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Donald George Jackson, CM OOnt (born April 2, 1940) is a Canadian retired figure skater. He is the 1962 World Champion, four-time Canadian national champion, and 1960 Olympic bronze medallist. At the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he landed the first triple Lutz jump in international competition and won the world title.[1][2]
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| Country represented |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 1940 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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 | 1960 Squaw Valley | Singles |
Biography
Jackson was coached by Pierre Brunet in New York City, where he lived with the family of 1960 Olympic Champion Carol Heiss.[3]
He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics at the age of 19.[4][5]
In both 1959 and 1960, he won a silver medal at the World Championships.[5] The 1961 event was cancelled after the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of many of Jackson's contemporaries in the US figure skating team. He had not been scheduled to attend the championships that year and was luckily not on board the fatal flight.[3] In 1962, at the World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Jackson became world champion and made history by landing the first triple Lutz in international competition.[5]
He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1962,[6] and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.[5][7]
Jackson is the former director of skating and was also a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario.[6]
In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[6][7] He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.[8]
In 2004, Jackson was included in the first induction of the Lisgar Collegiate Institute Athletic Wall of Fame, as part of the 160th Anniversary celebrations.[9]
In 2012, he was made a member of the Order of Ontario.[10]
In May 2016, aged 76 years old, Jackson appeared in a couple of Stars on Ice shows in Canada, performing a duet with Kurt Browning. His part included an Axel jump and a waltz jump.[11]
Results
| Event | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
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| Winter Olympics | 3rd | ||||||
| World Championships | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | — | 1st | |
| North American Championships | 4th | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Canadian Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- "Skate Canada History". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
- World Figure Skating Championship in Prague on YouTube
- "Tragic Crash Shocks Officials Here". Ottawa Citizen. February 14, 1961.
- "Donald Jackson results". IOC. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- Russell, Susan D. (March 3, 2019). "Donald Jackson: Master of Triple Lutz". IFS magazine. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
- "Minto Skating Club: Coaches". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
- "Donald Jackson – King of Blades". CHIPReverseMortgage. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "Don Jackson". oshof.ca. Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- Fraser, Bill. "Sports "Wall of Fame"" (PDF). Alere Flammam (Newsletter of Lisgar Alumni Association) Fall 2004. Lisgar Collegiate Institute. XXX (1).
- "27 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour". news.ontario.ca (Archived news release). Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. January 20, 2012.
- Smith, Beverley (May 10, 2016). "Donald Jackson: there's only one". bevsmithwrites.wordpress.com.
External links
- Watch King of Blades, a 1965 National Film Board of Canada short film on Donald Jackson
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На других языках
- [en] Donald Jackson (figure skater)
[fr] Donald Jackson (patinage artistique)
Donald Jackson, né le 2 avril 1940 à Oshawa, est un ancien patineur artistique canadien. Il a remporté le bronze olympique en 1960. En 1962, il a réalisé avec succès le premier triple lutz en compétition, devenant champion du monde.[it] Donald Jackson
Donald George Jackson (Oshawa, 2 aprile 1940) è un ex pattinatore artistico su ghiaccio canadese.[ru] Джексон, Дональд
До́нальд Дже́ксон (англ. Donald George Jackson, родился 2 апреля 1940 года в Ошаве, провинция Онтарио, Канада) — фигурист из Канады, бронзовый призёр зимней Олимпиады 1960 года, чемпион мира 1962 года, серебряный призёр чемпионатов мира (1959, 1960 годов), четырёхкратный чемпион Канады (1959—1962 годов), серебряный призёр чемпионата Канады (1956—1958 годов) в мужском одиночном катании.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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