Emily Bratti (born June 11, 2002) is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Ian Somerville, she is the 2024 U.S. national bronze medalist and 2024 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist.
Bratti previously represented France internationally with her former skating partner, Mathieu Couyras.
Personal life Bratti was born on June 11, 2002, in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. to Virginia and Michael Bratti. She has a brother named Peter. Bratti graduated from Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in 2020 and is a student at the University of Michigan as of 2022. She was previously a competitive diver.
Career Early career and partnership with Couyras Bratti began skating in 2007. She competed one season in 2019–20 with Mathieu Couyras for France, including at two Junior Grand Prix events.
2021–22 season In the summer of 2021, Bratti teamed up with Ian Somerville, who she had known for three years while he trained at the same facility with a different partner. They moved to train with Charlie White and Greg Zuerlein at the newly opened Michigan Ice Dance Academy in Canton, Michigan.
Bratti/Somerville made their international debut on the Challenger series at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, finishing eighth. They went on to place fifth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At their senior national debut at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville were fifth. This placement earned them an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where they also finished fifth. Somerville said he looked forward to the off-season and having more time to improve the partnership.
2022–23 season Bratti and Somerville's summer training was disrupted in June after a fall in a lift resulted in Bratti fracturing a bone in her face and requiring three root canal surgeries to repair damage to her teeth. Eventually they resumed training, though they did not attempt lifts again for over a month afterward.
Bratti/Somerville began the season at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, coming in fourth. They were fourth as well at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy. Invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, the team finished in sixth place. They won the gold medal at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge, their first Challenger title.
Finishing the season at the 2023 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville placed fifth for the second consecutive year.
2023–24 season
On the Challenger circuit, Bratti/Somerville came fourth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy. On the Grand Prix, they were sixth at the 2023 Cup of China. They were sixth as well at the 2023 NHK Trophy, with new personal bests in both the free dance and overall.
In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, U.S. Figure Skating opted to name the team for the Four Continents Championships in advance, as they were to be held the week following the national championships. Bratti/Somerville were not included among the entries or as alternates. They would later admit to having found this "pretty disappointing." At the national championship in Columbus, they came fourth in the rhythm dance. Bratti/Somerville then surprised by placing third in the free dance, aided by errors by Green/Parsons, who had been ahead of them after the first segment. This result moved them up to third overall and they received the bronze medal. They had the second-best technical mark in the free dance. Both said they were "in shock" as to the result.
Following their unexpected third-place at the national championship, Bratti/Somerville were named to the American team for the 2024 World Championships in Montreal. Bratti said that their goal was "to show that we belong there and that we should be belonging there in the future, too," while Somerville hoped to "show the joy and energy and excitement of our programs, and show the maturity of the free dance and how far we’ve come as artists." In the rhythm dance in Montreal, the team had a fall at the end of their program, as a result of which they placed twenty-third in the segment, missing qualification to the free dance. Bratti said she was "extremely disappointed" with the error, but otherwise that she felt the program was "the best we've ever skated, and we'll definitely take this as a learning experience going forward."
2024–25 season: First Grand Prix medal
Bratti/Somerville started the season by winning silver at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. They then went on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, finishing ninth at 2024 Skate Canada International. One week later, Bratti/Somerville won their first Grand Prix medal, a bronze at the 2024 Grand Prix de France. "Wow, I cannot believe it!" said Bratti. "The feelings couldn't be more different than after the last event. We skated more with the mindset that we didn't have anything to lose."
The team placed sixth overall at the 2025 U.S. Championships.
2025–26 season Bratti/Somerville opened the season by competing on the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, finishing eighth at the 2025 Grand Prix de France and ninth at 2025 Skate Canada International. They followed this up by finishing fourth at the 2025 CS Warsaw Cup and winning gold at the 2025 Santa Claus Cup.
In January, Bratti/Somerville finished fifth at the 2026 U.S. Championships.“We’re really happy with how it went,” Bratti said after the free skate. “It was honestly really hard. I think we really gave everything all weekend, even practices, and we felt at least, I think we both felt, like, very tired from early on."
2026–27 season Bratti/Somerville opened the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2026 CS Lombardia Trophy.
Programs
Ice dance with Ian Somerville (for the United States) Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2025–2026 Vogue Walk 4 Me Nureyev 2024–2025 Brick House Daddy Cool Daddy Cool (Lizot remix) Ne me quitte pas Composition When Doves Cry Let's Go Crazy
Never Enough 2023–2024 When Doves Cry Let's Go Crazy Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Your Song I'm Still Standing 2022–2023 Gadda Rio Con mi Sombra Hip Hip Chin Chin La La Land Another Day of Sun A Lovely Night Someone in the Crowd 2021–2022 Genius Sax Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Your Song I'm Still Standing
Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Ian Somerville (for the United States)
Ice dance with Mathieu Couyras (for France)
Detailed results
Ice dance with Ian Somerville (for the United States)
References
External links
Emily Bratti & Ian Somerville at U.S. Figure Skating