Mark Pillay
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Mark Pillay (born 1978 or 1979) is a Canadian figure skating choreographer and former competitive men's singles figure skater.
Biography
Pillay was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to a British mother and South African father. He began figure skating after being encouraged by a childhood friend to give it a try. He was initially coached by Betty Calvert and Dale Hazell, before eventually relocating to Calgary, Alberta to be coached by Sharon Lariviere and later Vancouver, British Columbia to train under Joanne McLeod. He qualified for the 2001 Canadian Championships, where he finished twenty-seventh.
Following the event, Pillay retired from competitive figure skating and began attending Simon Fraser University, where he studied dance. He began working as a figure skating choreographer in 2002. Pillay has worked with figure skaters from several different countries and regularly holds seminars and training camps for skaters to attend. He currently resides in Vancouver.
Figure skaters that Pillay has worked with over the years include:
- Estonia Johanna Allik
- Canada Larkyn Austman
- Canada Hayleigh Bell / Rudi Swiegers
- Canada Emily Bausback
- Germany Alexander Bjelde
- Canada Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry
- Finland Linnea Ceder
- United States Karen Chen
- Poland Ioulia Chtchetinina / Michał Woźniak
- Poland Maciej Cieplucha
- United States Richard Dornbush
- Germany Paul Fentz
- Canada Liam Firus
- Canada Mitchell Gordon
- Canada Olivia Gran
- Germany Minami Hanashiro
- Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
- Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin
- United States Tomoki Hiwatashi
- Austria Gabriella Izzo / Luc Maierhofer
- Germany Kai Jagoda
- Canada Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry
- Canada Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan
- Australia Brendan Kerry
- Hong Kong Ronald Lam
- Canada Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier
- Canada Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers
- Chinese Taipei Amy Lin
- Spain Brooke McIntosh / Marco Zandron
- United Kingdom Natasha McKay
- Mexico Andrea Montesinos Cantú
- Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
- Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch
- United States Gabrielle Noullet
- United States Shotaro Omori
- Finland Beata Papp
- Finland Bela Papp
- Finland Emmi Peltonen
- Estonia Niina Petrõkina
- United States Tyler Pierce
- Estonia Brita Paula Poder
- Canada Aleksa Rakic
- Canada Shalena Rau / Phelan Simpson
- Canada Kevin Reynolds
- Finland Jenni Saarinen
- Canada Roman Sadovsky
- Canada Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
- Canada Emmanuel Sandhu
- Austria Flora Marie Schaller
- Austria Sophia Schaller
- Austria Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr
- Canada Taylor Steele / Robert Schultz
- United States Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay
- Germany Thomas Stoll
- Sweden Anton Truve
- Netherlands Michel Tsiba
- United Kingdom Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby
- Germany Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert
- Germany Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave
- United States Angela Wang
- Austria Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Competitive highlights
| National | |
|---|---|
| Event | 2000–01 |
| Canadian Championships | 27th |