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Don Fraser (figure Skater)
Donald Edward Fraser (born December 4, 1955 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) is a former Canadians, 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 Figure skating lifts, overhead lift, as well as a no-hands Death spiral (figure skating), death spiral that has yet to be attempted by other skating couples. Career 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administration. History Intended to be an exclusively British utopian settlement centred on the idea of sobriety, Lloydminster was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the United Kingdom. At a time when the area was still part of the North-West Territories, the town was located astride the Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey. This meridian was intended to coincide with the 110° west longitude, although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to the surveyed meridian being placed a few hundred metres (yards) west of this longitude. The town was named for George Lloyd, an Anglican priest who would become Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1922. Lloyd was a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |