Doug Leigh
Coaching since 1969 — Level 5
Owner Of Mariposa School of Skating
Owner/Director Singles Program at Mariposa School Of Skating
- Achievements
- Coached World Champions and Olympic Medalists Brian Orser and Elvis Stojko
- Brian Orser 2-time Olympic Silver Medalist 1983,1987
- Brian Orser 8-time Canadian Champion: 1981, 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988
- Brian Orser World Champion 1986 , 4 Time world silver medalist 1983,1984,1985,1987
- Elvis Stojko 3-time World Figure skating champion: 1994, 1995, 1997
- Elvis Stokjo 2-time Olympic Silver medalist: 1994, 1998
- Elvis Stokjo 7-time Canadian Figure skating champion: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
- Coach of 3-time World Bronze Medalist Takeshi Honda
- Coached at 34 Consecutive Canadian Championships
- Coached at 26 World Championships
- Coached at 6 Winter Olympic Games
- Coached over 50 Canadian National Medalists including 6 time Canadian Ladies Champion Jennifer Robinson and 8 time Canadian Mens Champion Brian Orser
- Coached skaters to over 150 National and International Medals
- Mariposa has 20 World & Olympic Medals
- Canada’s First Skate Canada Level 5 Certified Coach
- Biography
Doug Leigh is clearly recognized as Canada’s premier skating coach, and is Internationally acclaimed as a leader in the field. As a skating authority, he operates numerous coach/skater seminars throughout the world as well as the renowned coach/skater one week seminar at Mariposa. Doug is a frequent speaker at schools, clubs and charities, and is involved in local fundraising events for hospitals, cancer research and recreational facilities.
- Awards
- Paul Harris Fellowship Award ( Rotary Club)
- Nine CAC Awards (Coaching Association of Canada)
- 1996 Ontario Coach of the Year
- 1996 Canadian Coach of the Year
- 1998 Inducted into The Sports Hall of Fame for Figure Skating
- 2002/2003 Excellence in Education Award (Simcoe County District School Board)
- 2003 Named as one of Top 10 Coaches in Canadian Sport (Coaches Report Magazine)
- 2008 Recipient of the prestigious Geoff Gowan Award. Recognizing lifetime contribution to coaching development
- 2013 Recipient of Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Achievements
Coach of
- First man to land a quadruple jump in combination (quadruple toe-loop, double toe-loop): 1991 World Championships
- First man to land a quadruple/triple jump combination (quadruple toe-loop, triple toe-loop): 1997 Grand Prix Final