Eric RADFORD

Canada

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 27 Jan 1985

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Place of birth: WINNIPEG, MB

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: MONTREAL, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Figure Skating	Pair Skating CAN JAMES Vanessa / RADFORD Eric	12
	Team Event CAN JAMES Vanessa / RADFORD Eric
	Team Event CAN Canada	4

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Pair Skating - Free Skating	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Short Program	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Free Skating	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Team	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
2	Team	2014	Sochi, RUS
3	Pair Skating	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
7	Pair Skating	2014	Sochi, RUS

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Pair Skating	2016	Boston, MA, USA
1	Pair Skating	2015	Shanghai, CHN
3	Pair Skating	2014	Saitama, JPN
3	Pair Skating	2013	London, ON, CAN
5	Pair Skating	2012	Nice, FRA
7	Pair Skating	2017	Helsinki, FIN
7	Pair Skating	2011	Moscow, RUS

Four Continents Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Pair Skating	2015	Seoul, KOR
1	Pair Skating	2013	Osaka, JPN
2	Pair Skating	2017	Gangneung, KOR
2	Pair Skating	2011	Taipei City, TPE
4	Pair Skating	2012	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
WDR	Pair Skating	2016	Taipei City, TPE

Grand Prix Final
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Pair Skating	2014/15	Barcelona, ESP
2	Pair Skating	2015/16	Barcelona, ESP
3	Pair Skating	2017/18	Nagoya, JPN
3	Pair Skating	2016/17	Marseille, FRA
4	Pair Skating	2012/13	Sochi, RUS
5	Pair Skating	2013/14	Fukuoka, JPN
5	Pair Skating	2011/12	Quebec City, QC, CAN

World Team Trophy
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Team	2013	Tokyo, JPN
3	Team	2012	Tokyo, JPN
4	Team	2015	Tokyo, JPN

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Pair Skating	2021/22	Vancouver, BC, CAN
4	Pair Skating	2021/22	Grenoble, FRA

Hobbies:

Piano, music composition, movies, and video games. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Athlete, composer

Family:

Husband, Luis Fenero (former ice dancer). Father, Rick (mine inspector). Mother, Valerie (retired schoolteacher). Brother, Richard.

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

CPA Montreal

Coach:

Julie Marcotte (CAN)

Sporting relatives:

Husband Luis Fenero (Figure skating): Competed in ice dance at the international level, representing Spain. He ranked 26th at the 2016 World Championship with partner Celia Robledo.

Debut:

Autumn Classic International 2021 (Pair skating - 2nd, with James)
Nebelhorn Trophy 2010 (Pair skating - 3rd, with Duhamel)
Nebelhorn Trophy 2007 (Pair skating - 4th, with Kirkland)

Injuries:

Spring 2017: Suffered from a herniated disc that affected his performance at the 2017 World Championship. (olympic.ca)

Choreographer:

Julie Marcotte (CAN)
Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)

National team:

2002

Start:

1992 in Balmertown.

Reason:

He fell in love with the sport when watching Nancy Kerrigan (USA), Kurt Browning (CAN) and Elvis Stojko (CAN). (thestar.com, 14 Feb 2018; olympic.ca)

Training:

He and his partner train in Montreal, QC.

Memorable:

Winning the gold medal in the team event and bronze in the individual event at the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Philosophy:

Keep your feet on the ground and your eyes on the stars. (olympic.ca)

General Interest

JAMES/RADFORD
Teamed up in 2021 coming out of retirement. Originally wanted to skate only in shows. "When I retired and even up to shortly before I started with Vanessa, I would have never ever imagined that I would come back. I truly felt my skating career is complete. It was just by luck and by chance that that opportunity came to skate with Vanessa. We skated together for a few days and at the end of like five days, we could do a triple twist and throw triples and we felt maybe we should show the world what we can do rather than just do shows. And that was when the idea of us actually doing competitions started.” (isuresults.com; Radford, isu.org, 3 Jan 2022)

DUHAMEL/RADFORD
Competed with Meagan Duhamel 2010-18, winning with her three Olympic medals (gold and silver in the team 2018 and 2014, bronze in the individual event 2018) as well as four world medals (gold in 2015 and 2016, bronze in 2013 and 2014).

MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER
Plays the piano and has composed music that he and other skaters skated to: "Tribute" (used by Duhamel/Radford in the 2013/14 season), "A Journey" (used by Patrick Chan (CAN) 2016/17 season), "Storm" (used by Kamila Valieva (ROC) 2020/21 season). (sportsnet.ca; isuresults.com)

PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIP
Skated with Sarah Burke 2003-2005 and with Rachel Kirkland 2006-08. Competed with Anne-Marie Giroux in the 2009/10 season.

SINGLE SKATING
Competed at the international junior level in single skating 2002-04 before switching to pair skating.

Milestones

OLYMPIC GAMES
2018 Olympic team event champion and bronze medallist in the individual event (with Duhamel).
2014 Olympic team event silver medallist (with Duhamel), placed 7th in the individual event.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2015 and 2016 world champion (with Duhamel).
2013 and 2014 world bronze medallists (with Duhamel).
Competed at world championships 2011-17.

FOUR CONTINENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
2013 and 2015 Four Continents champion (with Duhamel).
2011 and 2017 Four Continents silver medallist (with Duhamel).

First openly gay man to win a gold medal a the Olympic Winter Games (2018 Olympic Figure skating team event). (thestar.com, 14 Feb 2018)

ISU JGP Czech Skate 2003 (International junior debut - Pair skating - 6th, with Burke).
ISU JGP Montreal 2002 (International junior debut - Single skating - 13th).

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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