Candace Lynne "Candy" Jones (born March 20, 1955, in

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) is a

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former

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. With her husband Don Fraser, she won gold medals at the

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in 1975 and 1976 and competed in the

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. 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 pairs.

Ice-skating career

Jones has won gold medals in Figures, Free Skating, Dance and Pairs in various competitions. She was originally a

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, but when the

Don Fraser split from his regular partner, he asked Jones to be his pair skating partner after seeing her in a skating ring. The skating pair of Jones and Fraser made their debut at the

in 1974, reaching fourth place that year. That year, the pair also won silver medals at the Grand Prix de Patinage Artistique in France and the

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in Germany. In 1975, they won Gold at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. At the

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where they finished 11th, the performed for the first time a novel lifting move called the "One Hand Press". The pair again won the Canadian Championships in 1976. They were placed 12th in the

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, and 14th in the

. They invented a unique move, the no-hands death spiral, during which the man as the pivot releases his handhold on the female partner while she continues to spiral on her own in a backbend position. She discovered this move when she was demonstrating to another pair how to do a pivot, the boy slipped and lost his grip, and she realized that she could do the spiral on her own, after which Fraser and Jones incorporated this routine into their performances. They have won a number of medals competing as professionals, including gold medals in the

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held in

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, Spain in 1977, 1978 and 1979, the International Professional Ice Skating Championships held at

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, New York in 1982. as well as the Professional Championships the following year. Fraser and Jones were part of the Broadway production and 1978 television broadcast of ''

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's The Ice Show''.

Personal life

After her career in ice-skating ended, Jones studied medicine, graduating with a degree in medicine at

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in 1985. She did a residency in family medicine at Queen's University in

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until 1987. She worked in

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until the early 1990s, when she moved to

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in the United States where she practiced family medicine at the

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and the Fletcher Allen Health Centre. Candace and Don have two children, Jesse and Mat. Jesse is a

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, while

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is a former weightlifter and a multiple

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champion.

Results

pairs with Don Fraser

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