Canadian Athletes Claim 120 Medals at International Adult Figure Skating Competition

CALGARY, AB (September 24, 2024) – The 2024 North American International Adult Competition wrapped up on Sunday in Calgary, Alta. and saw Canadian skaters bring home 120 medals, including 49 gold. Hosted at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre, a facility owned by the Tsuut’ina Nation, the event is the first international figure skating competition to be held on First Nations land in Canada.

The competition, held annually in the fall, features adult skaters participating in free skating, artistic free skating, pair free skating, ice dance, and synchronized skating. Athletes at the event ranged from 20 to 76 years old and came from 14 nations.

Canada fielded the largest team at the event with 170 competitors and came away with 49 gold medals, 41 silver, and 30 bronze. Patricia Leong and Jim Leong earned the most medals for Canada, bringing home gold in adult pair free and artistic freeskate and silver in free dance. Jim Leong also won gold in men’s artistic freeskate class IV.

The United States had the next biggest contingent with 46 competitors. The other nations represented were Argentina, Australia, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland.

GOLD MEDALLISTS FOR CANADA

Women
Gold Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class I – Laureen Woods
Gold Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class IV – Corliss Robb
Gold Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class V – Janet Gillespie
Gold Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class II – Heather Newman
Gold Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class III – Joan Cheng
Gold Women’s Free Skating Class III – Karen Smith
Gold Women’s Free Skating Class IV-V – Mireille Parent
Gold Women’s Free Skating Class I – Colleen Collins

Silver Women’s Free Skating Class IV – Lorine Stevens
Silver Women’s Free Skating Class V – Barbara Tkach
Silver Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class III – Danielle Duclos
Silver Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class IV – Liz Koshka
Silver Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class V – Barbara Tkach
Silver Women’s Free Skating Class II – Michelle Swan
Silver Women’s Free Skating Class III – Danielle Duclos

Bronze Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class IV – Sherryl Britton
Bronze Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class II – Ann Nakashima
Bronze Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class III – Kelly Caron
Bronze Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class V – Renee Landry
Bronze Women’s Free Skating Class V – Renee Landry
Bronze Women’s Free Skating Class III – Kelly Caron
Bronze Women’s Free Skating Class IV – Tracy Parker
Bronze Women’s Free Skating Class II – Ann Nakashima

Masters Women’s Free Skating Class II – Kara-Lee Blais
Masters Women’s Free Skating Class III – Selena Flynn
Masters Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class III – Julie Poetsch
Masters Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class II – Kara-Lee Blais

Masters Elite Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class I-II – Holly Bilinski
Masters Elite Women’s Artistic Freeskate Class III – Selena Flynn
Masters Elite Women’s Free Skating Class I-II – Katie Wiltshire

Men
Gold Men’s Artistic Freeskate Class I-II – Stéphane Boutet

Silver Men’s Free Skating Class I – Thomas Law
Silver Men’s Free Skating Class II-III – Kelvin Lui
Silver Men’s Artistic Freeskate Class IV – Jim Leong

Bronze Men’s Artistic Freeskate Class I – Glenn Skelton
Bronze Men’s Artistic Freeskate Class IV – Don McGeachy
Bronze Men’s Free Skating Class I – Glenn Skelton
Bronze Men’s Free Skating Class II-III – Derek Walker

Masters Elite Men’s Artistic Freeskate Class IV – Gary Beacom
Masters Elite Men’s Free Skating Class IV – Gary Beacom

Dance
Silver Pattern Dance – Jacqueline Christoff & François Guernon
Silver Free Dance – Patricia Leong & Jim Leong
Bronze Free Dance – Annie Sarazin & Imre Varkonyi
Master Pattern Dance – Diana Barkley & Geoff Squires
Masters Elite Pattern Dance – Gwendolyn Eadie & Aaron Springford

Pairs
Adult Pair Free Skating – Patricia Leong & Jim Leong
Adult Pair Artistic Freeskate – Patricia Leong & Jim Leong

Synchronized Skating
Adult Synchronized Skating – Black Gold
Masters Synchronized Skating – Black Gold

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