Don Fraser

Donald Edward Fraser (born December 4, 1955, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) is a former Canadian pair skater. With his wife Candace Jones, he won the gold medal at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1975 and 1976 and competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics. They have also won a number of World Championships as professionals. There were known as the first couple to do a one-handed overhead lift, as well as a no-hands death spiral that has yet to be attempted by other skating couples.

Career Fraser competed in junior pair skating events with Linda Watts. They finished fourth at the 1971 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, and won the junior pairs title in 1972. After splitting from his pairs partner Watts, he asked Candace Jones to be his partner after he saw her skate.

Fraser and Jones made their debut in the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1974, reaching fourth place that year. The same year, the pair also won silver medals at the Grand Prix de Patinage Artistique in France, and the Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany.

In 1975, they won Gold at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. At the 1975 World Figure Skating Championships where they finished 11th, the performed for the first time a new move, the "One Hand Press". They also won the International Professional Ice Skating Championships held at Madison Square Garden, New York in 1982, which they also won the following year.

As professionals, they invented a unique move, the no-hand death spiral, during which the man acting as the pivot releases his handhold on the female partner while she continues to spiral on her own in a backbend position, the man then jumps over her while she was doing the spiral.

Fraser and Jones were part of the 1977 Broadway production and the 1978 television broadcast of Toller Cranston's The Ice Show.

Personal life He married Candace and they have two sons, Jesse and Mat. He coached for a time after his skating career finished. He had a woodworking and furniture business.

Don and Candace's son Mat Fraser is a former weightlifter and a five-times CrossFit Games champion.

Results pairs with Candace Jones Event 1974-75 1975-76 Winter Olympic Games 14th World Championships 11th 12th Canadian Championships 1st 1st Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd

pairs with Linda Watts Event 1971-72 Canadian Championships 1st J