OTTAWA, ON – Skate Canada has announced that Kaetlyn Osmond will be among this years 2025 Hall of Fame inductee.
Osmond, a native of Marystown, NL, a three-time Olympic medalist and two-time world championship medalist joins a list of notable Canadian skaters, most of whom are household names.
In 2018, Osmond landed on the podium at every event she competed in, including earning gold and silver medals at the winter Olympics. Her 2018 World Championships gold medal was the first for Canada since Karen Magnussen won the honour in 1973.
See Kaetlyn Osmond Team Canada sheet at Olympic.ca
Getting into the Sport:
Osmond dtarted skating at age two… Followed her older sister Natasha into figure skating and pushed herself to be as good… It was only during the Closing Ceremony at Sochi 2014 that she realized what the Olympic Games were all about, rather than just another competition…
Leaving The Rock:
During the late 1990s her family travelled to Montreal during the summers so that Natasha could train… When Natasha moved to Montreal fulltime, the family followed in 2005… It was while in Montreal that Kaetlyn’s potential as a skater was realized… The family then moved to Edmonton because her father Jeff, who had been an offshore oil worker in the Persian Gulf, was ready to return to Canada fulltime…
After she won the 2013 Canadian title, Marystown, NL erected signs at the three entrances to the town recognizing it as her home… The town’s arena was re-named in her honour in April 2014… Favourite Olympic memory is watching Joannie Rochette win bronze at Vancouver 2010… Favourite quote: “Never let the feat of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth…
