About Kaetlyn Osmond
Kaetlyn Osmond ONL (born December 5, 1995) is a retired competitive Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. A three-time Canadian national champion (2013, 2014, 2017), Osmond competed internationally at the senior level from 2012 to 2018, winning three Olympic medals (gold and silver in the team event, and individual bronze), two World Championship medals (gold and silver), and one Grand Prix Final medal (bronze).
Osmond debuted on the senior level in 2012 and won gold at the 2012 Skate Canada International.After winning what would be the first of three national titles, she placed eighth in her World Championship debut.As part of the 2014 Canadian Olympic team, Osmond won a silver medal in the team event. After being sidelined by injury and struggling to return to competitive form, Osmond reclaimed her Canadian title in 2017 and won silver at the 2017 World Championships. The following season, she stood on the podium at every event she entered, winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final, and taking gold at the 2018 World Championships and with the Canadian team in the 2018 Olympic team event.
One of her country's most successful women's skaters, she was Canada's sixth Olympic ladies' medallist and its first ladies' World champion in 45 years.
Personal Life
Osmond was born in Marystown, Newfoundland to Jeff and Jackie Osmond.At age seven, she moved to Montreal, Quebec,and at age ten, she moved to Sherwood Park, Alberta Osmond attended Vimy Ridge Academy in Edmonton.She has two older siblings.In April 2014, Marystown renamed their home rink the Kaetlyn Osmond Arena, named a street after her, and presented her with a symbolic key to the town.Osmond noted that her favourite Olympic memory was watching Joannie Rochette win bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Rochette served as a role model to her in the sport.
On January 29, 2019, Osmond received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador, her home province's top civilian honour for "excellence and achievement."
Post-Competitive Career
Since retiring from competition, Osmond has continued to participate in Stars on Ice' annual Canadian tours.She also participated in both the "Thank You Canada" and "Rock the Rink" tours organized by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, and international show skating including Art on Ice.
Osmond moved to Brantford, Ontario in 2019, and subsequently began coaching at the Brant Skating Club while not touring.She also began organizing training camps for figure skaters in her native Newfoundland.Subsequently, moving to Toronto, she began studying journalism at Centennial College in September 2020.In November 2020, she joined the staff of the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario as a skating coach.In April of 2021, she returned to Edmonton to continue her journalism training.
Trivia
Won one silver medal from the 2013 World Team Trophy.
Coach is Ravi Walia.
Trains in Edmonton, Alberta.
Has won 5 medals from the Canadian figure skating nationals: 3 gold (2013, 2014 & 2017), 2 bronze (2012 & 2016) & 1 silver (2018).
Is a figure skater.
Choreographers are Lance Vipond and Pasquale Camerlengo.
His club is Ice Palace FSC.
Won one gold medal at the 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.
2014 Olympics: team silver.
Is the 2012 Skate Canada champion, two-time Nebelhorn Trophy champion and a two-time Canadian national champion.
Began skating in 1998 at the age of 3.
