Michelle Long | |
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Born | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada | April 7, 1992
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Canada |
Coach | Robert Burk |
Skating club | Richmond Training Centre |
Began skating | 1997 |
Retired | August 15, 2022 |
Michelle Long (born April 7, 1992) is a Canadian retired figure skater. She represented Canada at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, finishing 15th overall.
Long began learning to skate in 1997 [1] and started competing around 2008. [2] She trained at the Newmarket Skating Club before moving, at the age of 18, to the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario. [3] She achieved her best national result, fifth, at the 2016 Canadian Championships, giving her a spot on the national team. [4] [2]
Long graduated from Newmarket High School and later studied biology at York University. [3]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2020–2021 |
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2019–2020 [5] |
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2018–2019 |
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2017–2018 [1] |
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International [6] | |||||||||
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Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
Four Continents | 15th | ||||||||
CS Autumn Classic | 11th | 8th | |||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 8th | ||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 18th | ||||||||
National [6] | |||||||||
Canadian Champ. | 7th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 5th | C | 4th | |
Minto Summer Skate | 3rd | ||||||||
SC Challenge | 24th | 4th | 12th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 8th |
Ontario Sectionals | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 3rd |
Long skated for lead actress Kaya Scodelario on the 2020 Netflix series Spinning Out. [7]
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