Donald Jackson
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Figure Skating | |||
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| Bronze | 1960 Squaw Valley | Singles | |
Donald George Jackson, C.M. (born April 2, 1940 in Oshawa, Ontario) was a Canadian figure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. In 1962, en route to winning gold at the World Figure Skating Championships, he both attempted and landed the first triple lutz in international competition. Jackson is currently a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario
In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event/Season | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
| Canadian Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| North American Championships | - | 4th | - | 1st | - | 1st | - |
| World Championships | - | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | - | 1st |
| Winter Olympics | - | - | - | - | 3rd | - | - |
[edit] Navigation
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1923: Sherwin Badger | 1925-1927: Melville Rogers | 1929-1939: Montgomery Wilson | 1941: Ralph McCreath | 1947-1951: Dick Button | 1953-1955: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1957: David Jenkins | 1959-1961: Donald Jackson | 1963: Donald McPherson | 1965: Gary Visconti | 1967: Donald Knight | 1969: Tim Wood | 1971: John Misha Petkevich |
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1905-1906,1908: Ormond B. Haycock | 1910: Douglas H. Nelles | 1911: Ormond B. Haycock | 1912: Douglas H. Nelles | 1913: Philip Chrysler | 1914,1920: Norman Scott | 1921-1922: Duncan Hodgson | 1923: Melville Rogers | 1924: John Machado | 1925: Melville Rogers | 1929-1935: Montgomery Wilson | 1936-1937: Osborne Colson | 1938-1939: Montgomery Wilson | 1940-1941: Ralph McCreath | 1942: Michael Kirby | 1945: Nigel Stephens | 1946: Ralph McCreath | 1947: Norris Bowden | 1948: Wallace Distelmeyer | 1949-1950: Roger Wickson | 1951-1953: Peter Firstbrook | 1954-1958: Charles Snelling | 1959-1962: Donald Jackson | 1963: Donald McPherson | 1964: Charles Snelling | 1965-1967: Donald Knight | 1968-1969: Jay Humphry | 1970: David McGillivray | 1971-1976: Toller Cranston | 1977: Ron Shaver | 1978-1980: Brian Pockar | 1981-1988: Brian Orser | 1989-1991: Kurt Browning | 1992: Michael Slipchuk | 1993: Kurt Browning | 1994: Elvis Stojko | 1995: Sébastien Britten | 1996-2000: Elvis Stojko | 2001: Emanuel Sandhu | 2002: Elvis Stojko | 2003-2004: Emanuel Sandhu | 2005-2007: Jeffrey Buttle |
| Preceded by Bruce Kidd |
Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1962 |
Succeeded by Bill Crothers |
Categories: Canadian figure skater stubs | 1940 births | Canadian figure skaters | Canada's Sports Hall of Fame | Figure skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics | Living people | Members of the Order of Canada | Ontario sportspeople | Olympic bronze medalists for Canada | People from Oshawa | People from Ottawa
