Donald George Jackson, (born April 2, 1940) is a Canadian retired figure skater.
1959
In both 1959 and 1960, he won a silver medal at the World Championships.
1960
Jackson was coached by Pierre Brunet in New York City, where he lived with the family of 1960 Olympic Champion Carol Heiss.
He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics at the age of 19.
1961
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.
1962
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.
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.
Jackson is the former director of skating and was also a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa, Ontario.
1997
In 1997, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada (CM).
2001
He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
2004
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.
2012
In 2012, he was made a Member of the Order of Ontario (OOnt).
2016
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.
