Paul Wirtz (May 3, 1958 - April 6, 2006) was a Canadian figure skating coach.
[1] A coach of pairs skaters, athletes he worked with included Valérie Marcoux, Craig Buntin, Nicholas Young, Elizabeth Putnam, Sean Wirtz, Kristy Sargeant,[1] Kris Wirtz,[1] Dylan Moscovitch, Tanith Belbin[2] and Eric Radford.
[1] At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and the 2014 World Championships, Radford and Meagan Duhamel performed to a piece of music "Tribute" that Radford had personally composed as a tribute to Wirtz.
[3] 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.
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