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1962 World Figure Skating Champion Don Jackson Video

Video of Donald Jackson's Winning Performance - 1962 Worlds

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Added on Jul 19 2007

Donald Jackson won the World Figure Skating Championships in 1962. This is a video showing that winning performance. In this video, Jackson lands the first triple lutz jump ever done in a figure skating competition. He received seven perfect 6.0 scores for this performance and pulled up from second place after the compulsory figures to win the world figure skating title. He also received a standing ovation that lasted for almost fifteen minutes.

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