{{Short description|American pair skater (born 1991)}} {{Notability|1=Sports|date=April 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Colin Grafton |image= 2012 World Junior FS Kylie Duarte Colin Grafton2.jpg |caption= Grafton with Duarte in 2012 |full_name= |altname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1991|9|19}} |birth_place= Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |hometown= North Attleborough, Massachusetts, U.S. |height= {{cvt|1.83|m|order=flip}} |country= United States |partner= |skating club= All Year FSC Culver City |beganskating= 1998 |retired= }}
'''Colin Grafton''' (born September 19, 1991, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American pair skater and model. With former partner Kylie Duarte, he is the 2012 U.S. junior bronze medalist and finished eighth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk. The pair announced the end of their partnership in October 2012.<ref name=in121017/> He came out as gay in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zeigler |first=Cyd |date=2024-02-26 |title=Pro figure skater Colin Grafton says 'I'm gay' publicly for the first time |url=https://www.outsports.com/2024/2/26/24084254/colin-grafton-dancing-on-ice-gay-figure-skater |access-date=2024-02-28 |language=en}}</ref>
== Programs == (with Duarte)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2012–2013 <br><ref name=inbio/> | * Slumdog Millionaire <br>{{small| by A. R. Rahman }} | * Romeo and Juliet <br>{{small| by Nino Rota }} |- ! 2011–2012 <br><ref name=bio1112/><ref name=inbio/> | * Meditation <br>{{small| (from Thaïs) <br> by Jules Massenet }} | * Doctor Zhivago <br>{{small| by Maurice Jarre <br> performed by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra }} |- ! 2010–2011 <br><ref name=inbio/> | * The Feeling Begins <br>{{small| (from The Last Temptation of Christ) <br> by Peter Gabriel }} | * The Phantom of the Opera <br>{{small| by Andrew Lloyd Webber }} |- ! 2009–2010 <br><ref name=inbio/> | * Theme from Ice Castles <br>{{small| by Marvin Hamlisch }} | * Rhapsody in Blue <br>{{small| by George Gershwin }} |}
== Competitive highlights ==
===With Duarte=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International<ref name=isucr/> |- ! Event ! 2008–09 ! 2009–10 ! 2010–11 ! 2011–12 |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || || || || 8th |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Austria || || || || 6th |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Czech Republic || || || 7th || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Latvia || || || || 9th |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} United Kingdom || || || 5th || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} United States || || 9th || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National<ref name=isucr/> |- | align=left | U.S. Championships || 9th N || bgcolor=d1c571 | 4th N || 7th J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J |- | colspan=5 align=center | <small> Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice <br> JGP = Junior Grand Prix </small> |}
==''Dancing on Ice''== In 2023, Grafton appeared in series 15 of ITV's ''Dancing on Ice'', partnered with The Vivienne. They made it to the Final.
In 2024, Grafton returned as a professional on the show, this time partnered with Claire Sweeney<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robledo |first1=Jordan |title=Drag Race UK star The Vivienne dishes on her "amazing" Dancing On Ice experience |url=https://www.gaytimes.com/television/drag-race-uk-star-the-vivienne-dishes-on-her-amazing-dancing-on-ice-experience/ |website=Gay Times |access-date=22 January 2023 |date=22 January 2023}}</ref> They were eliminated in Week Four of the competition.
== References == {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=isucr>{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00012175.htm |title=Competition Results: Kylie DUARTE / Colin GRAFTON |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140419220322/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00012175.htm |archive-date= April 19, 2014 |url-status= live |df=mdy }}</ref>
<ref name=bio1112>{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012175.htm |title=Kylie DUARTE / Colin GRAFTON: 2011/2012 |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121015032117/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012175.htm |archive-date= October 15, 2012 |url-status= live |df=mdy }}</ref>
<ref name=inbio>{{cite web |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=39430&mode=P |title= Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton |publisher= IceNetwork.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130201000326/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=39430&mode=P |archive-date= February 1, 2013 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name=in121017>{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121017&content_id=39872642&vkey=ice_news |title= Duarte, Grafton announce end of partnership |first1= Sarah S. |last1= Brannen |first2= Drew |last2= Meekins |work= IceNetwork.com |date= October 17, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043202/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121017&content_id=39872642&vkey=ice_news |archive-date= March 4, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{ISU figure skater|00012175|Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton }} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203153349/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=39430&mode=P |title=Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton at U.S. Figure Skating IceNetwork |date=February 3, 2012}}
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