Over the years, CTC has helped develop skaters who have gone on to discover a passion for other sports. While their paths may have taken them away from competitive figure skating, the skills they developed on the ice have continued to play an important role in their success.
Carolyn McEwen - Canadian Nationals
CTC Alumni Carolyn McEwen is featured in Skate Canada's "The Skating Spotlight". Discover how Carolyn McEwen is championing women’s sport as a Skate Canada official and as a coach of Canada’s women’s rugby team.
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Sofia Zabjek
Sofia Zabjek is both a former member of CTC and a talented Canadian volleyball athlete from Cambridge, Ontario, whose journey has taken her from local competition to the university and national stages. Sofia has represented Canada internationally. She was selected to Canada’s U19 national team and competed at the 2025 U19 international competitions. During the U19 Pan American Cup, she was among Canada’s leading scorers, including a 16-point performance in Canada’s opening match.
What makes Sofia’s story particularly unique is that volleyball has not been her only athletic passion; she also spent 10 years figure skating. Her success highlights how dedication and work ethic that is expected at an advanced sport applies across disciplines.
Today, Sofia continues to pursue excellence both academically and athletically at Colorado State, studying Animal Science with the goal of becoming a veterinarian while developing her volleyball career at the NCAA Division I level.
Lanni Marchant
At the Rio Olympics in 2016, Lanni Marchant became the first Canadian woman to compete in the 10,000m and the marathon at the same Olympic Games. Marchant is the current Canadian record holder in both the marathon and half marathon, setting the national marathon mark at 2:28:00 in October 2013 in Toronto, breaking a 28-year-old record, and the half marathon mark at 1:10:47 in March 2014 in Nashville. Marchant is the third fastest Canadian woman all time in the 10,000m on the track.
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Robin Marissink
Robin is a former skater with the Champions Training Centre. Robin's life has been full of amazing experiences in many places and countries but through everything she always has brought her back to the sport of figure skating. She shares her story that enforces the value of skating, health, being grateful for the little things and how sports can be an important medicine, helping you stay present, grounded and humble.
Learn more about Robin here