Liam Firus
| Liam Firus | |
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Firus in 2014
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born |
July 2, 1992 North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Residence | North Vancouver |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Coach | Bruno Marcotte |
| Former coach | Christy Krall, Damon Allen, Erik Schulz, Lorna Bauer, Rod Mackie, Scott Davis |
| Choreographer | Mark Pillay |
| Skating club | Vancouver Skating Club |
| Training locations | Montreal, Quebec |
| Former training locations |
Colorado Springs, Colorado North Vancouver |
| Began skating | 2000 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 210.89 ISU GP Skate Canada International 2016 Mississauga |
| Short program | 74.57 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Free skate | 140.80 ISU GP Skate Canada International 2016 Mississauga |
Liam Firus (born July 2, 1992) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2016 Triglav Trophy champion and a three-time Canadian national medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2014–15). He also won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
Liam Firus was born July 2, 1992 in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the son of Lois Sullivan, a real estate agent, and Trevor Firus, an accountant. He has a younger brother, Shane, who competes in ice dancing.
Firus attended Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver. After part-time business administration studies at Capilano University, Firus became a student at Athabasca University, pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in finance. In 2013, he passed the Canadian Securities Course.
Firus started skating as a hockey player in 1999 and eventually switched to figure skating. Lorna Bauer began teaching him when he was eight years old. A member of the North Shore's Vancouver Skating Club, he trained in the fall and winter at the Pacific National Exhibition Agrodome and the rest of the year at the Canlan Ice Sports Arena.
During the 2009–10 season, Firus won the Canadian junior title but was not assigned to the World Junior Championships.
In the 2010–11 season, Firus finished 6th in his senior national debut at the 2011 Canadian Championships and was assigned to the World Junior Championships where he finished 20th.
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