On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, the figure skating community tragically lost 28 skaters, coaches and parents, including emerging skater Olivia Eve Ter of the ION Figure Skating Club and her mother, Olesya Taylor, in a plane crash, which occurred as they traveled home from the National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas.
To honor their memory, we pay tribute to those we lost. Their legacy will forever live on, and they will be forever in our hearts.
Olivia Eve Ter
Olivia Eve Ter, 12, will be remembered as always being cheerful with an infectious laugh and being a talented figure skater. She earned silver and gold at her two NQS events this season before finishing fourth in the juvenile girls division at the 2025 Eastern Sectional Singles Final to receive an invitation to National Development Camp. Within the last season, her coaches noticed that she was making significant progress. Other than skating, she enjoyed playing pranks, ballet and music.
Olivia’s mother, Olesya Taylor, also died in the crash.
