Don Jackson - 1962 World Figure Skating champion

Don Jackson - 1962 World Figure Skating champion - Prague

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In 1962 Don Jackson stunned the skating world by winning the World Figure Skating Championship with one of the greatest performances of all time, receiving 7 perfect scores.
A record that stands to this date

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@wia729 12 жыл бұрын

After half a century, this still looks beautiful.

@GOLDENEYE-sd8mc 6 жыл бұрын

if he had his legs crossed in the air he could have quadrupled that lutz it was so high!!

@barbaraewart4348 10 жыл бұрын

Don Jackson inspired an entire generation of skaters. Landing the 1st Triple Lutz in competition, incredible footwork, sculped edges, and 'delayed' jumps - which they frown on today! The focus has completely changed these days. Yes, the jumps are more difficult because of increased numbers of revolutions, but at what cost? Don was the 'package', artistry, form and athleticism. +50 years on and we don't see his like often these days, if at all.

@sottosopravoce 2 жыл бұрын

I love that they still at least do delayed jumps and other purely lovely things in exhibition.

@peteraschaffenburg1 2 жыл бұрын

I was impressed by his rotations left and right in the jumps. I´m not a skater but I know in ballet that´s not a big deal. In figureskating today I think it is. Right?

@jlcmsw Жыл бұрын

Yes, jumping in both directions is so difficult and Don did it with such ease.

@johnnolan5579 4 жыл бұрын

I met Don Jackson at a Skate Canada competition. What a humble, kind man!

@jbatlanta 10 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable grace, power and stamina! I could not believe he scheduled and performed a triple jump so far into that long program. Elegance personified. Bravo. I am proud to wear your companies skates Mr. Jackson.

@nnicollan 6 жыл бұрын

Theres something mesmerizing about the way he moves.. The ease.. and just the intelligence he has in the way he moves his body. Very stylish and uplifting. :) Lovely man, in and out.

@PhileasBBorsu 9 жыл бұрын

The height on that Lutz is just ridic. He's doing crazy transitions before crazy transitions were a thing!

@melissa7638 13 жыл бұрын

He actually originally skated with my club,, he came back a few years ago.. i think for his 70th birthday, i met him and he did a performance on our ice... it was amazing to see a man of his age do what he did.. he was a bit wobbly of course but nobody cared :)

@kathleencurtiss2757 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing..he jumped from either direction, delayed jumps. Remember also that skates and boots were not up to today's standard, nor so supportive. He was incredibly strong.

@gabrielfriml3200 6 жыл бұрын

Still in Bohemia it's called "you jump like Donald Jakson."

@victorskid 13 жыл бұрын

49 years ago today and he's still skating!

@user-dl2yp8kj8g 7 ай бұрын

Правы правы заворажывает тогла все деоали то лушы от сердца

@joe11880 13 жыл бұрын

Hi did 20 jumps in his program. I can't get over the height on that triple lutz. Exciting to see this clip.

@fanieli 17 жыл бұрын

This is the highest triple lutz I've ever seen. Even nowaday skaters can't do that jump as high as he did. Well done!!!

@miamiracer 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is amazing! I had never seen his performances but what a revolution in technique from Dick Button in 1948 to Don Jackson in 1962. I think if he were competing today, he could be World Champion again. I keep admiring his technique and especially his landings from his magnificent jumps. All too often we see skaters land jumps before they can stop their rotation, Don lands them on edge and continues his routine flawlessly. I am very impressed!

@janyshendrickson3833 2 жыл бұрын

An exhsusting 5:00 long program opening with a brilliant deep outside edge 3Lutz, jam packed with jumps in both directions, a 3Salchow in the last minute, great spins, great footwork, transitions in and out of every element and ... he is not even winded ... crazy good 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

@johnpcomposer 2 жыл бұрын

Great speed and some unusual field moves. The jump out of the spin was brilliant. This performance holds up and feels exciting. Also I think this is a 5 minute program, today the long is only 4 min 10 seconds. There is a purity and beauty in this performance that is not evident today. Clean uncluttered. No phony or pretentious emoting and preening.

@melissa7638 14 жыл бұрын

ive met him before, he is such a nice man

@stargazernorth 2 жыл бұрын

Donald was such a natural skater and humility always came with him. I think he might have been the first "modern skater" who combined athleticism with art. He set the standard for many Canadian men's world champions who followed.

@louisbrown65 6 ай бұрын

He did some amazing jumps, turns, and spins that I've never seen before. Athletic and artistic excellence ... all while wearing a suit and tie. Incredible!

@user-nl9du5kj3e Жыл бұрын

Прекрасное исполнение .Как смотрится элегантно и реально настоящее мужское катание !Здорово !

@edmundgeswein 10 жыл бұрын

The focus is different today, but you got to admit he did some very creative and entertaining things out there. He jumped high enough to do quads, but quads weren't in yet. This routine kept moving and it was long. He was in very good shape. And to think they also had to do compulsories back then.

@tramixor3202 4 жыл бұрын

If you do less rotations you can jump higher more easily generally speaking.

@1ACL 4 жыл бұрын

He's better than the guys today.

@MrsEJV 2 жыл бұрын

Yup. You read my mind. 60% of our scores back then were based on compulsory figures that people are unaware of now.

@r.crompton2286 6 жыл бұрын

Jackson's performance here is probably the greatest-ever by a skater. Minus the quads of today but had he needed them to win, he surely would have learned to do them. You only rise to the level of necessity. The second judge from the right scored Jackson 5.8 both for technical and for artistry -- the lowest scores of all the judges. I'm guessing he was a Soviet bloc judge intent on giving the nod to the Czech skater.

@HattieLovesCattie 15 жыл бұрын

I still can't get used to skaters landing on their left feet than their right feet.I also love those old rinks and how people could sit right at the edges.One of the practice rinks in Lake Placid is like that.

@wentithewindsongbird2939 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen something like this in figure skating. Oh my goodness, I can’t believe my eyes 😮😮😮 Just...WOW 😮

@dolcetto88 17 жыл бұрын

this old video is amazing.. the first triple lutz!

@artscoff 16 жыл бұрын

remember seeing him perform at a charity event at solihull ice rink, think it was 1971, awesome to see in the flesh.

@joan05250 17 жыл бұрын

awesome - he looked extremely light!! just breezing past!

@mlopray Жыл бұрын

I couldn't stop watching this!!!! Had to watch it twice!

@CyrusOmerta 12 жыл бұрын

wow... revolutionnary

@dvdneely 15 жыл бұрын

the height on his jumps was insane! and his spins were incredible. thank you for this vid...we need to remember these legends!

@benp3485 3 жыл бұрын

THAT IS A TRUE TRIPLELUTZ WOW!

@toystorymania 14 жыл бұрын

Did you see the fast footwork ? ... the delayed double salchow ? The inside axle ? The special position of the arms in jumps ... the one foot axle ? the jump... i believe a double salchow out of a spin ? the amazing speed of the spins ? WE DONT SEE THIS ANYMORE... He is a unique and fanstastic skater !

@jcawly1 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Inside axel (sometimes called a Boeckle after Billie Boeckle of early 20th century fame.)

@paulmc5542 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful performance paved the way for today’s skating

@faeryquene 14 жыл бұрын

I agree. I give Donald a 10% bonus for doing that triple sal well over the 4:00 mark. ;-)

@gzbtct 10 жыл бұрын

an all time great - not many athletes can be described as revolutionary

@smooshiebear80 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Incredible! And I will never say that routines today are just about the jumps… that was a LOT of jumps!

@jlcmsw Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this. What a magnificent performance and so many groundbreaking elements. Of course the triple lutz was stunning as well as the arm variations on the jumps and the axels in both directions. I adore his edge work as well.

@RAFAAMARILLAS 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Beautiful performance!

@Tfontaine209 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for posting. such a unique and powerful skater

@charlesbergen5398 4 жыл бұрын

Many years ago I had the pleasure of having Don Jackson, Marilyn Thompson (coach of Lynn Nightingale) and the late Ossie Colson as coaches for a one week provincial skating seminar I was in charge of. One evening when we were done for the day a group of us were sitting around after the skaters had retired having a good chin wag. It was during this chat Mr. Colson made a comment along these lines: "Give me a male skater who is slightly bow legged and jumps clockwise and I'll give you a world champion" to which Don Jackson replied, "I've heard that before from my coach" who was none other than the late Sheldon Galbraith to which Mr. Colson responded with, "I rest my case."

@bman560 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this posting. I am glad to see the entire program, which was really spectacular, not just the jumps but wonderful spins also. I believe Torvill and Dean got all 6's in their Olympic performance. I miss the 6. They killed the sport with the new scoring system. I also miss Dick Button and Jim McKay. Wonderful comments and they also knew when no comments were necessary.

@tuxtommy69 9 жыл бұрын

Barry M. Right about that! The new scoring system has ruined the core of figure skating. It is now 'gymnastics on ice".

@bman560 9 жыл бұрын

And they took away the 6. How stupid!

@r.crompton2286 6 жыл бұрын

Barry M. Right on! ABC Wide World of Sports with Jim McKay was TV's quintessential sports presentation. No other network even came close. Dick Button wasn't normally effusive about a performance unless it was highly deserving. In fact he could be highly critical of skaters who didn't give their best. Here Dick demonstrates his superior analytical broadcast skills, unequaled since that generation. Jackson and Button both rank in the top 5 of the greatest-ever men's figure skaters.

@bcthoburn 5 жыл бұрын

In roller figure skating we still use this type of a system and it’s killing the sport. IJS MAY NOY be perfect, but it places people and judges them by an exact standard. It rewards and deducts appropriately for both strength and artistry.

@victorialarsen715 5 жыл бұрын

Excuse me don’t you dare say that online, you don’t know who can read what you have just said. Self proclaimed twat, prick, bitch you are.

@swizzle1961 2 жыл бұрын

Dang! We love his skates too

@npe1 12 жыл бұрын

@starstruckvenus13 No, the next triple lutz in competition was 12 years later in 1974 by Jan Hoffmann. 20 years later, in 1982, triple lutzes were commonplace by then and you could probably see about 10 or a dozen done in a World or European Championships and by that time some men were doing triple axels. First triple axel in competition was 1978 by Vern Taylor.

@pepitone201 2 жыл бұрын

The next triple lutz at a major competition was actually landed by Hungarian Laszlo Vajda who skated in an earlier group at the same competition 1974 European Figure Skating Championships. Jan Hoffman landed one as well at that competition in a later group.

@faeryquene 14 жыл бұрын

Your friend's Grandpa is a living legend. :)

@1ACL 4 жыл бұрын

That was THE BEST EVER. And I mean ever!

@SofijaDot 14 жыл бұрын

he's a coach at one of one of our rival clubs, in the same city. so i've skated on the same ice numerous times with him before and met him several times.

@katarinacupakova1501 Жыл бұрын

Fantastický výkon

@stitchgrl777 14 жыл бұрын

classic and effortless.

@jfluter 11 жыл бұрын

Wow. Just wow.

@ancamg 13 жыл бұрын

Geez, in those times men looked like real men! They were also so elegant. Don was amazing. His 3L was so high, I thing he had room for an extra rotation. Anyway amazing skater!

@norinecook844 3 ай бұрын

Donald had one of the best free programs of all time and an action packed full 5 minutes long!

@k9henrydog 17 жыл бұрын

Wow! Talk about coming full circle. I watched this on ABC television in the cornfields of Illinois, and then spent a lifetime skating. I remember thinking of this moment when I landed my first double lutz (never managed triples). My coach used to teach that straight line swerve into a lutz. I wonder if Don was coached by Gus Lussi, as he was.

@lesyeager1483 2 жыл бұрын

He started with Otto Gold in CN. Lussi got him later.

@divan0 17 жыл бұрын

awsome! look at the double jump right from the spin!

@luvvinlovelock7254 6 жыл бұрын

Solid Gold

@yishan13 15 жыл бұрын

sweet..did you know now he coaches skating in ottawa and hes my coach!!!!!!!!!

@user-jh6yg7pw6w Жыл бұрын

Fantastic bravo 🙏👏👏👏👏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@npe1 16 жыл бұрын

A great performance, even harder to jump back then because they were not taught to cross legs in jumps like today. Yes, Don's marks have been bettered since - the highest marks ever in figure skating were given to, who else, but Torvill & Dean in 1984 Worlds.

@dolcevitausa 16 жыл бұрын

great height on his jumps and excellent speed coming out of them

@yanlee2436 10 ай бұрын

He had enough height for three revolutions for almost EVERY double-revolution jump including double Axels! He almost finished rotating when reaching the highest position. His rotation was fast enough actually.

@zlatab7369 Жыл бұрын

Эталон мужского катания!!!

@QueenVelveeta 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was an exciting program. Love Dick, as usual.

@Gmeed 14 жыл бұрын

wow, better than OS Vancover 2010. 10 stars

@sgresham45 5 жыл бұрын

SUPERB!!!

@Silver-uf4io 6 жыл бұрын

I met him before at my school

@MADHAUSMARKALLAN 5 жыл бұрын

That was exciting!

@AT-jm4dl Жыл бұрын

It's interesting how skaters back in the days were able to do the difficult doubles and triples without crossing their legs in the air. Dick Button did cross his legs for his 2axels and 3loop though.

@toystorymania 14 жыл бұрын

Me too... yes very nice

@borntowitness 14 жыл бұрын

omg :) look at the lutz! so rare

@mikeg4576 4 жыл бұрын

I get the feeling that if this guy was born in 1995 ish instead of 1940 that he would be right up there with the top guys now.

@MondeTriste1 11 жыл бұрын

at 2:15 to 2:19 is it my imagination or is he landing double jumps in BOTH directions?! Because wow.

@benp3485 3 жыл бұрын

yeah he's freakin ambidex! Phenomenal

@swizzle1961 2 жыл бұрын

Love one foot axel🥰

@runkliixrunkliix5536 4 жыл бұрын

OMG he jumps so high that he can even to 5 :)) what a man btw: the ice rinks were smaller back then and no side panels as u can see

@faeryquene 14 жыл бұрын

He had enough height to do a quad imo!

@user-lc7cw1rr4i 3 жыл бұрын

Благодаря интернету я увидела это чудо. Папа рассказывал, что в 62 году в 12 ночи неожиданно включили Прагу, где Дональд Джексон трижды потряс зрителей прыжками в 3 оборота. Это был фурор--такие прыжки ещё не делали. Дональд легко мог стать Олимпийским чемпионом 64 года, но сразу после ЧМ ушёл в профессионалы, тк призовых не платили Это очень жаль!

@bufb 6 ай бұрын

Any language it was perfect

@catherinesullivan641 Жыл бұрын

Pulling out of scratch spin-Wow

@k9henrydog 17 жыл бұрын

I was also struck by the small rink size. Did skaters know ahead of time how big the ice sheet would be? He almost junps out of the rink a few times. When were hockey boards invented?

@Mother3Earth 15 жыл бұрын

Holy shit 3:45 that's amazing

@barbaraewart4348 10 жыл бұрын

@ StewNWT - RE: Shen and Zhao, they don't score using the same grading system as they did in Don's time.They are given points for jumps, spins, overall program difficulty and artistry etc., and the points are tallied. The ISU Judging System replaced the previous 6.0 system in 2004. There are no 5.9s or 6s anymore, nor were there for Shen and Zhao's performance.

@dashoverton1963 3 жыл бұрын

The music he skated to here in 1962 is exactly the same music used in the 1976 movie “The Bad News Bears.”

@dlcc4dlng Жыл бұрын

I never knew that a 3axel was landing in competition before a 3 Lutz was landed. Interesting

@1ACL 4 жыл бұрын

His skating is better than of those boys of today.

@amelia507 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what it would be like if Nathan Chen were to somehow travel back in time to these olympics. he would knock their socks off with all of his quads

@91Kingscrib84 2 жыл бұрын

⛸️ That's the point. In 1962 NO ONE had done a triple lutz. It's the 2nd most difficult jump (after the axel) because the skater jumps in the opposite direction from his/her comfort zone AND the takeoff is from a back outside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. Training in the 21st century is nothing like what it was in 1962. To begin with, the skates used today are nothing like the ones in 1962. Weight, materials and blades are totally different; which impacts every element of a skater's performance. These days figure skaters augment their stamina and skill-set by incorporating ballet, fitness trainers etc. None of that existed for skaters back then. There is no comparing Nathan Chen to Don Jackson. The field wouldn't be equal. AND Nathan Chen didn't have to perfect compulsory figures (stopped in 1991), which were a huge element in a skater's overall performance score. It wasn’t until 16 years later, 1978, that Swiss skater Denise Biellman (for whom the 'Biellman spin' is named), performed the 1st women's 3-lutz. A quad-lutz wasn't performed until 49 years after Don Jackson did his, when Jason Mroz performed the quad in 2011. ⛸️

@normano3573 4 жыл бұрын

Now that's a Gus Lussi Salchcow!

@erika6651 Жыл бұрын

"I think you did it for yourself." That's right Dick. You put him in his place. 😛

@mr.baymax6809 4 жыл бұрын

Hey no ones talking about Jackson Ultima skates

@jfluter 11 жыл бұрын

Yahoo for clockwise skaters!

@user-ty1ks5nt4s 4 жыл бұрын

По-моему, его так никто и не превзошел.

@swizzle1961 2 жыл бұрын

Def would’ve done quads

@yishan13 15 жыл бұрын

Dman89x : Yup I do...how do you know??Do you??

@nataliehelferty1438 6 жыл бұрын

Don Jackson is a Knight of Canada KC of My generation as a Biology professor at University of Toronto as My Graduate Thesis Supervisor for My PhD. This is likely his relative as Don Jackson the Knight of Canada of King George so a Knight of King George of the previous generation of Royals of Canada. This Don Jackson looks similar to My Thesis Supervisor but with the old film it is difficult to tell. We need to look for the Don Jackson Knights to make sure all 3 generations of King James and King George and King Robert of 1968 of Canada are okay. As Olympic Athletes they are targets all of the Canadian Athletes and American Athletes. Olympic Security and Athlete Queen of Canada and Royal Chieftain of Indians of America Métis Valedictorian Natalie Helferty 1968.