Joanne McLeod is a Canadian figure skating coach. She is the skating director at the Champs International Skating Centre of BC (formerly known as the BC Centre of Excellence). Her current and former students include Emanuel Sandhu, Mira Leung, Kevin Reynolds, Jeremy Ten, Nam Nguyen, Emily Bausback,[1] and many others. In 2012, McLeod became the first level 5 certified figure skating coach in British Columbia.[2]
McLeod has a dance degree from Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3] She also took classes at York University in Toronto, George Randolf in Toronto, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, and Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham in New York.[3]
Archievements
edit- coaching at three Olympic Games
- 17 World Championships
- 10 Junior World Championships
- four European Championships
- 17 Four Continents Championships
- Named Skate Canada National Coach of the year in 2004.
References
edit- ^ "Current Athlete of the Month".
- ^ "Joanne McLeod Becomes First Level 5 Figure Skating Coach in BC". Skate Canada. October 3, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
- ^ a b "Centre of Excellence Coaches". British Columbia / Yukon Section, SkateCanada. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007.
- ^ "Recognizing those who make a Difference in Richmond Hill's Sporting Community and Fomer Olympics". Skate Canada. August 8, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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