Donald Jackson
Figure skater

Donald Jackson

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A.K.A.
Donald George Jackson
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2 April 1940(Oshawa, Durham, Ontario, Canada)
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Donald George Jackson, CM OOnt (born April 2, 1940) is a retired Canadian figure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. At the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he landed the first triple lutz jump in international competition and won the competition.

Jackson was coached by Pierre Brunet in New York City, where he lived with the family of 1960 Olympic Champion Carol Heiss.

In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2012 he was made a member of the Order of Ontario.

Jackson is the former director of skating and was also a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario.

Donald Jackson was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

In May 2016, Jackson appeared at 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. He was 76 years old.

Results

Event 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Winter Olympics 3rd
World Championships 7th 4th 2nd 2nd ccd 1st
North American Championships 4th 1st 1st
Canadian Championships 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st