Keegan Murphy
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| Keegan Murphy | |
|---|---|
 Keegan Murphy in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Canada |
| Born | 1985 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Residence | North Vancouver |
| Former coach | Eileen Murphy |
| Began skating | 1988 |
| Retired | 2008 |
Keegan Murphy is a Canadian former competitive and professional figure skater and current national and international coach. He is the current Director of Skating Programs at Connaught Skating Club in Richmond, British Columbia.[1] He is a national level technical specialist and Skate Canada learning faciliatory.
In 2018, Murphy was awarded Richmond BC's "Builder of the Year Award"[2]. In 2022, he was awarded Skate Canada's "Competitive Coach of the Year Award".[3]
Coaching career[edit]
He is the Director of Skating Programs at the Connaught Skating Club.
His current students include:
- Wesley Chiu
Liam Kapeikis- Melody Zhu
- Amy Zhao Ning Yang
- Gabriel Blumenthal
His former students include:
- Mitchell Gordon
- Larkyn Austman
Micah Kai Lynette
Annie Yu-shun Lin- Leah Lee
- Garrett Gosselin
James Thompson- Shawn Cuevas
- Devon Neuls
He's choreographed programs for:
- Mitchell Gordon
- Wesley Chiu
- Liam Kapeikis
- Micah Kai Lynette
- Melody Zhu
- Gabriel Blumental
- Annie Yu-shun Lin
- Shawn Cuevas
Awards and Honours[edit]
- Competitive Coach of the Year - Skate Canada BC Section - 2022[3]
- Builder of the Year - Richmond, BC - 2018[2]
Competitive Highlights[edit]
| International[4][5][6] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Year | Placement | ||||||
| ISU JGP Courcheval | 2004 | 10th | ||||||
| ISU JGP Milan | 2002 | 9th | ||||||
| ISU JGP Courcheval | 2002 | 11th | ||||||
| Gardena Spring Trophy | 2002 | 2nd | ||||||
| National[7] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Year | Placement | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2008 | 16th | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2006 | 10th | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2005 | 9th | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2003 | 13th | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2002 | 2nd (J) | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2001 | 6th (J) | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 2000 | 11th (J) | ||||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 1999 | 8th (N) | ||||||||||
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||||||||||
- ↑ "COACHES". figureskating. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Richmond Sports Awards recognizes excellence". Richmond Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Richmond skating club wraps up spectacular season". Richmond News. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Gardena Spring Trophy 2002: результаты соревнования". figure-skaters.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "ISU : 2002/3 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating". 2006-10-19. Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Crystal Report Viewer". 2007-08-21. Archived from the original on 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- ↑ "Figure Skating - Keegan Murphy (Canada)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
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