David Wilson (figure skating)

David Wilson

Personal information
Full name	David Wilson
Born	(1966-05-25) May 25, 1966 (age 59)
Figure skating career
Country	Canada

David Wilson (born May 25, 1966) ^[1] is a Canadian former figure skater who currently works as a choreographer at the Toronto Cricket and Skating Club. ^[2]

As a skater, his competitive career was cut short when he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease. ^[3] Following surgery on his knee, then 18-year-old Wilson toured with Ice Capades in North America.

With his then-partner, Jean-Pierre Boulais, Wilson settled in Montreal and began working as a choreographer. ^[3] Their breakout client was Sébastien Britten.

Later, Wilson moved to Toronto and worked with many notable skaters including World and Olympic champions and medalists.

Choreographing career

His current and former clients include:

• Jeremy Abbott ^[4]
• Miki Ando ^[5]
• David Bondar ^[6]
• Jordan Brauninger ^[7]
• Sébastien Britten ^[3]
• Lucas Broussard ^[8]
• Jeffrey Buttle ^[9]
• Cha Jun-hwan
• Patrick Chan ^[10]
• Sasha Cohen ^[11]
• Alissa Czisny ^[12]
• Gabrielle Daleman ^[13]
• Frédéric Dambier ^[14]
• Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barrett ^[15]
• Michaela Du Toit ^[16]
• Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison ^[17]
• Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon ^[18]
• Sara-Maude Dupuis ^[19]
• Javier Fernández ^[20]
• Ben Ferreira ^[21]
• Christina Gao ^[22]
• Geng Bingwa ^[23]
• Alexe Gilles ^[24]
• Yuzuru Hanyu ^[25]
• Lesley Hawker ^[26]
• Emily Hughes ^[27]
• Sara Hurtado & Adrià Díaz ^[28]
• Lubov Iliushechkina & Dylan Moscovitch ^[29]
• Midori Ito ^[3]
• Jin Boyang ^[30]
• Brian Joubert ^[31]
• Ava Kemp & Yohnatan Elizarov ^[32]
• Rika Kihira ^[33]
• Kim Min-chae ^[34]
• Kim Ye-lim ^[35]
• Yuna Kim ^[36]
• Kiira Korpi ^[37]
• Takahiko Kozuka ^[38]
• Kwak Min-jeong ^[39]
• Amélie Lacoste ^[40]
• Anabelle Langlois & Cody Hay ^[41]
• Jacinthe Larivière & Lenny Faustino ^[42]
• Kelly Ann Laurin & Loucas Éthier ^[43]
• Li Zijun ^[44]
• Liu Yan ^[45]
• Grayson Long ^[46]
• Christopher Mabee ^[47]
• Brooke McIntosh & Benjamin Mimar ^[48]
• Evgenia Medvedeva ^[49]
• Kimmie Meissner ^[50]
• Mai Mihara ^[51]
• Jessica Miller & Ian Moram ^[52]
• Andrea Montesinos Cantú ^[53]
• Daisuke Murakami ^[54]
• Ami Nakai ^[55]
• Kensuke Nakaniwa ^[56]
• Yukari Nakano ^[57]
• Andreas Nordebäck ^[58]
• Nam Nguyen ^[59]
• Nobunari Oda ^[60]
• Yoshie Onda ^[61]
• Brian Orser ^[3]
• Alexia Paganini ^[62]
• Pang Qing & Tong Jian ^[63]
• Peng Cheng & Jin Yang
• Park So-youn
• Cynthia Phaneuf ^[64]
• Camden Pulkinen ^[65]
• Kimmy Repond ^[66]
• Adam Rippon ^[67]
• Joannie Rochette ^[68]
• Kaiya Ruiter ^[69]
• Roman Sadovsky ^[70]
• Kaori Sakamoto ^[71]
• Emmanuel Savary ^[72]
• Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy ^[73]
• Shawn Sawyer ^[74]
• Netta Schreiber ^[75]
• Aleksandr Selevko ^[76]
• Hetty Shi ^[77]
• Shin Ji-a ^[78]
• Fumie Suguri ^[79]
• Sui Wenjing & Cong Han ^[80]
• Daisuke Takahashi ^[81]
• Denis Ten ^[82]
• Jeremy Ten ^[83]
• Lindsay Thorngren ^[84]
• Tsai Yu-Feng ^[85]
• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva ^[86]
• Shoma Uno ^[87]
• Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir ^[88]
• Ashley Wagner ^[89]
• Wang Xuehan & Wang Lei ^[90]
• Wang Yihan ^[91]
• Johnny Weir ^[92]
• Lauren Wilson ^[93]
• Sōta Yamamoto ^[94]
• Nicholas Young ^[95]
• Yu Xiaoyu & Jin Yang ^[96]
• Agnes Zawadzki ^[97]
• Caroline Zhang ^[98]
• Zhang He ^[99]
• Zhang Kexin ^[100]

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