# Katherine Medland Spence

Katherine Medland Spence (born August 5, 2000) is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup champion and the 2025 Canadian national bronze medalist.

## Personal life

Medland Spence was born on August 5, 2000, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. As of 2025, Medland Spence is a student at Carleton University studying chemistry.

## Career
### 2024–25 season: International senior debut

Medland Spence made her international senior debut at age 24 at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup. In Warsaw, Medland Spence placed first in both the short program and the free skate to unexpectedly claim the event title over Ekaterina Kurakova and Marina Piredda.
At the 2025 Canadian Championships in January, Medland Spence entered the event as a podium threat given her strong performance in Warsaw in November. She placed second in the short program, and despite falling to fourth place in the free skate, hung on to earn the bronze medal behind three-time national champion Madeline Schizas and silver medalist Sara-Maude Dupuis. Due to her performance at the national championship, Medland Spence was assigned to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul alongside Schizas and Dupuis. She finished in fourteenth place.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2024–2025 | No Time for Emotion (from Kingsman: The Golden Circle) by Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson Take Me Home, Country Roads performed by Louie Ashley choreo. by Julie Brault | Clair de lune / Photograph by Cody Fry choreo. by Danielle Rose |

## Competitive highlights

* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| Four Continents Championships | | | | 14th |
| Canadian Championships | 6th | 7th | 13th | 3rd |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | | | 1st |
| Cranberry Cup | | | 9th | |
| Skate Canada Challenge | 6th | 11th | 12th | |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 181.89 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Short program | TSS | 60.03 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Short program | TES | 32.83 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Short program | PCS | 27.20 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Free skating | TSS | 121.86 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Free skating | TES | 64.32 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Free skating | PCS | 57.54 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup |

### Senior results

2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 19–23, 2025 | Four Continents Championships | 14 53.02 | 14 103.93 | 14 156.95 |
| January 14–19, 2025 | 2025 Canadian Championships | 2 61.99 | 4 119.56 | 3 181.55 |
| November 20–24, 2024 | 2024 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 60.03 | 1 121.86 | 1 181.89 |
| 2023–24 season |||||
| January 8–14, 2024 | 2024 Canadian Championships | 16 41.71 | 11 94.03 | 13 135.74 |
| November 29 – December 3, 2023 | 2023 Skate Canada Challenge | 10 51.85 | 14 94.32 | 12 146.17 |
| August 10–14, 2023 | 2023 Cranberry Cup | 10 48.52 | 8 93.76 | 9 142.28 |
| 2022–23 season |||||
| January 9–15, 2023 | 2023 Canadian Championships | 7 54.29 | 5 105.19 | 7 159.48 |
| November 30 – December 3, 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada Challenge | 14 50.29 | 11 93.98 | 11 144.27 |
| 2021–22 season |||||
| January 7–13, 2022 | 2022 Canadian Championships | 7 55.74 | 7 102.65 | 6 158.39 |
| December 1–5, 2021 | 2021 Skate Canada Challenge | 12 48.13 | 5 103.26 | 6 151.39 |