfall" by Thomas Newman; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
Ex1: "Royals" by Lorde
Ex2: "Feeling Good" performed by Michael Bublé

2014 World Championships
XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014 (team event)
2014 US Championships
2013 GP NHK Trophy
2013 GP Skate America

2012/2013
SP: "Stray Cat Strut" by Brian Setzer Orchestra / "Pink Panther" by Henry Mancini; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
FS: "Payadora" by Julian Plaza; choreo. by Julie Marcotte
Ex: "Feeling Good" performed by Michael Bublé

2013 World Team Trophy
2013 World Championships
2013 Four Continents Championships
2012 GP NHK Trophy
2012 GP Skate America

2011/2012
SP: "Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
FS: "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninov

2011 GP NHK Trophy

2010/2011
SP: "Money" by Pink Floyd / "For the Love of Money" by the O'Jays
FS: "Avatar" by James Horner

2010 GP Skate America
2010 GP Skate Canada

2009/2010
SP: "Prelude" / "Quadukka-l-Mayyas" by Jesse Cook
FS: "Freedom Battle" by Michael W. Smith / "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" by A.R. Rahman, Craig Armstrong

2008/2009
SP: "Survivor: Guatemala" by Russ Landau ("Wild Dogs" / "The Gathering" / "Ancient Voices of Guatemala")
FS: "Gladiator" by Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard

2008/2009 JGP Final

2007/2008
SP: "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" (from "Kill Bill Vol. 1") by Tomoyasu Hotei
FS: "Gladiator" by Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard

2006/2007
SP: "Mon Enfant" by George Winston
FS: "Salome" by Richard Strauss

Results
2013/2014
2014 World Championships - 11
XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014 (individual event) - 9
XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014 (individual event) - 2
2014 US Championships - 1
2013 GP NHK Trophy - 4
2013 GP Skate America - 6
2013 US Classic - 4

2012/2013
2013 World Team Trophy - 1 (5th individually)
2013 World Championships - 13
2013 Four Continents Championships - 3
2013 US Championships - 1
2012 GP NHK Trophy - 3
2012 GP Skate America - 5
2012 Ice Challenge - 1

2011/2012
2012 US Championships - 5
2011 GP NHK Trophy - 7
2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial - 4

2010/2011
2011 US Championships - 5
2010 GP Skate America - 6
2010 GP Skate Canada - 4

2009/2010
2010 Four Continents Championships - 10
2010 US Championships - 10
2009 GP Eric Bompard - 7

2008/2009
2009 Junior World Championships - 3
2009 US Junior Championships - 3
2008/2009 JGP Final - 6
2008 JGP Czech Republic - 4
2008 JGP UK - 4

2007/2008
2008 US Novice Championships - 3
2007 JGP Estonia - 10

2006/2007
2007 US Novice Championships - 9

GS Articles and Threads
5 July 2014 - "Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir end partnership" - https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?50609&p=932840#post932840
25 Feb. 2014 - "Big local welcome for Marissa Castelli" - https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?49541&p=875196#post875196
3 Jan. 2013 - "Door wide open for Castelli and Shnapir" - https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?39536&p=695323#post695323
6 Dec. 2012 - "Shnapir and Castelli having a breakout season" - https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?39099&p=686164#post686164

Other articles
7 May 2014 article "Olympic pairs skaters Marissa Castelli, Simon Shnapir split" by Nick Zaccardi for NBC Sports - https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2014...skaters-marissa-castelli-simon-shnapir-split/
12 February 2014 article "Marissa Castelli, Simon Shnapir do their part to warm icy relations between U.S., Russia" by Yahoo! Sports - https://sports.yahoo.com/news/maris...ween-u-s---russia-190750995.html?guccounter=1

Miscellanea
Original Post
Update: On May 28, 2014, the Associated Press reported that Shnapir had teamed up with DeeDee Leng.
Update: On June 10, 2014, Castelli announced that she and Canada's Mervin Tran had formed a partnership.
Here's a short video about fund raising activities to send Marissa's family to Sochi. :)
http://coxsportsonline.com/2014/01/...ps-send-marissa-castellis-family-to-olympics/
Go C&S! The team medal is in your hands! No time to sit back and bask in the glow of Nationals!​
 
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dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
Two time U.S. champions!!!

Their SP was one of the highlights of our trip to Boston Nationals! It was the highest scoring SP ever at U.S. Nationals. I hope they can skate it as well at Olympics!
Here's a link. Check out how much the crowd is into this performance:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HX-Rk89mddk
 
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WeakAnkles

Record Breaker
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Aug 1, 2011
LOVE her--I think she's quite the gusty charismatic firecracker. He's still a cyborg though. And in a sense the US team medal really is in their hands.
 

flutzy13

On the Ice
Joined
Nov 12, 2012
LOVE her--I think she's quite the gusty charismatic firecracker. He's still a cyborg though. And in a sense the US team medal really is in their hands.

I think he's come really far if you look back at them in 2012 (watch their show program to Royals) and Julie Marcotte has somehow found choreography that works for both of them and works for the height difference. She is a rockstar and I believe she will land that quad in Sochi just on grit alone.

I don't know if the team medal is in their hands- they're certainly an important piece of it but pairs were always expected to be the weak point for the US. If they end up lower middle of the pack, they've done what was expected. If they do better than expected, they're the team heroes. I'm just as concerned about Jeremy and Gracie's performances.

I couldn't be happier for this team, having followed them earlier in their careers while I was living in Boston. Everyone seemed to write them off to defend their national title with D&C and some wrote them off for the team altogether. And then they blew everyone out of the water and basically locked up Sochi in the short program. There is no US pair I would rather see fall into a medal as a result of the team competition than these two. They are a great lesson for other pairs that hard work and perseverance pays off.
 

Mohacz

Medalist
Joined
Jan 24, 2006
Country
Poland
Although it's been more than four years since their split, I discovered that their fan fest did not include any bio info, programs, videos or results. I decided to fix it: they are Olympic bronze medalists in team event and two-time US champions and deserved a decent OP :) I hope all the fans will enjoy Marissa and Simon's old programs and having the summary of their competitive career in one post.
 

Arriba627

TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION 🔥
Record Breaker
Joined
Jun 2, 2014
Country
United-States
Thank you for doing that! I enjoyed their partnership and was sad when they split. Now Marissa and Mervin have split, and I havent' heard anything else about her except that she has gone back to Rhode Island. Mervin has been on social media in several video clips skating with Olivia Serafini, but other than that, not much news.
 
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