Donald McPherson

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John Donald McPherson (February 20, 1945 – November 24, 2001) was a Canadian figure skater. He captured won the gold medal at the 1963 World Figure Skating Championships.

[edit] Competitive highlights

1960

  • Canadian Championships - 2nd

1961

  • Canadian Championships - 2nd

1962

  • Canadian Championships - 2nd

1963

  • Canadian Championships - 1st
  • World Championships - 1st


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1896: Gilbert Fuchs · 1897: Gustav Hügel · 1898: Henning Grenander · 1899–1900: Gustav Hügel · 1901–1905: Ulrich Salchow · 1906: Gilbert Fuchs · 1907–1911: Ulrich Salchow · 1912–1913: Fritz Kachler · 1914: Gösta Sandahl · 1922: Gillis Grafström · 1923: Fritz Kachler · 1924: Gillis Grafström · 1925–1928: Willy Böckl · 1929: Gillis Grafström · 1930–1936: Karl Schäfer · 1937–1938: Felix Kaspar · 1939: Graham Sharp · 1947: Hans Gerschwiler · 1948–1952: Richard Button · 1953–1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins · 1957–1959: David Jenkins · 1960: Alain Giletti · 1962: Donald Jackson · 1963: Donald McPherson · 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer · 1965: Alain Calmat · 1966–1968: Emmerich Danzer · 1969–1970: Tim Wood · 1971–1973: Ondrej Nepela · 1974: Jan Hoffmann · 1975: Sergey Volkov · 1976: John Curry · 1977: Vladimir Kovalev · 1978: Charles Tickner · 1979: Vladimir Kovalev · 1980: Jan Hoffmann · 1981–1984: Scott Hamilton · 1985: Alexander Fadeyev · 1986: Brian Boitano · 1987: Brian Orser · 1988: Brian Boitano · 1989–1991: Kurt Browning · 1992: Viktor Petrenko · 1993: Kurt Browning · 1994–1995: Elvis Stojko · 1996: Todd Eldredge · 1997: Elvis Stojko · 1998–2000: Alexei Yagudin · 2001: Evgeni Plushenko · 2002: Alexei Yagudin · 2003–2004: Evgeni Plushenko · 2005–2006: Stéphane Lambiel · 2007: Brian Joubert · 2008: Jeffrey Buttle
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North American champions in figure skating – Men's singles

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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Canadian champions in figure skating – Men's singles

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 Diestelmeyer · 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 · 2008: Patrick Chan


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