Katherine Medland Spence

Katherine Medland Spence
Personal information
Born (2000-08-05) August 5, 2000
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Figure skating career
Country Canada
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachKen Rose
Danielle Rose
Robert O'Toole
Skating clubRichmond Training Centre
Began skating2005
Medal record
Canadian Championships
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.

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 6th 7th 13th 3rd WD
GP NHK Trophy 11th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 1st
Cranberry Cup 9th
Skate Canada Challenge 6th 11th 12th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [6]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 181.89 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
Short program TSS 60.03 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 32.83 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS 27.20 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS 121.86 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 64.32 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS 57.54 2024 CS Warsaw Cup

Senior results

Results in the 2021–22 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Dec 1–5, 2021 2021 Skate Canada Challenge 12 48.13 5 103.26 6 151.39
Jan 7–13, 2022 2022 Canadian Championships 7 55.74 7 102.65 6 158.39
Results in the 2022–23 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2022 2022 Skate Canada Challenge 14 50.29 11 93.98 11 144.27
Jan 9–14, 2023 2023 Canadian Championships 7 54.29 5 105.19 7 159.48
Results in the 2023–24 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 10–14, 2023 2023 Cranberry Cup 10 48.52 8 93.76 9 142.28
Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2023 2023 Skate Canada Challenge 10 51.85 14 94.32 12 146.17
Jan 8–14, 2024 2024 Canadian Championships 16 41.71 11 94.03 13 135.74
Results in the 2024–25 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 20–24. 2024 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 1 60.03 1 121.86 1 181.89
Jan 14–19, 2025 2025 Canadian Championships 2 61.99 4 119.56 3 181.55
Feb 19–23, 2025 2025 Four Continents Championships 14 53.02 14 103.93 14 156.95
Results in the 2025–26 season [7]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 25–27, 2025 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9 54.16 10 97.41 10 151.57
Nov 7–9, 2025 2025 NHK Trophy 11 48.42 11 98.21 11 146.63
Jan 5–11, 2026 2026 Canadian Championships 10 56.98 N/a N/a WD N/a

References

  1. ^ a b Nazareth, Dylan (January 17, 2025). "Katherine Medland-Spence Is Sticking to the Plan Heading into Nationals". Skate Ontario.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Katherine Medland Spence Coach". Richmond Training Centre. Richmond Training Centre. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d "Katherine MEDLAND SPENCE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Flett, Ted (January 20, 2025). "Madeline Schizas reclaims Canadian title". Golden Skate.
  11. ^ a b "Canadian Figure Skating Teams Announced for 2025 ISU Championships". Skate Canada. January 20, 2025.
  12. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Katherina MEDLAND SPENCE: Competition Results". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
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