Brian Shales
Born (1985-06-03) June 3, 1985
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Figure skating career
CountryCanada
Skating clubKitchener-Waterloo SC

Brian Shales (born June 3, 1985) is a Canadian former pair skater. He represented Canada at the 2005 World Junior Championships.

Career

In the 2004–05 season, Shales and Michelle Cronin won the Canadian national junior title and were selected to compete at the 2005 World Junior Championships, where they placed seventh. During their career, they trained at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club.[1] Their partnership ended in December 2006.

Shales teamed up with Becky Cosford in 2007. They won the 2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial silver medal and ended their partnership in 2008. He then teamed up with Brooke Paulin and competed with her in the 2008–09 season, placing 6th at the 2009 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

He currently works as a pairs skating coach at the Skate Oakville Skating Club in Oakville, Ontario alongside Bruno Marcotte.[2]

His current and former students include:

References

  1. ↑ Figure Skating Pairs Team Michelle Cronin and Brian Shales Look to 2010 – Figure Skating News Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Our Coaches". Skate Okaville. Skate Oakville. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Chloe Panetta / Kieran Thrasher". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr". International Skating Union. ISU. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran Thrasher". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 January 2024.


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