Sheldon Galbraith

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Sheldon William Galbraith (born May 24, 1922) is a Canadian figure skating coach whose students have won all three categories at World Championships (men's, ladies' and pairs') and have won Canada's first Olympic gold medals in ladies' and pairs' competitions.

Born in Sturgeon Creek, Manitoba, the youngest of four children of William James Boyd and Mabel Agnes Frederika Mabel, he moved with his family to Tacoma, Washington in 1928.

His students have included Barbara Ann Scott, Francis Dafoe, Norris Bowden, Barbara Wagner, Robert Paul and Donald Jackson. He was the Winter Olympics Canadian team coach in 1948, 1956 and 1960.

He was a founder of the Professional Skaters' Association of Canada and was its first president.

In 1980, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1991, he was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was inducted into the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2005, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.

In 1943, he married Jeanne Schulte.