page_title: Kaetlyn Osmond
section_title: 2012–13 season: First international and national titles
hierarchical_section_title: Kaetlyn Osmond / Career / 2012–13 season: First international and national titles
caption_attribution_description: Simple English: The ladies podium at the 2012 Skate Canada International. From left: Akiko Suzuki (2nd), Kaetlyn Osmond(1st), Kanako Murakami (3rd)
context_page_description: Kaetlyn Osmond ONL is a retired competitive Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. A three-time Canadian national champion, Osmond competed internationally at the senior level from 2012 to 2018, winning three Olympic medals, two World Championship medals, and one Grand Prix Final medal. She was Canada's first ladies' World Champion in 45 years when she won in 2018.
  Osmond debuted on the senior level in 2012 and won gold at the 2012 Skate Canada International. After winning what would be the first of three national titles, she placed eighth in her World Championship debut. As part of the 2014 Canadian Olympic team, Osmond won a silver medal in the team event. After being sidelined by injury and struggling to return to competitive form, Osmond reclaimed her Canadian title in 2017 and won silver at the 2017 World Championships. The following season, she stood on the podium at every event she entered, winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final, ands taking gold at the 2018 World Championships. She also won Olympic gold as part of the Canadian team in the 2018 Olympic team event. Osmond then retired from competition.
context_section_description: In the 2012–13 season, Osmond won her first international title at 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy. She then made her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2012 Skate Canada International. She was second in both the short and free programs, but it was enough to win the competition. Osmond remarked that "On the Junior Grand Prix, I was always ninth or 10th, so this is just extraordinary."  Despite winning Skate Canada, Osmond was unable to qualify for that season's Grand Prix Final because she had not been given a second Grand Prix assignment.
  Osmond went on to win her first senior national title at the 2013 Canadian Championships. It was the first time in ten years that a ladies' single skater from outside Quebec won the Canadian title. At the 2013 Four Continents, Osmond finished seventh.
  Osmond's national championship resulted in her being named as the lone Canadian ladies' singles skater at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario.  She placed a surprising fourth in the short program, which many in the Canadian skating community considered "the best global championship debut by a Canadian woman since the 1970s."  Osmond struggled in the middle section of her long program, falling twice and stepping out of another jump, and placed tenth in the long program, for an eighth-place finish overall.  This result secured two spots for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics.  Interviewed afterward, Osmond stated: "I had a little thought of a possible medal in my head, but I put it out of my mind and focused on my goal, which was top 10."
caption: Osmond (center) with Akiko Suzuki (left) and Kanako Murakami (right) on the podium at the 2012 Skate Canada International
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