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}} Eric Radford (born January 27, 1985) is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Meagan Duhamel, he is the 2015 World Champion and a two-time World bronze medalist (2013 and 2014), a two-time Four Continents champion (2013 and 2015), the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final champion, and a four-time Canadian national champion (2012–15). ==Personal life== Radford was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Balmertown, Ontario.〔〔 He moved to Kenora at age 14, to Winnipeg and Montreal at 15, and to Toronto at 16.〔 He studied music at York University〔 and holds a Grade 9 Royal Conservatory of Music certificate.〔 He plays piano and writes and composes music,〔 and registered as a member of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada in 2014.〔 In December 2014, Radford publicly came out as gay in an interview with the LGBT publication ''Outsports''.〔 In doing so, he became the first competitive figure skater ever to come out at the height of his career while still a contender for championship titles, rather than waiting until he was near or past retirement;〔 at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships, Radford and Duhamel's gold medal win in pairs skating made him the first openly gay figure skater ever to win a medal at that competition.〔("Eric Radford and Meagan Duhamel win gold!" ). ''Outsports'', March 26, 2015.〕 He is an ambassador for the Canadian Olympic Committee's #OneTeam program to combat homophobia in sports.〔 Radford lives with his partner, Normand, who he has been with since before he came out, and his stepdaughter Keena-Moon. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Radford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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