Donald Jackson (figure skater)

For other people named Donald Jackson, see Donald Jackson (disambiguation).

Donald Jackson
CM OOnt
Full nameDonald George Jackson
Born (1940-04-02) April 2, 1940 (age 84)
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Figure skating career
Country Canada
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's Figure skating
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley Men's Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Prague Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 1960 Vancouver Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 1959 Colorado Springs Men's singles
North American Championships
Gold medal – first place 1961 Philadelphia Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 1959 Toronto Men's singles
Olympic medal record
Men's figure skating
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley Singles

Donald George Jackson, 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.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Skate Canada History". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  2. ^ World Figure Skating Championship in Prague on YouTube