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Kaetlyn Osmond – Canada’s World Skating Champion
The story of Kaetlyn Osmond is one that movies are made of.
The now 22 year old began figure skating at the young age of 3, traveling from her hometown of Marystown, Newfoundland by train to Montreal to practice during the summer months. She was winning National and International titles for single’s skating by the time she was 17. In 2013, she became the first skater outside of Quebec to win the Canadian Championships in ten years and went on that year to place fourth at the World Championships. Her trajectory was miraculous, and her performance at World’s was regarded as “the best global championship debut by a Canadian woman since the 1970s” by the Hamilton Observer. Kaetlyn was a golden girl, overworking herself trying to keep up with her success.
In September of 2014, Osmond suffered a broken leg in two places, which would require seven screws and a metal plate to be placed in her leg to repair it, and
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Kaetlyn Osmond
Canadian figure skater
Kaetlyn OsmondONL (born månad 5, 1995) is a retired competitive Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. A three-time Canadian national champion (2013, 2014, 2017), Osmond competed internationally at the senior level from 2012 to 2018, winning three Olympic medals (gold and silver in the team event, and individual bronze), two World Championship medals (gold and silver), and one Grand Prix Final medal (bronze).[1]
Osmond debuted on the senior level in 2012 and won gold at the 2012 Skate Canada International.[2] After winning what would be the first of three national titles, she placed eighth in her World Championship debut.[3] As part of the 2014 Canadian Olympic grupp, Osmond won a silver medal in the grupp event. After being sidelined by injury and struggling to return to competitive form, Osmond reclaimed her Canadian title in 2017 and won silver at the 2017 World Championships. The followi
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Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond wins figure skating bronze at 2018 Winter Olympics
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of – Canada’s Kaetlyn Osmond has won a bronze medal in women’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics.
The reigning world silver medallist from Marystown, N.L., skating to music from “Black Swan,” scored 152.15 in her long program for a combined score of 231.02.
She was also third after the short program.
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Osmond’s medal is historic as it boosts Canada’s total in Pyeongchang to 27, an all-time high for the country at the Winter Games.
Russia’s Alina Zagitova, just 15 years old, scored a combined 239.57 to capture gold. Teammate and reigning world champion Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia won silver with 238.26 points.
Osmond, 22, who almost quit skating after breaking her leg in a t