Heather Austman

National Coach

Rising star academy Program Manager
junior development Program Manager

A passion for working with children and seeing them progress, keeps Heather, an organized, reliable and hardworking skating coach for more than 35 years, motivated. Her goal is to instill a love of figure skating in her skaters, just as her coaches did when she first put on figure skates at the age of five years.

Heather is a former Canadian Novice Ladies Champion, Canadian Junior Ladies Silver Medalist, and BC Section Senior Ladies Champion. She has completed her Gold Figure, Gold Freeskate and Gold Dance levels in Canada and the US.

Heather has coached International competitors, developed skaters from the beginning to the Senior levels, National medalists and champion, National level competitors, as well as Provincial and Regional champions.

Heather is NCCP Level III certified, working on level IV. In her spare time, Heather likes training for her next marathon.