Eric Radford was born on January 27,1985 and is a Canadian pair skater.
20 Facts About Eric Radford
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Eric Radford is the first openly gay man to have won a gold medal at any Winter Olympics.
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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, 33-year-old Eric Radford won a gold medal as part of the figure skating team event, becoming one of the oldest Olympic champions in figure skating.
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Three days later, during the individual pairs free skate, Duhamel and Eric Radford became the first team to complete a quadruple throw jump at any Winter Olympic competition when she landed their throw quadruple Salchow.
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Eric Radford was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Balmertown, Ontario.
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Eric Radford's parents are Rick, a mine inspector, and Valerie, a retired schoolteacher.
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Eric Radford moved to Kenora at age 14, to Winnipeg and Montreal at 15, and to Toronto at 16 to pursue his skating ambitions.
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Eric Radford studied music at York University and holds a Grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music certificate.
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Eric Radford plays piano and writes and composes music, and registered as a member of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada in 2014.
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In December 2014, Eric Radford publicly came out as gay in an interview with the LGBT publication Outsports.
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Eric Radford became engaged to his boyfriend, Spanish ice dancer Luis Fenero, on June 10,2017.
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Eric Radford began skating when he was eight years old, after being inspired by watching Nancy Kerrigan skate in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
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Eric Radford competed with Sarah Burke on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2003 in the Czech Republic and 2004 in Hungary, placing 6th and 5th respectively.
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Eric Radford teamed up with Anne-Marie Giroux and finished 8th at the 2010 Canadian Championships.
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At a coach's suggestion, Eric Radford had a tryout with Meagan Duhamel, and they decided to compete together.
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At the 2017 World Championships, held in March in Helsinki, Finland, Eric Radford had trouble training due to a muscle spasm in his hip.
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Eric Radford worked as a choreographer for several Canadian skaters, notably the pair team Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud, for whom he choreographed two free programs.
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In March 2019, Eric Radford was elected to the ISU Athletes Commission for a term extending until 2023.
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James and Eric Radford both tested positive for COVID-19 and quarantined for a period before the 2022 Canadian Championships.
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On July 11,2022, James and Eric Radford announced they would retire from competitive skating.