Donald Jackson was a Canadianfigure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960Winter Olympics. In 1962, en route to winning gold at the World Figure Skating Championships, he landed the first triple lutz in international competition. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The VIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, USA. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. ... Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The World Figure Skating Championships in an annual event in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... The lutz is a jump in figure skating, named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. ...
Competitive Highlights
1959 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Canadian Championships - 1st
World Championships - 2nd
1960 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Canadian Championships - 1st
Olympics - 3rd
World Championships - 2nd
1961 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Canadian Championships - 1st
1962 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
DonaldJackson was born in Lancashire, England in 1938 and is considered one of the world's foremost Western calligraphers.
Jackson is an elected Fellow and past Chairman of the prestigious Society of Scribes and Illuminators, and in 1997, Master of 600-year-old Guild of Scriveners of the city of London.
Jackson's studio/workshop at the Calligraphy Center in Wales is the only calligraphy atelier in the United Kingdom where artist calligraphers are still regularly employed as assistants maintaining the highest traditions of his ancient art in a modern context.
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