Donald Knight (figure skater)

Donald Knight (figure skater)
Donald Knight
Personal information
Full name Donald Knight
Country represented  Canada
Born June 8, 1947 (1947-06-08) (age 64)
Home town Dundas, Ontario

Donald Knight (born June 8, 1947) is the 1965-1967 Canadian national champion in men's singles. He won the North American Figure Skating Championships in 1967, having placed third in the previous competition, in 1965. Knight also won the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1965. He trained with coach Ellen Burka.[1]

After retiring from competitive skating, Knight toured for eleven years as a Principal Performer with Ice Capades and Holiday on Ice in Europe. Knight currently works as a skating coach consultant with the Burlington Skate Centre and Oakville Skating Club in Halton Region of Ontario, Canada.

Results

Event 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Winter Olympics 9th
World Championships 8th 9th 3rd 7th 4th
North American Championships 3rd 1st
Canadian Championships 1st J. 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Champions", Skating magazine, May 1961

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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
v · d · eCanadian champions in figure skating – Men's singles

1905–06, 1908: Ormond B. Haycock • 1910: Douglas H. Nelles • 1911: Ormond B. Haycock • 1912: Douglas H. Nelles • 1913: Philip Chrysler • 1914, 1920: Norman Scott • 1921–22: Duncan Hodgson • 1923: Melville Rogers • 1924: John Machado • 1925: Melville Rogers • 1929–35: Montgomery Wilson • 1936–37: Osborne Colson • 1938–39: Montgomery Wilson • 1940–41: Ralph McCreath • 1942: Michael Kirby • 1945: Nigel Stephens • 1946: Ralph McCreath • 1947: Norris Bowden • 1948: Wallace Diestelmeyer • 1949–50: Roger Wickson • 1951–53: Peter Firstbrook • 1954–58: Charles Snelling • 1959–62: Donald Jackson • 1963: Donald McPherson • 1964: Charles Snelling • 1965–67: Donald Knight • 1968–69: Jay Humphry • 1970: David McGillivray • 1971–76: Toller Cranston • 1977: Ron Shaver • 1978–80: Brian Pockar • 1981–88: Brian Orser • 1989–91: Kurt Browning • 1992: Michael Slipchuk • 1993: Kurt Browning • 1994: Elvis Stojko • 1995: Sébastien Britten • 1996–2000: Elvis Stojko • 2001: Emanuel Sandhu • 2002: Elvis Stojko • 2003–04: Emanuel Sandhu • 2005–07: Jeffrey Buttle • 2008–11: Patrick Chan



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