- Donald Knight (figure skater)
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Donald Knight Personal information Full name Donald Knight Country represented Canada Born June 8, 1947 Home town Dundas, Ontario Medal recordCompetitor for Canada Men's Figure skating World Championships Bronze 1965 Colorado Springs Men's singles North American Championships Gold 1967 Montreal Men's singles Bronze 1965 Rochester Men's singles 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
- ^ "Meet the Champions", Skating magazine, May 1961
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
Canadian 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
Categories:- 1947 births
- Living people
- Canadian male single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Canadian figure skating biography stubs
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