Donald Jackson (figure skater)
{{Short description|Canadian figure skater}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Figure skating}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|1960 Squaw Valley|Men's Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1962 Prague|Men's singles}}
{{MedalSilver|1960 Vancouver|Men's singles}}
{{MedalSilver|1959 Colorado Springs|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1961 Philadelphia|Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold|1959 Toronto|Men's singles}}
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{{MedalBronze | 1960 Squaw Valley | Singles}}
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Donald George Jackson {{post-nominals|country=CAN|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.{{cite web |url=http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/about_skate_canada/history/ |title=Skate Canada History |work=Skate Canada |access-date=2008-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229234046/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/about_skate_canada/history/ |archive-date=2007-12-29 }}{{YouTube|Alrsemq_mzQ|World Figure Skating Championship in Prague}}
Biography
Jackson was coached by Pierre Brunet in New York City, where he lived with the family of 1960 Olympic Champion Carol Heiss.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19610214&id=nf0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5501,3110099 |title=Tragic Crash Shocks Officials Here |date=February 14, 1961 |work=Ottawa Citizen}}
He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics at the age of 19.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/donald-jackson-1 |title=Donald Jackson results |work=IOC |access-date=September 14, 2019}}
In both 1959 and 1960, he won a silver medal at the World Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.ifsmagazine.com/donald-jackson-master-of-triple-lutz/ |title=Donald Jackson: Master of Triple Lutz |date=March 3, 2019 |first=Susan D. |last=Russell |work=IFS magazine |access-date=September 14, 2019}} 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. 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.
He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1962, and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977.{{cite web|url=https://www.chip.ca/reverse-mortgage-resources/kurt-browning-chip-brand-ambassador/donald-jackson-king-blades/ |title=Donald Jackson – King of Blades |work=CHIPReverseMortgage |date=September 6, 2016 |access-date=September 15, 2019}}
Jackson is the former director of skating and was also a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario.{{cite web|url=http://www.mintoskatingclub.ca/skating_programs/coaches/donald_jackson.shtml |title=Minto Skating Club: Coaches |access-date=2008-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930140642/http://www.mintoskatingclub.ca/skating_programs/coaches/donald_jackson.shtml |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}
In 1997, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada (CM).{{cite web |title=Mr. Donald George Jackson |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-4908 |website=Governor General of Canada |access-date=9 November 2023}} He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.{{cite web |title=Don Jackson |url=https://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/68-don-jackson |website=oshof.ca |publisher=Ontario Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=25 September 2014 |archive-date=July 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712152550/https://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/68-don-jackson |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite journal |url=https://www.lisgar.net/wp-content/uploads/newsletter/AlereFlammamFall2004.pdf |title=Sports "Wall of Fame" |first=Bill |last=Fraser |journal=Alere Flammam (Newsletter of Lisgar Alumni Association) Fall 2004 |volume=XXX |issue=1 |publisher=Lisgar Collegiate Institute}}
In 2012, he was made a Member of the Order of Ontario (OOnt).{{cite web|url=http://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2012/01/27-appointees-named-to-ontarios-highest-honour.html|title=27 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour |date=January 20, 2012 |type=Archived news release |publisher=Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration |website=news.ontario.ca}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://bevsmithwrites.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/donald-jackson-theres-only-one/ |title=Donald Jackson: there's only one |first=Beverley |last=Smith |website=bevsmithwrites.wordpress.com |date= May 10, 2016}}
Results
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! 1956 ! 1957 ! 1958 ! 1959 ! 1960 ! 1961 ! 1962 | |||||||
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| Winter Olympics | align="center" bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd | ||||||
| World Championships | align="center" | 7th | align="center" | 4th | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" |— | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | |
| North American Championships | align="center" | 4th | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | ||||
| Canadian Championships | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st | align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st |
References
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External links
- [http://www.nfb.ca/film/king_of_blades/ Watch King of Blades], a 1965 National Film Board of Canada short film on Donald Jackson
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