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, the 2017 World silver medalist, and a three-time Canadian national champion.

In 2013, Walia was awarded Skate Canada's "Competitive Coach Award of Excellence".[6] In 2014 and 2017, he was awarded the "Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award".[7][8] In 2018, he was once again awarded the "Skate Canada Competitive Coach Award of Excellence".

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 Russia10th
GP Skate Canada10th
Schäfer Memorial5th
National[1][2]
Canadian Champ.2nd N6th J4th J1st J3rd11th4th8th8th4th5th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ravi WALIA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Canadian Figure Skating Championships" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 7.
  3. ↑ Karatchuk, Tammy (January 22, 2013). "Thought of winning popped into Osmond's head a little early". Edmonton Journal.
  4. ↑ "Communication No. 1409 ISU/International Officials – Figure Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
  5. ↑ Fadel, George (January 14, 2013). "Osmond Carving Out Bright Future". olympic.ca.
  6. ↑ "Skate Canada Honours Exceptional Members in Ottawa". Skate Canada. June 11, 2013. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ "2014 Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards | Coaching Association of Canada". www.coach.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  8. ↑ "2017 Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards | Coaching Association of Canada". www.coach.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  9. ↑ "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.


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