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:''For the 17th-century Swedish Pomeranian general major and vice governour, see Paul Wirtz (Swedish Pomerania)'' Paul Wirtz (May 3, 1958 - April 6, 2006) was a Canadian figure skating coach.〔("A teacher to the end" ). ''Ottawa Sun'', April 9, 2006.〕 Originally from Marathon, Ontario,〔 he was the brother of Kris Wirtz and the uncle of Sean Wirtz.〔 A coach of pairs skaters, athletes he worked with included Valérie Marcoux, Craig Buntin, Elizabeth Putnam, Sean Wirtz, Kristy Sargeant,〔 Kris Wirtz,〔 Dylan Moscovitch, Tanith Belbin〔"Belbin loses dance title by the vote of one judge". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 18, 2003.〕 and Eric Radford.〔("Eric Radford: Olympic figure skater, medal-winning family man. And gay." ). ''Outsports'', December 4, 2014.〕 He died on April 6, 2006 at age 47 from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.〔("A teacher to the end" ). ''Ottawa Sun'', April 9, 2006.〕 At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Radford and Meagan Duhamel performed to a piece of music that Radford had personally composed as a tribute to Wirtz.〔("Eric Radford and Meagan Duhamel pay tribute to late coach" ). ''Toronto Sun'', October 24, 2013.〕 Wirtz was openly gay.〔 When Radford came out as gay in 2014, he credited Wirtz as an important influence on his acceptance of his own sexuality: "Paul was the first gay person I ever saw in real life. The gay people on TV were always very flamboyant, and until I met Paul I didn't realize you could be gay and just be normal. He was the first person I saw who was like that, gay and just normal. He made me realize I didn't have to be afraid of it."〔 ==References== 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「Paul Wirtz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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