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Our Coaches

 

To read about coach levels, please visit SkateCanada's Coach Guide.

 

 

Charlotte Hings

Regional Coach

charlottehings@hotmail.com

Charlotte has 10 years of experience. She enjoys working with beginner skaters of all ages. She is also a quadruple gold test level skater who loves to share her passion and love for skating with others.

Angela Yang

Regional Coach
(438)-509-6738
angelayang177@gmail.com

Angela is a CanSkate and regional coach in-training. She is a competitive figure skater at regional and provincial level in freestyle and ice dance who enjoys sharing her passion for figure skating with others.

 Elena Boyko

Regional Coach
(514) 602-9868 / elenaboykoua@gmail.com

Elena is a coach and choreographer with over 15 years of experience, having worked in Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, and Canada.

Erinna Zhou

Regional Coach in training
(438) 926-2588 / erinnazhouca@yahoo.com

Erinna is a student at Marianopolis College and a competitive figure skater at the regional and provincial levels, who has earned the Gold Star in freestyle and has competed in synchronized skating. She is also the recipient of an award from the City of Côte Saint-Luc, with several years of CanSkate teaching experience. Erinna loves sharing her passion for figure skating with skaters of all ages and skill levels.

Igor Tchiniaev

National Coach
& Coach Pro Rep
(514) 831-6964 / igor87skate@gmail.com

Igor Tchiniaev is an internationally renowned figure skating coach and choreographer with over 30 years of experience. He has coached National Team Members, World Champions, and Olympic Champions. His global expertise is recognized through invitations to prestigious ISU seminars and national coaching seminars across multiple countries including Great Britain, Australia, Russia, Germany, France, USA, and Israel.

Kyryl Bielobrov

Regional Coach in training

(438) 764 4585 / redv68@gmail.com

Kyryl is an ice dancer for Ukraine. He is the winner of several international competitions and competed at the World Championships, European Championships and Grand Prix series events.

Lily-Mai Blais

Regional Coach
(514) 443-0752 / lilymaiblais@gmail.com

Lily is a triple gold medalist in freestyle, skills and dance. She participated in several individual competitions at the regional and provincial level. Lily has been skating for 14 years and loves working with skaters of all ages and levels.

Mariia Holubtsova

Regional Coach
(438) 764-9498 / mukorizzon@gmail.com

Mariia Holubtsova, a two-time Ukrainian champion, has been skating since the age of 3 and has competed in World and European Championships, as well as the Grand Prix series. With a master’s degree in Education and Sports, she brings both technical expertise and educational insight to her coaching. Mariia is dedicated to helping skaters of all levels achieve their best with precision, artistry, and supportive guidance.

Nikita Sosnenko


(438) 864-9520 / sosnenko200345@gmail.com

Nikita has been skating since the age of three. He is an international ice dance athlete who used to compete on behalf of Mexico. A three time Mexican Champion now part of Quebec's junior ice dance team. He took part in events like the Junior Grand Prix and World Championships. Nikita has a degree in Physical Education and Sports.

Oliver Grütter

Provincial Coach
(514) 476-2399 / gruttero@gmail.com

Oliver has been a skater since he was four. He is a quad gold medalist and was a competitive ice dancer. Having over 10 years of experience, he teaches kids, competitive skating and adults of all level skaters. He is also an official for STAR 1-Gold in skills and Artistic tests.

Tomas Morbacher

National Coach
(514) 231-2539
tmorbacher@hotmail.com

Tomas is a certified national competitive dance and freestyle coach with international experience. He has been a competitive coach and choreographer since 2000.

Leora Lohner

CanSkate Coach

leora.lohner@gmail.com

Leora is a student at Dawson college who's been skating for ten years. She has worked in the CanSkate program for over 5 years and has experience working with young children as a camp counselor at camp Massad.

 

Yuan Yi Wang

Regional Coach
(514) 503-8098 / yuanyi.wang24@gmail.com

Anny is a medical student at Université de Montréal. She competed at the national level, was on the Quebec Team and Lac Saint-Louis team. Has multiple competitive provincial medals and was many times regional champion. Landed all triples at age 13, won city of CSL and regional awards. Has 4 years of coaching experience. Loves to share her passion with skaters of all ages and levels.

Heather Smith

Regional Coach
(514) 912-1203 / heather.l.h.smith@mcgill.ca

Heather is a provincially certified coach with over 25 years of experience and national exposure coaching children and adults of all levels. She is also a five-time gold test-level skater. 

 Maya Lavery-Callender

Regional Coach in training
(438) 334-7541 / mayalc06@gmail.com

Maya has competed in synchronised skating for 2 years. She has many years of experience teaching CanSkate skaters and is excited to work with kids of all levels.

 

Julia Xing

Regional Coach in training
(524) 585-9373 / juliaxing7@gmail.com

Julia has been skating for over 11 years. She has experience coaching skaters of various ages and skill levels, and loves to share her passion for skating with them.