| Katherine Medland Spence | ||||||
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| Other names | Medland-Spence | |||||
| Born | 5 August 2000 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Canada | |||||
| Discipline | Women's singles | |||||
| Coach | Ken Rose Danielle Rose | |||||
| Skating club | Nepean SC | |||||
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Katherine Medland Spence (born 5 August 2000) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup champion and the 2025 Canadian national bronze medalist.
Medland Spence was born on 5 August 2000 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [1] As of 2025, Medland Spence is a student at Carleton University studying chemistry. [2]
Medland Spence made her international senior debut at age 24 at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup. In Warsaw, Medland Spence placed first in both the short program and the free skate to unexpectedly claim the event title over Ekaterina Kurakova and Marina Piredda. [3]
At the 2025 Canadian Championships in January, Medland Spence entered the event as a podium threat given her strong performance in Warsaw in November. She placed second in the short program, and despite falling to fourth place in the free skate, hung on to earn the bronze medal behind three-time national champion Madeline Schizas and silver medalist Sara-Maude Dupuis. Due to her performance at nationals, Medland Spence was assigned to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in February alongside Schizas and Dupuis. [4]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2024–2025 |
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| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| Four Continents Championships | TBD | |||
| Canadian Championships | 6th | 7th | 13th | 3rd |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 1st | |||
| Cranberry Cup | 9th | |||
| Skate Canada Challenge | 6th | 11th | 12th |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 181.89 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Short program | TSS | 60.03 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 32.83 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 27.20 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| Free skating | TSS | 121.86 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 64.32 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 57.54 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| 2024–25 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| 19–23 February 2025 | Four Continents Championships | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| 14–19 January 2025 | 2025 Canadian Championships | 2 61.99 | 4 119.56 | 3 181.55 | |
| 20–24 November 2024 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 60.03 | 1 121.86 | 1 181.89 | |
| 2023–24 season | |||||
| 8–14 January 2024 | 2024 Canadian Championships | 16 41.71 | 11 94.03 | 13 135.74 | |
| 29 November – 3 December 2023 | 2023 Skate Canada Challenge | 10 51.85 | 14 94.32 | 12 146.17 | |
| 10–14 August 2023 | 2023 Cranberry Cup | 10 48.52 | 8 93.76 | 9 142.28 | |
| 2022–23 season | |||||
| 9–15 January 2023 | 2023 Canadian Championships | 7 54.29 | 5 105.19 | 7 159.48 | |
| 30 November – 3 December 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada Challenge | 14 50.29 | 11 93.98 | 11 144.27 | |
| 2021–22 season | |||||
| 7–13 January 2022 | 2022 Canadian Championships | 7 55.74 | 7 102.65 | 6 158.39 | |
| 1–5 December 2021 | 2021 Skate Canada Challenge | 12 48.13 | 5 103.26 | 6 151.39 | |
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