Ravi Walia
Ravi Walia
Ravi Walia (born April 7, 1973 in New Westminster, British Columbia)[1] is a Canadian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1995 Canadian national bronze medalist and the 1993 national junior champion, representing the Kerrisdale Figure Skating Club,[2] where he was coached by Dr. Hellmut May. He was later coached by Jan Ullmark and Cynthia Ullmark at The Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
Walia serves as an ISU Technical Specialist for Canada[3][4] and has coached national and international champions. He began coaching Kaetlyn Osmond when she was ten years old.[5] Osmond is the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist, 2018 World gold medalist, 2017 World silver medalist, and a three-time Canadian national champion.
In 2013 and 2018, Walia was awarded Skate Canada's "Competitive Coach Award of Excellence".[6] In 2014, 2017, and 2018, he was awarded the "Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award".[7][8]
Competitive highlights
GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
| International[1][9] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 |
GP Cup of Russia | 10th | |||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 10th | |||||||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 5th | |||||||||||
| National[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Canadian Champ. | 2nd N | 6th J | 4th J | 1st J | 3rd | 11th | 4th | 8th | 8th | 4th | 5th | |
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||||||||||
References
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^ ab "Canadian Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 7.
^ Karatchuk, Tammy (January 22, 2013). "Thought of winning popped into Osmond's head a little early". Edmonton Journal.
^ "Communication No. 1409 ISU/International Officials – Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
^ Fadel, George (January 14, 2013). "Osmond Carving Out Bright Future". olympic.ca.
^ "Skate Canada Honours Exceptional Members in Ottawa". Skate Canada. June 11, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
^ "2014 Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards | Coaching Association of Canada". www.coach.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
^ "2017 Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards | Coaching Association of Canada". www.coach.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
^ "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.
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