Katherine Medland Spence

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Katherine Medland Spence
Personal information
Born (2000-08-05) August 5, 2000 (age 25)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Discipline Women's singles
Coach Ken Rose
Danielle Rose
Robert O'Toole
Skating clubRichmond Training Centre
Began skating2005
Medal record
Canadian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Laval Singles

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.

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Personal life

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 also works as a coach at the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario. [5]

Career

Early career

Medland Spence began learning how to skate in 2005. [6]

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. [7]

2023–24 season

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. [7]

Throughout the season, Medland Spence struggled with ankle, knee, hip, and back injuries. [8]

2024–25 season

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. [9]

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. [10] 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. [11] She finished in fourteenth place. [12]

2025–26 season

Medland Spence faced several health-related difficulties that impacted her ability to train, including injuries to her right knee and hips, labrum tears, a lumpectomy after she found a lump on her breast, and vertigo. She was able to compete at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy in September, where she placed tenth, and she made her Grand Prix series debut at the NHK Trophy in November, where she placed eleventh. [13]

In January, she competed at the 2026 Canadian Championships but withdrew following the short program due to suffering from a bad episode of vertigo on the day of the free skate. [14]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2025–2026
[15] [16]
2024–2025
[6]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level  [7] [17]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Four Continents Championships 14th
Canadian Championships 6th7th13th3rdWD
GP NHK Trophy 11th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 1st
Cranberry Cup 9th
Skate Canada Challenge 6th11th12th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [6]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS181.89 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
Short program TSS60.032024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES32.832024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS27.202024 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS121.862024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES64.322024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS57.542024 CS Warsaw Cup

Senior results

Results in the 2021–22 season   [7]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Dec 1–5, 2021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 1248.135103.266151.39
Jan 7–13, 2022 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2022 Canadian Championships 755.747102.656158.39
Results in the 2022–23 season   [7]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2022 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2022 Skate Canada Challenge 1450.291193.9811144.27
Jan 9–14, 2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2023 Canadian Championships 754.295105.197159.48
Results in the 2023–24 season   [7]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 10–14, 2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2023 Cranberry Cup 1048.52893.769142.28
Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2023 Skate Canada Challenge 1051.851494.3212146.17
Jan 8–14, 2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2024 Canadian Championships 1641.711194.0313135.74
Results in the 2024–25 season   [7]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 20–24. 2024 Flag of Poland.svg 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 160.031121.861181.89
Jan 14–19, 2025 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2025 Canadian Championships 261.994119.563181.55
Feb 19–23, 2025 Flag of South Korea.svg 2025 Four Continents Championships 1453.0214103.9314156.95
Results in the 2025–26 season   [7]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 25–27, 2025 Flag of Germany.svg 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 954.161097.4110151.57
Nov 7–9, 2025 Flag of Japan.svg 2025 NHK Trophy 1148.421198.2111146.63
Jan 5–11, 2026 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2026 Canadian Championships 1056.98N/aN/aWDN/a

References

  1. ↑ Nazareth, Dylan (January 17, 2025). "Katherine Medland-Spence Is Sticking to the Plan Heading into Nationals". Skate Ontario.
  2. ↑ Cleary, Martin (November 13, 2024). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Katherine Medland Spence Upbeat Heading to Warsaw Cup for First International Assignment in Europe". OttawaSportsPages.ca.
  3. ↑ "Coaches". Napean Skating Club. Napean Skating Club. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ "With it being International Coaching Week, we figured this would be a good time to introduce ourselves". Instagram. Medland Spence Coaching. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Katherine Medland Spence Coach". Richmond Training Centre. Richmond Training Centre. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Katherine MEDLAND SPENCE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "CAN – Katherine Medland-Spence". SkatingScores.com. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ Nazareth, Dylan. "24-year-old Katherine Medland Spence Finds Joy Again in Figure Skating". Skate Ontario. Skate Ontario. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ Cleary, Martin (November 27, 2024). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Focused Katherine Medland Spence Wins It All in International Figure Skating Debut at Warsaw Cup". OttawaSportsPages.ca.
  10. ↑ Flett, Ted (January 20, 2025). "Madeline Schizas reclaims Canadian title". Golden Skate.
  11. ↑ "Canadian Figure Skating Teams Announced for 2025 ISU Championships". Skate Canada. January 20, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Sara-Maude Dupuis Concludes ISU Four Continents Championships with Two Personal Bests". Skate Canada. February 23, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  13. ↑ Cleary, Martin (January 9, 2026). "HIGH ACHIEVERS: Katherine Medland Spence survives multiple challenges to reach Canadian Skating Championships". OttawaSportsPages.ca. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
  14. ↑ Medland-Spence, Katherine. "This whole season has been about listening to my body and today is no different. Unfortunately my vertigo was not good this morning and I had to make the decision I didn't want to have to make, and withdraw from the free program at Nationals". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Katherine MEDLAND SPENCE: 2025/2026". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 14, 2025.
  16. ↑ "'Always remember why I do this'". Substack. Substack. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Katherina MEDLAND SPENCE: Competition Results". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
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