Ashley Greenhalgh

Ashley Greenhalgh

Ashley Greenhalgh is a high performance athlete who has lived her entire life in the same Bramptonhouse. Ashley began skating at the age of two on the Major Oaks outdoor pond. At three years of age,she skated every day with her mom who was a Learn to Skate instructor with the City of Brampton.She excelled at the sport, and at six years of age she graduated to the Brampton Figure Skating Club(now known as Skate Canada Brampton-Chinguacousy) where she was coached by Debbi Elliot andWendy Coates of the Gold Ice Synchronized Skating teams.

In 2009 Ashley Greenhalgh competed with the NEXXICE senior women’s synchronized skating teamin Zagreb, Croatia. The team won gold, making them the World Title champions against twenty-threeother teams from eighteen countries. The NEXXICE athletes also made history as the first Canadiansto earn this prestigious honor in the ten year history of the World Championships, and for setting a record in theirsport with a combined score of 223.58. She travelled with her teammate and best friend, Tiffany Elliot, to Burlingtonand Kitchener three to four times per week to practice for this big competition.

At the age of eight, Ashley joined the Brampton Littlest Angels Juvenile Synchronized Skating Team on the endof the line, and truly was the littlest angel. She was chosen to skate as a part of a competitive pairs team and theyoung couple began a very successful climb, representing the Skate Canada Brampton Skating Club for five yearsin three national championships.

Ashley became a Quadruple Gold medalist in singles skating and was awarded the skating club’s prestigious NatalieMunn Award in her last year of high school. Ashley set her sights on developing her Synchronized Skating passionagain with Brampton’s Gold Ice, where they won the Canadian Championships and an international competitionin Prague, Czech Republic in 2003. She attended her first World Championships in Zagreb Croatia in 2004 withFusion Skating Team, placing 6th overall.

A graduate of McMaster University, Ashley has volunteered her time to teach learn to skate lessons for the City ofBrampton, in addition to coaching and judging for Skate Canada Brampton. Ashley was a volunteercoach with the Gold Ice Synchronized Skating team this past season and is currently a mentorcoach of her first pairs team.

Ashley’s success in skating is largely credited to the support and love of her family, and her dedicationto the Brampton community is a family affair.

Inducted May 26, 2010