Liam Firus

Liam Firus
Firus in 2014
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1992-07-02) July 2, 1992 North Vancouver, British Columbia
Residence	North Vancouver
Height
Coach	Christy Krall, Damon Allen, Erik Schulz
Former coach	Lorna Bauer, Rod Mackie, Scott Davis
Choreographer	Mark Pillay
Skating club	Vancouver Skating Club
Training locations	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Former training locations	North Vancouver
Began skating	2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	200.87 2016 Triglav Trophy
Short program	70.21 2015 Four Continents
Free skate	137.82 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Liam Firus (born July 2, 1992) is a Canadian figure skater. He is a three-time Canadian national medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2014–15). He placed 8th at the 2012 World Junior Championships and won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

Personal life

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.

Career

Firus competing at the 2013 Canadian Championships

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. Firus began the 2011–12 season by winning the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane, Australia.

In the 2012–13 season, Firus experienced severe pelvic pain while training for the Canadian Championships. He placed fifth at the event in January 2013. His condition developed into osteitis pubis and he decided to undergo prolotherapy. He resumed training after five months.

In autumn 2013, Firus began training under Christy Krall in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He won bronze at the 2014 Canadian Championships and was named in the Canadian team to the 2014 Winter Olympics. He finished 28th in Sochi.

Firus placed 11th at the 2014 Skate Canada International in Kelowna, British Columbia and won the bronze medal at the 2015 Canadian Championships in Kingston, Ontario. He finished 15th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships.

Firus won silver at the 2016 Canadian Nationals and finished 13th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships. He withdrew from the 2016 World Championships in Boston, stating "Making this decision was extremely difficult. However, I feel that withdrawing from the World Championships is vital for our team."

2016 Canadian Championships Silver Medalist Liam Firus performs at Championship Gala

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016	Blues for Klook by Eddy Louiss choreo. by Mark Pillay	Moulin Rouge! by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Mark Pillay
2014–2015	Fascination by Fermo Dante Marchetti performed by Richard Hayman choreo. by Mark Pillay	Moulin Rouge! by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Mark Pillay
2013–2014	Fascination by Fermo Dante Marchetti performed by Richard Hayman	The Bolt by Dmitri Shostakovich choreo. by Mark Pillay
2012–2013	Violin Concerto in D by Pyotr Tchaikovsky	The Resistance by Muse
2011–2012	You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones	Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre
2010–2011		Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre
2009–2010	Allegretto (from Paladio for String Orchestra) by Karl Jenkins, Carmine Laun, David Alberman	Black Hawk Dawn by Hans Zimmer The 13th Warrior by Jerry Goldsmith

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
Olympics							28th
Worlds									WD
Four Continents								15th	13th
GP Skate Canada						10th		11th
CS Finlandia									7th
CS Golden Spin									8th
CS Nebelhorn								9th
Triglav Trophy									1st
U.S. Classic						8th
International: Junior, novice
Junior Worlds				20th	8th
JGP Australia					3rd
JGP Austria					11th
JGP Belarus			8th
JGP Romania				5th
JGP Turkey			7th
JGP U.K.				3rd
Merano Cup	1st N.
National
Canadian Champ.		10th J.	1st J.	6th	6th	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Liam Firus at the International Skating Union

• Liam Firus: 2013/2014 at Skate Canada at the Wayback Machine (archived February 20, 2014)

• Alternate link at the Wayback Machine (archived January 12, 2014)