Meet Victoria
Victoria Smith is a Canadian synchronized skating coach and choreographer. Victoria was a member of Team Canada for nearly a decade, partaking in numerous junior- and senior-level world championships and ISU events. Her competitive highlights include winning the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships with NEXXICE senior, as well earning two world medals (2014 silver, 2017 bronze) and three Canadian titles (2014, 2015, 2017). After a competitive career spanning 20 years, she retired from competition following the 2017 world championships in Colorado Springs, USA.
Alongside competitive skating, Victoria began skating professionally in ice shows in 2015. She has since skated for various productions in Canada, the USA, and Europe as an ensemble and semi-principal skater. She currently works as an assistant-choreographer and installer for ISF Productions. Her passion for choreography extends to her troupe, The Edge Collective, a group she co-founded in 2018.
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Victoria transitioned naturally into choreography and coaching, launching her career with a skating skills camp in Sydney, Australia for Team Unity (formerly Fire on Ice) in 2015. Since then, she has enjoyed yearly coaching contracts with Team France (Chrysalides), Team Turkey (Vizyon), and Team Great Britain (Zariba). Victoria proudly coached Team USA (Adrian College senior synchronized skating team) assisting them in their first podium finish at the US Synchronized Skating Championships.
She is currently coaching at NEXXICE Synchronized Skating Teams and Trinity Skating Academy in Ontario, Canada.
Off the ice, Victoria pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph, graduating with honours in 2018. She has since earned her Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate from the University of Toronto. She is a registered national coach with Skate Canada and US Figure Skating.
