Lee Barkell originally from Kirkland Lake, Ontario is a Canadian

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics ...

coach, working with both singles and

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, and a former competitive pair skater. With Melanie Gaylor, he won gold at the

1986 Fujifilm Trophy The 1986 Bofrost Cup on Ice, Fujifilm Trophy was held in Frankfurt am Main. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Exte ...

, 1986

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, and 1986 Grand Prix International St. Gervais.

Career

Barkell competed in pair skating during the 1980s, in partnership with

Melanie Gaylor Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".1986 Fujifilm Trophy The 1986 Bofrost Cup on Ice, Fujifilm Trophy was held in Frankfurt am Main. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Exte ...

, 1986

and 1986 Grand Prix International St. Gervais. The duo received two Canadian national medals in the fours discipline — bronze in 1987 with

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/ Mark Rowsom and silver in 1988 with

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/ Kevin Wheeler. After retiring from competition, Barkell began a coaching career in

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, at the Mariposa School of Skating, where he was the director of pair skating. His former students include: *

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(2008 World champion and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist). *

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Ryan Arnold Ryan Arnold (born September 18, 1984) is a Canadian pair skater. He competed with Carla Montgomery and Meagan Duhamel. In both partnerships, he was coached by Lee Barkell. With Montgomery, Arnold qualified twice for the Junior Grand Prix Final ...

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(2006 Four Continents champion) *

Carolyn MacCuish Carolyn MacCuish (born August 29, 1992) is a Canadian figure skater. Competing in pair skating with Andrew Evans, she placed 8th at the 2007 World Junior Championships. She later competed in ice dancing. Career MacCuish competed in pair ska ...

/ Andrew Evans * Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino *

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* Patrick Myzyk In the summer of 2014, Barkell moved to

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and started coaching at the

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. His students at the Cricket Club included: * Corey Circelli *

Gabrielle Daleman Gabrielle Daleman (born January 13, 1998) is a Canadian figure skater. She is a 2018 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, the 2017 World bronze medalist, 2017 Four Continents silver medalist, 2014 CS Autumn Classic champion, and two-time C ...

(2018 Canadian Champion, 2017 World bronze medalist and 2017 Four Continents silver medalist). He became her head coach in April 2015. *

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(2017 Four Continents bronze medalists) from June 2014. In the summer of 2019, Barkell moved to the Granite Club with Daleman. He also continued as a coach for Gogolev, who relocated to California with Rafael Arutyunyan as his primary coach. In September 2019, it was announced that he would be coaching four-time Japanese national champion

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. In January 2020, he began coaching World bronze medalist Vincent Zhou. In June 2020, Barkell joined the coaching team of American national ladies' champion

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Competitive highlights

Pairs with Gaylor

Fours with Gaylor and others

References

External links

Biography at the Mariposa School of Skating (archived)
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