Eden Green

List of Achievements Olympic Level Olympic Silver Medallist, 500m, Calgary Winter Olympics 1988 Olympic Bronze Medallist, 3000m relay, Calgary Winter Olympics 1988 Olympic Team member, Albertville, France 1992 Pre-Olympics, 3rd overall, Albertville, France, 1991 Pre-Olympics, 1000m Bronze Medallist, Albertville, France, 1991 Pre-Olympics, 1500m Bronze Medallist, Albertville, France, 1991 World Championship Level World Short Track Championship Gold Medallist, 3000m relay, Chamonix, France 1986 World Short Track Championship Gold Medallist, 500m, Montreal, Canada 1987 World Short Track Championship Gold Medallist, 3000m relay, Montreal, Canada, 1987 World Short Track Championship Bronze Medallist, 1000m, St Louis, USA, 1988 World Short Track Championship Bronze Medallist, 1500m, St Louis, USA, 1988 World Short Track Championship Gold Medallist, 3000m relay, Solihull, England 1989 World Short Track Championship Silver Medallist, 500m, Amsterdam 1990 World Short Track Championship Bronze Medallist, 1500m, Amsterdam 1990 World Short Track Championship Bronze Medallist, 3000m, Amsterdam 1990 World Short Track Championship, Bronze Medallist overall, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1990 World Team Short Track Championship, Gold Medallist, overall, 1990 World Team Short Track Championship, Gold Medallist, overall, Seoul, Korea, 1991 World Team Short Track Championship, Gold Medallist, 3000m relay, Seoul, Korea, 1991 World Short Track Championship Short Track, 1988, 4th overall, St Louis, USA World Short Track Championship Short Track, 1987, 4th overall, Montreal, Canada, World Short Track Championship, 1986, 31st overall, Chamonix, France World Short Track Team member, 1986,1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 World Long Track Junior Championships, 15th overall, St.Foy, Quebec International Level - Short Track Gold Medallist, Friesland Cup, Netherlands, 1989 Gold Medallist, 500m, Excellence Cup, Montreal, Canada, 1989 North American Juvenile Champion 1985 North American Juvenile Champion 1984 Gold Medallist, 300m, North American Championships, 1985 Gold Medallist, 400m, North American Championships, 1985 Gold Medallist, 600m, North American Championships, 1985 Gold Medallist, 800m, North American Championships, 1985 North American Record, 300m, North American Championships 1985 North American Record, 400m, North American Championships 1985 North American Record, 600m, North American Championships 1985 North American Record, 800m, North American Championships 1985 North American Juvenile Champion 1984 North American Juvenile Champion 1985 North American Junior Champion 1986 National Level 1984 Canadian Long Track Junior Team Trials 6th overall 1985 Canadian Short Track Team Trials 7th overall 1986 Canadian Short Track Team Trials 4th overall 1987 Canadian Short Track Team Trials 2nd overall 1988 Olympic Short Track Team Trials 1st overall 1989 Canadian Short Track Team Trials 5th overall 1990 Canadian Short Track Team Trials 3rd overall 1991 Canadian Short Track Team Trials 2nd overall 1992 Olympic Short Track Team Trials 4th overall Canadian Short Track Senior Champion 1991 Canadian Short Track Senior Champion 1988 Canadian Long Track Junior Champion 1986 Canadian Long Track Juvenile Champion 1985 Canadian Short Track Juvenile Champion 1985 Canadian Short Track Midget Champion 1983 Canadian 500m Long Track Record 1985 Gold Medallist, 200m, Canadian Championships, 1983 Gold Medallist, 300m, Canadian Championships, 1983 Gold Medallist, 400m, Canadian Championships, 1983 Gold Medallist, 500m, Canadian Championships, 1983 Canadian Record, 200m, Canadian Championships 1983 Canadian Record, 300m, Canadian Championships 1983 Canadian Record, 400m, Canadian Championships 1983 Canadian Record, 500m, Canadian Championships 1983 Canadian Record, 1000m, Canadian Team Trials 1988 Numerous BC and Canadian Age Class Records on both 111m oval and 100m double radius tracks Canadian Senior Records set in 400m, 1500m, 3000m, 3000m relay Bronze Medallist, 500m Canadian Team Trials, 1985 BC Short Track Age Class Champion 11 times BC Long Track Age Class Champion 11 times BC Medals Awards and Honours Government of Canada Tribute to the Champions 1987 Premiere’s Award for Achievement 1988 Premiere’s Award for Achievement 1990 BC Junior Athlete of the Year Award 1987 - 1988 BC Junior Athlete of the Year Award 1988 – 1989 Finalist Canada Tribute to the Champions World Ring Award – 1986 Canada Tribute to the Champions World Ring Award – 1987 BCSSA Athlete of the Year Award 1986 BCSSA Athlete of the Year Award 1983 Inaugurated into Canadian Amateur Speed Skating Association Hall of Fame 1993 Youngest ever athlete to make Senior National Team status at 15 years of age Honoured with Life membership of the Mission Racers Speed Skating Club Eden’s BC racing number was retired Inducted into the Mission, BC Olympic Hall of Fame - 1988 Inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame - 2000 Coaching Co-Founder of Ridge Meadows Speed Skating Club with her father Coach of Ridge Meadows Speed Skating Club Coach of Sardis Flyers Speed Skating Club Coach of Langley Blades Speed Skating Club Level 2 National Coaching Certification Program Speaker for Youth Against Drugs Presenter for Calgary Olympic Development Association, children’s Summer Sport Camp

At thirteen months old, Eden began skating at the local ice rink in Mission. Her mother was teaching her 3-year-old brother to skate and she didn’t know what to do with Eden while she had her brother on the ice, so she decided to teach them both at the same time. Eden figure skated at the Mission arena at age 3 and then switched to speed skating at age 4. Her father, George, having coached hockey for several years, was her speed skating coach. Her mother, Jane schooled her in Highland Dancing giving Eden plyometric strength and an advantage on the ice. Together they forged a team that quickly made Eden the fastest skater in her own age class and often more senior age classes too. She often competed with children two or three years her senior just to challenge her abilities!

Despite being the fastest female for the BC Canada Winter Games Team in 1983, Eden was not permitted to compete due to her young age; a rule that has since been challenged and defeated by Human Rights Law. That same season she qualified for the Canadian National Training Team at the age of 13 years! As a result she was never on a provincial team and went directly to representing both BC and Canada at World Championships.

At age 15 Eden competed in her first World Championships. At age 16 she won a gold medal in the 500m at the World Championships in Montreal, Quebec. At the age of 17 Canadian Team rules forced her to move to Quebec to live and train at the National Training Center in order to be part of the Olympic relay team. Not speaking French fluently and living alone in a strange province was extremely difficult for Eden, but she overcame to win silver (500m) and bronze (3000m relay) Olympic medals at the 1988 Olympic games in Calgary. Finally, after two years the National High Performance Committee permitted Eden to be coached by her father again at home in Mission.

Eden excelled in her home environment and skated at two Olympic games, seven World Championships, Multiple International events and Canadian Championships. It was there that she met her husband, Julian, also a speed skater representing Great Britain, at some of the same events.

Eden’s participation in the National Team program meant that she had to miss a great deal of high school. In the summer of grade 10, Eden completed English 11 and Algebra 11 by correspondence so that she would have two less courses to complete during the school year. In the summer of grade 11, she completed grade 12 English by correspondence and then moved to Montreal to train for the ’88 Olympic games. While in Montreal, Eden completed the rest of her grade 12 courses by correspondence and graduated with her class in 1988. Eden attended McGill University in 1988/89 and then moved back to BC to live and train. She took courses at the University of British Columbia and Fraser Valley College. In 1992, after marrying British Olympic Speed Skater Julian Green, Eden moved to Calgary. She was accepted into the Faculty of Education and made the decision to retire from skating in order to focus on her studies. Eden completed her Bachelor of Education at the University of Calgary in 1995. Also in 1995 Eden moved back to Mission, BC and began teaching grade 1 at John Maclure Community School in Abbotsford, BC. Eden completed a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Curriculum and Instruction at Simon Fraser University in 1998. She also became a Reading Recovery Teacher in 1999.

Eden excelled in speed skating at a time when no other BC female had qualified to the National Short Track Team. Eden was also the only female Anglophone on the Canadian team for many years. To date the only other English speaking female to represent Canada at the Short Track World Championships or Olympics is Susan Auch. She regularly competed against Sylvie Daigle, Natalie Lambert, Susan Auch, Maryse and Annie Perrault, Isabelle Charest and Christine Boudrias. As a young Long Track skater Eden’s main competition was Catriona LeMay (Doan).

Her sport was not well known or well televised and as such she had little or no sponsorship to offset her costs. This meant that her family bore the brunt of her travelling, equipment, and training expenses, as well as those of her father/coach. Eden benefited from the support of her home community of Mission, as well as the Mission Racers Speed Skating Club. She also had many wonderful coaches: Clara Overend, Dennis Brain, Sandra Clements, Larry Lewin, and of course, her father, George Donatelli.

Feeling a need to share her experiences to children, Eden was part of the Athlete’s Motivation Excellence Program 1988-1991. She also began coaching after retiring from competition in 1992. She currently coaches with her dad and her husband at three local clubs (Maple Ridge, Sardis and Langley). In addition to coaching 3 hours per night, 6 days a week, Eden has a full time grade one / Learning Assistance teaching position at John Maclure Community School in Abbotsford, BC, and is completing her Masters degree in Reading and Learning Disabilities at Simon Fraser University. Eden also presents regularly at Abbotsford District teaching conferences and has presented at teaching conferences in Vancouver and Victoria. She doesn’t have a lot of free time!

Many rules and laws have been re-thought and re-worded due to her exemplary achievements at such a young age, thus smoothing the difficult road ahead for future generations of young speed skaters. Her inspiring feats have encouraged many young girls and boys to take up the sport of short track speed skating and her coaching skills continue to help them reach their dreams. Her Maple Ridge club is predominantly made up of young girls, which is a first for speed skating in BC!

Julian Green

Julian Green is the Program Director for the Ridge Meadows Speed Skating Club . Julian is a fully certified Level 4/5 Coach.   He has previously coached the Canadian National Team at  World Championships as well as the 1992 & 1994 Winter Olympic Games.  He has skated internationally for Great Britain in both Short Track and Long Track including the 1988 Olympic Games. Julian is the current Coaching Course Conductor for Level III and has recently been selected to be the CBET (Competency Based Education Training) Facilitator for BC. We are truly blessed to have the highest level of coaching BC has to offer in our very own Club.

Skating

• ·                   Helped to start his own club back in the UK in the late 70’s or early 80’s – the Solihull Phoenix
• ·                   Volunteer assistant coach for the Heerenveen Hardrijders short track club in Holland 1987 and 1988 seasons
• ·                   Canadian Olympic Long Track Coach at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France
• ·                   Coached Canadian Team at World Sprint and All-Round Championships + World Cups
• ·                   Alberta Provincial Coach and Technical Co-ordinator for 4 years
• ·                   Coached both Long track and Short Track at 2 Canada Winter Games 1991 Charlottetown, PEI and 1995 Grand Prairie, Alberta
• ·                   Coached at numerous Canada Cups, Canadian Age Class Short and Long track Championships
• ·                   Level 4/5 NCCP coach
• ·                   Olympic Oval School Program Head Coach
• ·                   Operated AASSA’s Outreach Program to introduce speed skating to new communities
• ·                   Involved in the start-up of 2 Alberta clubs – Slave Lake and Grand Prairie
• ·                   Established Alberta Cup system which BC later emulated
• ·                   Illustrated SSC level 1 and 2 coaching manuals, the Badge Program, AASSA newsletter, SSC skate sharpening brochure
• ·                   Designed AASSA logo, Lloydminster club logo, medals, Canadian Championship logos
• ·                   Coaches at 3 lower mainland clubs – Langley, Ridge Meadows, Sardis
• ·                   NCCP Technical instructor for level 1, 2 and 3
• ·                   Coached in the unofficial FVRTC for the last 13 years
• ·                   Organized the selection trials and trained the officials for the Northern Winter Games in Slave Lake
• ·                   Coached new participants for the Northern Winter Games and their coaches
• ·                   Promoted speed skating in the North West Territories
• ·                   Numerous promotional events for BC and SSC
• ·                   Appeared on several TV shows promoting speed skating in Canada
• ·                   Assisted with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic bid technical package for short and long track speed skating

Julian coached the following Alberta athletes who went on to national long track team status:

· Jeremy Wotherspoon · Danielle Wotherspoon · Steven Elm · Selena Elm · Dustin Molicki · Tara Risling · Sarah Smith · Krystal Myers · Ingrid Leipa · Nicole Slot 

As National Coach Julian had the privilege to coach and work with the following skaters:

· Catriona LeMay Doan · Susan Auch · Shelley Rhead Skarvan · Caroline Maheux · Susan Massiti · Becky Hamilton · Michelle Morton · Chantale Cote · Neal Marshall · Sean Ireland · Pat Anderson · Arty Lancaster 

George Donatelli

 

• ·                   George developed a regional training centre philosophy and has implemented an unofficial regional training centre for the last 12 to 15 years. Firstly when he coached the  Mission - Abbottsford clubs and since the 1990's between the Sardis, Langley and Ridge Meadows clubs
• ·                   Coached in the unofficial FVRTC for the last 15 years
• ·                   He has made custom moulded skates at his own expense for his top skaters so that they could compete on a level playing field with other Nationally ranked athletes from other provinces.
• ·                   He has attended and coached BC skaters at most Canadian Championships for the last 30 years.
• ·                   Level 1 or 2 Referee
• ·                   Level 2 NCCP coach
• ·                   Started several lower mainland clubs including Ridge Meadows
• ·                   Also coached baseball and ice hockey in Mission
• ·                   Purchased a rockering machine out of his own funds in order to maintain skaters blades
• ·                   Hosts club AGM’s at his house
• ·                   Coaches 5 days a week in season, 2 days a week during Summer

 

George has coached the following athletes during their development and who shortly after went on to compete at the International level:

· Eden Donatelli Green - 1988 Olympic Medallist at the Calgary Games · Daryl Rasmussen - Canadian Short Track Team · Cory Rasmussen - 500m Short Track World Record contender · Jennifer Lee - Canadian World Junior Long Track Team member · Alanna Kraus - Canadian Short Track Team (did she medal at an Olympics yes) · Jeff Kitura - Canadian Long Track Team · Kathy Gordon - Canadian Olympic Long Track Team 1988

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