Tiffany Elliot

Tiffany Elliot

Tiffany started skating at the age of four and began synchronized skating at the ageof nine. She has been a member of Skate Canada Brampton-Chinguacousy (formerlyknown as the Brampton Figure Skating Club) for twenty years and has completed herfreeskate, dance, skills and interpretive tests to make her a Quadruple Gold Medalist.Even higher than that, Tiffany has achieved Diamond Dance status.

In 2009 Tiffany competed with the NEXXICE senior women’s synchronized skatingteam in Zagreb, Croatia. The team won gold, making them the World Title championsagainst twenty-three other teams from eighteen countries. The NEXXICE athletes alsomade history as the first Canadians to earn this prestigious honor in the ten year history of the worldchampionships, and for setting a record in their sport with a combined score of 223.58. She travelledwith her teammate and best friend, Ashley Greenhalgh, to Burlington and Kitchener three to fourtimes per week to practice for this big competition.

The NEXXICE team conquered the 2009 Canadian Synchronized Skating National Championships thatqualified them for the world championships. Tiffany also won the Canadian National Championshipsin 2003 as a part of the junior team.

Tiffany helped to coach Brampton’s Junior Gold Ice Team to two Canadian National Championshipsand a 2nd and 4th place finish at worlds in 2007 and 2008.

Tiffany has worked for the City of Brampton since the age of sixteen as a lifeguard, swimming instructorand gardener. She won the “Best Garden in a Roadside Bed for Dixie-Bovaird Southwest”, provingthat this world champion is truly multi-talented.

Amidst competitive training and coaching, Tiffany graduated with distinction fromMcMaster University with an undergraduate degree in History and Political Science.She still coaches figure skating at Skate Canada Brampton-Chinguacousy and hasvolunteered as a skating judge. Tiffany is currently pursuing a Master of Arts (MA) inCanadian History at Queen’s University.

Inducted May 26, 2010