Katherine Medland Spence | ||||||
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Born | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | August 5, 2000|||||
Figure skating career | ||||||
Country | ![]() | |||||
Discipline | Women's singles | |||||
Coach | Ken Rose Danielle Rose | |||||
Skating club | Nepean Skating Club Richmond Training Centre | |||||
Began skating | 2005 | |||||
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Katherine Medland Spence (born August 5, 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 August 5, 2000, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [1] As of 2025, Medland Spence is a student at Carleton University, where she studies chemistry. [2] In addition, she and her older sister, Elizabeth, both work as figure skating coaches at the Nepean Skating Club in Nepean, Ontario. [3] [4]
Medland Spence began learning how to skate in 2005. [5]
She made her national championship debut at the 2022 Canadian Championships, where she came in sixth place. The following year, she finished seventh at the 2023 Canadian Championships. [6]
Medland Spence started the season by competing at the 2023 Cranberry Cup, where she finished in ninth place. Subsequently competing at the 2024 Canadian Championships, she ended up placing thirteenth. [6]
Throughout the season, Medland Spence struggled with ankle, knee, hip, and back injuries. [7]
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. [8]
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. [9] Due to her performance at the national championship, Medland Spence was assigned to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul alongside Schizas and Dupuis. [10] She finished in fourteenth place. [11]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2025–2026 [12] |
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2024–2025 [5] |
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Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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Four Continents Championships | 14th | ||||
Canadian Championships | 6th | 7th | 13th | 3rd | |
GP NHK Trophy | TBD | ||||
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | TBD | ||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 1st | ||||
Cranberry Cup | 9th | ||||
Skate Canada Challenge | 6th | 11th | 12th |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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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 | |
February 19–23, 2025 | Four Continents Championships | 14 53.02 | 14 103.93 | 14 156.95 | |
January 14–19, 2025 | 2025 Canadian Championships | 2 61.99 | 4 119.56 | 3 181.55 | |
November 20–24, 2024 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 60.03 | 1 121.86 | 1 181.89 | |
2023–24 season | |||||
January 8–14, 2024 | 2024 Canadian Championships | 16 41.71 | 11 94.03 | 13 135.74 | |
November 29 – December 3, 2023 | 2023 Skate Canada Challenge | 10 51.85 | 14 94.32 | 12 146.17 | |
August 10–14, 2023 | 2023 Cranberry Cup | 10 48.52 | 8 93.76 | 9 142.28 | |
2022–23 season | |||||
January 9–15, 2023 | 2023 Canadian Championships | 7 54.29 | 5 105.19 | 7 159.48 | |
November 30 – December 3, 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada Challenge | 14 50.29 | 11 93.98 | 11 144.27 | |
2021–22 season | |||||
January 7–13, 2022 | 2022 Canadian Championships | 7 55.74 | 7 102.65 | 6 158.39 | |
December 1–5, 2021 | 2021 Skate Canada Challenge | 12 48.13 | 5 103.26 | 6 151.39 |