Marissa Castelli

Castelli and Shnapir atop the medal podium at the2013 U.S. Championships
Personal information
Born	(1990-08-20)August 20, 1990 (age 35) Providence, Rhode Island
Home town	Cranston, Rhode Island
Height	5 ft 0 in (152 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Partner	Mervin Tran
Coach	Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, Bobby Martin
Skating club	SC of Boston
Began skating	1994
Retired	January 7, 2019[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team Four Continents Championships 2013 Osaka Pairs U.S. Championships 2013 Omaha Pairs 2014 Boston Pairs 2017 Kansas City Pairs 2016 Saint Paul Pairs World Team Trophy 2013 Tokyo Team World Junior Championships 2009 Sofia Pairs

Marissa Castelli (born August 20, 1990) is an American retiredpair skater. With her skating partner,Mervin Tran, she is the2017 U.S. national silver medalist.

With her former partner,Simon Shnapir, she is the2013 Four Continents bronze medalist, the2009 World Junior bronze medalist, and a two-timeU.S. national champion (2013 & 2014). The pair won a bronze medal in the team event at the2014 Winter Olympics.

Castelli was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated fromCranston High School West. She was enrolled at theCommunity College of Rhode Island^[2] before deciding to study sales and marketing atDeVry University.^[3] Her brother, Anthony Castelli, played football atBryant University^[4] and her mother, Lori Castelli, is a figure skating coach.^[5]

Castelli began skating at age three and enrolled inU.S. Figure Skating's Basic Skills program when she was about five.^[5] Early in her career, she competed as asingle skater and also skated pairs with Brad Vigorito.^[4]

Castelli andSimon Shnapir teamed up in April 2006 and began training together in earnest in June.^[4][6] They trained inBoston, coached by Bobby Martin, Carrie Wall (technical),Mark Mitchell (in-betweens, polishing), andPeter Johansson (throws).^[2] Castelli broke Shnapir's nose once while they were practicing thetwist.^[7]

Castelli/Shnapir qualified for the2008 Junior Grand Prix Final and placed sixth. The pair won the bronze medal at the2009 World Junior Championships.

In the 2009–2010 season, Castelli was off the ice for a month after she collided with an Italian while she was skating backwards and landed on his blade, resulting in 15 stitches to her inner thigh.^[4][5] The pair placed tenth on the senior level at the2010 U.S. Championships and were sent to the2010 Four Continents Championships where they also finished tenth.

In 2012, Castelli/Shnapir split up for a month but decided to recommit to their partnership.^[8] They won gold at the 2012Ice Challenge and then won bronze, their firstGrand Prix medal, at the2012 NHK Trophy.^[9] They won their first national title at the2013 U.S. Championships.^[8] They were assigned to the2013 Four Continents and won the bronze medal.

Castelli/Shnapir won their second national title at the2014 U.S. Championships and were named in the U.S. team to the2014 Winter Olympics, held in February inSochi, Russia. They won a bronze medal in the team event and placed 9th in the pairs event. In March, Castelli/Shnapir finished 11th at the2014 World Championships inSaitama, Japan. They announced the end of their partnership on May 7, 2014.^[10][11]

On June 10, 2014, Castelli announced that she and Canada'sMervin Tran had formed a partnership which would train mainly inMontreal underBruno Marcotte and to a lesser extent at the Skating Club of Boston under Bobby Martin.^[12][13] It was also announced that he was awaiting release fromSkate Canada, indicating that they might compete for the United States.^[12]

Tran sustained a concussion in August 2016.^[14] After winning bronze at the2016 CS Autumn Classic International, the pair appeared at two Grand Prix events, placing 7th at the2016 Skate America and 5th at the2016 Trophée de France. Castelli accidentally struck Tran with her elbow during training in late December.^[14]

GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

Media related toMarissa Castelli at Wikimedia Commons

• Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran at theInternational Skating Union
• Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran atU.S. Figure Skating IceNetwork (archived)
• Marissa Castelli atOlympics.com
• Marissa Castelli atOlympedia
• Marissa Castelli at InterSportStats
• Official website of Castelli/Shnapir at theWayback Machine (archive index)

• American female pair skaters
• 1990 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Providence, Rhode Island
• Sportspeople from Cranston, Rhode Island
• World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
• Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists
• Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in figure skating
• 21st-century American sportswomen

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