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33-409: Notable skaters who represented the club include Olympic and World champion Barbara Ann Scott and Olympic bronze medallist and World champion Don Jackson . Notable skaters include Melville Rogers , Lynn Nightingale , Kim Alletson , Gordon Forbes , and the dance teams of Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay and Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet . The club was founded in 1904. The club's patron

66-552: A beauty salon for a short time, then became a distinguished horse trainer and equestrian rider by her forties. During this time, Scott founded and became chancellor of the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Toronto . In 1996, the couple retired to Amelia Island, Florida . She remained an influential figure in skating throughout her life; she appeared in films and TV, published books, served as

99-475: A day in order to accommodate her seven hours of daily ice training. At the age of ten she became the youngest skater ever to pass the "gold figures test" and at eleven years won her first national junior title. By the age of fifteen, Scott became Canada's senior national champion, she held the Canadian Figure Skating championship title from 1944 to 1946. In 1947, with funding raised by

132-670: A four-time Canadian national champion (1944–46, 48) in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart", she is the only Canadian to have won the Olympic ladies' singles gold medal , the first North American to have won three major titles in one year and the only Canadian to have won the European Championship (1947–48). During her forties she was rated among the top equestrians in North America. She received many honours and accolades, including being made an Officer of

165-422: A result, both partners were able to present themselves as athletes capable of executing positions and able to support each other's weight, while following the ice dance traditions of "male-female couplehood". in this way, along with their choice of dance holds, rhythms, and costumes, they were able to establish their performance within the sport's ballroom dance traditions. For the 1997–98 season, their free dance

198-560: A skating judge, and was formally recognized for her educational and charitable causes including donating a percentage of her earnings to aid crippled children. As a Canadian sports icon and marking the fortieth anniversary of her Olympic win, she was asked to carry the Olympic torch in the lead-up to the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary . In December 2009, she again carried the Olympic torch, this time to Parliament Hill and into

231-439: A team with Chantal Lefebvre and won the silvers in four consecutive Canadian championships behind the champion team of Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz , and competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics . Valerie Marcoux Barbara Ann Scott Barbara Ann Scott OC OOnt (May 9, 1928 – September 30, 2012) was a Canadian figure skater . She was the 1948 Olympic champion , a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and

264-912: Is a Canadian former ice dancer . In 2003, he and his partner, Shae-Lynn Bourne , became the first North American ice dancers to win a World Championship. Born on April 7, 1971, in West Berlin , Victor Kraatz grew up in Switzerland . At age 15, he moved to Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. Kraatz married Finnish ice dancer Maikki Uotila on June 19, 2004, in Helsinki , Finland. They have two sons – Oliver, born September 14, 2006, in North Vancouver, British Columbia; and Henry, born on July 10, 2010. Kraatz began to skate in 1980. In Switzerland, former pair skaters Mona and Peter Szabo taught him basic skills. His first ice dancing partner

297-464: Is the first Canadian men's champion, and together with Katherine Haycock won the Canadian pairs championship. The pair would repeat in 1906. In 1908, Ormond Haycock and Aimee Haycock won the Canadian pairs' championship. Ormond Haycock would win two further pairs' titles with his partner Lady Evelyn Grey in 1910 and 1911. In 1914, the club was a founding member of the new Figure Skating Department in

330-765: The 1948 Winter Olympics . During the 1948 season, Scott was able to defend both the World Figure Skating and the European Skating Championships, and reacquired the Canadian Figure Skating Championship, becoming the first North American to win all three in the same year and the first to hold consecutive world titles. She was featured on the cover of Time magazine on February 2, 1948, one week before her Olympic debut in St. Moritz , Switzerland . At

363-524: The 1976 Winter Olympics and placed in the top ten at five world championships. In 1986, the Club opened a new facility on Lancaster Road in Ottawa. In 1992 and 1993, the pairs team of Penny Mann and Juan-Carlos Noria won silver in the Canadian pairs championship. The pair of Jennifer Boyce and Michel Brunet skating out of Minto won silver in the Canadian pairs championships of 1994 and 1995. Brunet then formed

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396-890: The 1998 Winter Olympics , they came in fourth place. In 1999, they won the gold medal at Four Continents . In 2000, Bourne and Kraatz choreographed their own free dance program; it was first season vocal music was allowed in ice dance, so their music was set to vocal selections by Harry Connick, Jr. They missed the 2000 Four Continents and 2000 World Championships due to Bourne's knee surgery. In spring 2000, they changed coaches, moving to Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov in Newington, Connecticut . They returned to competition in 2001, and came in first place at Four Continents and fourth place at Worlds . Bourne and Kraatz withdrew from their 2002 Grand Prix events due to Bourne's injury. They won their tenth Canadian national title and their third Four Continents title. They competed at

429-841: The House of Commons , in anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympics . She subsequently was one of the Olympic flag bearers during the opening ceremonies in Vancouver on February 12, 2010. In 2012, the city of Ottawa announced the creation of the Barbara Ann Scott Gallery , which displays photographs, her championship awards, and the Olympic gold medal that Scott formally donated to the city in 2011. Scott died on September 30, 2012, at her home in Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, Florida at age 84. Her obituary listed her name as Barbara Ann Scott King. A local arena

462-565: The Order of Canada in 1991 and a member of the Order of Ontario in 2008. Scott was born on May 9, 1928, the youngest of three children born to Canadian Army Colonel Clyde Rutherford Scott and Mary (née Purves) of Sandy Hill, Ottawa . She began skating at the age of seven with the Minto Skating Club , coached by Otto Gold and Sheldon Galbraith . At age nine, Scott switched from regular schooling to tutoring two-and-a-half hours

495-841: The Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 1991, the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and in 1998 was named to Canada's Walk of Fame . The Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail at Toronto's College Park is named after the skater. Her first major honour came in the form of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Top Athlete of the Year in 1945, which she subsequently won in both 1947 and 1948. Victor Kraatz Victor Kraatz , MSC (born April 7, 1971)

528-534: The World Championships . A year later, at the 1994 Winter Olympics, they came in "a respectable" 10th place. In 1995, they came in fourth place at Worlds . For the 1996—1997 season, "in response to suggestions that they increase the complexity and danciness of their free skate", they used music from the 1956 movie High Society , in which they used a mostly athletic and non-narrative approach with mostly quickstep and swing rhythms that emphasized

561-410: The 1948 Winter Olympics, Scott became the first and only Canadian in history to win the ladies' singles figure skating gold medal . After the Olympic win she received a telegram from Prime Minister Mackenzie King , stating that she gave "Canadians courage to get through the darkness of the post-war gloom." When Scott returned to Ottawa on March 9, 1948, the car that she originally relinquished in 1947

594-626: The Amateur Skating Association of Canada, located in Ottawa. At the first "official" Canadian Championships, Minto's Muriel Maunsell was the ladies champion. Joachim Ribbentrop , then a young German living in Canada, competed for the club. He would later become the Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany . In 1920 and 1922, Alden Godwin and Douglas Nelles skating out of Minto won the Canadian pairs' championship. In 1922,

627-527: The Canadian pairs' championship. From 1933–1937, the team of Elmore Davis, Melville Rogers, Prudence Holbrook and Guy Owen won the Canadian fours' championship skating for Minto. In 1948, the Club produced its first World champion, Barbara Ann Scott . Scott also won the gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics . In 1949, the Minto Rink was destroyed by fire, and the Club built a new rink on Henderson Avenue. From 1955–1957, Carol Jane Pachl out of Minto won

660-496: The Canadian women's senior championship. The Henderson Avenue rink was sold to the University of Ottawa in 1959. Don Jackson won the bronze medal for figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics , and went on to win the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships . Jackson would later become a coach at Minto. From 1974–1977, Lynn Nightingale skating out of Minto, won the Canadian women's senior championship. She placed ninth at

693-458: The Club moved to a new Rideau Rink on Waller Avenue in Ottawa. The Club subsequently took over the rink and renamed it the Minto Rink. In 1922 and 1923, Dorothy Jenkins out of Minto won the Canadian women's senior championship. In 1923, Melville Rogers won his first Canadian men's title, followed by wins from 1926–1928. In 1924, Elizabeth Blair and John Machado won the Canadian pairs' championship. In 1925, Gladys Rogers and Melville Rogers of Minto won

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726-603: The Olympics for the third time in 2002 and came in fourth place. They also won the gold medal at the Grand Prix Finals and came in second place at Worlds that year. Bourne and Kraatz went on to win the gold medal at the 2003 Four Continents and become the first World champions in ice dance from North America, winning gold at the 2003 World Championships in Washington, D.C. They retired from competition at

759-584: The community, Scott traveled overseas and became the first North American to win both the European and World Figure Skating championships, and remains the only Canadian to have won the European title. This led to her being voted Canadian Newsmaker of the Year in 1947. On her return to Ottawa during a parade she was given a yellow Buick convertible (license plate: 47-U-1 ); however it had to be returned for her to retain amateur status, to be eligible for

792-571: The end of the season. On October 21, 2003, they announced the end of their partnership; while Bourne enjoyed show skating, Kraatz said he wanted "to experiment with other things and follow up on other dreams that I have". In January 2007, they were inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame. Kraatz represented CPA Boucherville in Boucherville , Quebec . After retiring from skating, Kraatz studied marketing and began working at

825-818: The next five years. Among her early successes was Tom Arnold's Rose Marie on Ice at the Harringay Arena in London , UK. She went on to replace her childhood idol Sonja Henie in the starring role with the "Hollywood Ice Revue" in Chicago , which became the subject of a Life cover story on February 4, 1952. The grueling schedule of a professional skater took its toll, and at the age of twenty-five she retired from professional skating. In 1955, aged 27, she married publicist and former professional basketball player Tom King at Rosedale Presbyterian Church in Toronto . The couple settled in Chicago , where she opened

858-421: The soft knees they were known for. Kestnbaum also stated, "Only their costumes and the occasional reliance on traditional dance holds suggested any gendered identity for each partner". Their choice of rhythms allowed them to continue to emphasize their technique and athleticism while following the sport's rules and guidelines, but without depending upon "the erotic narratives attached to other ballroom rhythms". As

891-464: The suggestion of a coach, Paul Wirtz. During their career, Bourne and Kraatz were coached at various times by Tatiana Tarasova , Natalia Dubova , Uschi Keszler , Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko , and Nikolai Morozov . According to figure skating writer and historian Ellyn Kestnbaum, their performance emphasized the athleticism of ice dance instead of the traditional ballroom style approach. In 1993, Bourne and Kraatz came in 14th place at

924-490: Was Analisa Beltrami of Switzerland. After his move to Canada, Kraatz was coached by Joanne Sloman in Vancouver, British Columbia . In the early 1990s, he switched to Eric Gillies and Josee Picard in Montreal, Quebec . He had a partnership with Taryn O'Neill. On April 20, 1991, Kraatz began skating with Shae-Lynn Bourne , who had been a pair skater until that time. Bourne tried out with him in Boucherville , Quebec , on

957-407: Was described as "a cover girl", inspiring Canadian girls to become skaters. She was also one of the first skaters to specifically choreograph and to musically interpret her free skating programs, instead of using music as a background accompaniment. Scott officially relinquished her amateur status in the summer of 1948 and began touring North America and Europe, headlining in a variety of shows over

990-428: Was given back (license plate now: 48-U-1 ), and she also received the "Key" to the city. She was commonly referred to as "Canada's Sweetheart" in the press at this time, so much so that a collectible doll (accompanied by a letter from her) was issued in her honour in 1948. According to figure skating writer and historian Ellyn Kestnbaum, Scott "brought polish, glamour, and feminine delicateness" to figure skating. She

1023-464: Was modeled after Riverdance , with footwork instruction provided by Riverdance lead dancer Colin Dunne . Bourne and Kraatz became known for their deep edges and soft knees. They were credited with perfecting and popularizing the hydroblading technique. The program included a great amount of up-and-down hops in place on their toes and side-by-side footwork. They won the Grand Prix Finals in 1997 . At

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1056-746: Was named after her in Nepean, Ontario , as part of the Pinecrest Recreation Centre. Scott was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 (OC), and a Member of the Order of Ontario (OOnt) in 2008 for her contributions to sports and charitable endeavours. She was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1948, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 1966,

1089-719: Was the then Governor-General of Canada, Lord Minto , or Earl, and the Countess of Minto . Membership was drawn from the Rideau Skating Club. Skating was first held at the Governor-General's residence, Rideau Hall and soon moved to the Rideau Skating Rink . Skating was also held at the Dey's Arena in Ottawa. In 1905, the first Canadian Skating Championships were held. Minto's Ormond B. Haycock

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