Summary
Lee Barkell originally from Kirkland Lake, Ontario is a Canadian figure skating coach, working with both singles and pairs, and a former competitive pair skater. With Melanie Gaylor, he won gold at the 1986 Fujifilm Trophy, 1986 Nebelhorn Trophy, and 1986 Grand Prix International St. Gervais.
| Lee Barkell | |
|---|---|
 Barkell at the 2011 Rostelecom Cup | |
| Hometown | Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Canada |
| Partner | Melanie Gaylor |
| Retired | c. 1989 |
Career edit
Barkell competed in pair skating during the 1980s, in partnership with Melanie Gaylor. The pair won three international competitions — the 1986 Fujifilm Trophy, 1986 Nebelhorn Trophy and 1986 Grand Prix International St. Gervais. The duo received two Canadian national medals in the fours discipline — bronze in 1987 with Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom and silver in 1988 with Michelle Menzies / Kevin Wheeler.
After retiring from competition, Barkell began a coaching career in Barrie, Ontario, at the Mariposa School of Skating, where he was the director of pair skating. His former students include:
- Jeffrey Buttle (2008 World champion and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist).[1]
- Christopher Mabee
- Meagan Duhamel / Ryan Arnold
- Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay
- Nobunari Oda (2006 Four Continents champion)
- Carolyn MacCuish / Andrew Evans
- Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino
- Joey Russell
- Roman Sadovsky[2]
- Patrick Myzyk[3]
In the summer of 2014, Barkell moved to Toronto and started coaching at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club. His students at the Cricket Club included:
- Corey Circelli[4]
- Gabrielle Daleman (2018 Canadian Champion, 2017 World bronze medalist and 2017 Four Continents silver medalist).[5] He became her head coach in April 2015.[6]
- Stephen Gogolev[7]
- Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch (2017 Four Continents bronze medalists)[8] from June 2014.[9]
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.[10] In September 2019, it was announced that he would be coaching four-time Japanese national champion Satoko Miyahara.[11] In January 2020, he began coaching World bronze medalist Vincent Zhou.[12] In June 2020, Barkell joined the coaching team of American national ladies' champion Alysa Liu.[13]
Competitive highlights edit
Pairs with Gaylor edit
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 |
| Fujifilm Trophy / Nations Cup | 1st | 5th | |||
| International St. Gervais | 1st | ||||
| Skate Canada | 5th | ||||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | ||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st | ||||
| National | |||||
| Canadian Championships | 1st J | 6th | 6th | 5th | |
| J = Junior level | |||||
Fours with Gaylor and others edit
| National | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 1987 | 1988 |
| Canadian Championships | 3rd1 | 2nd2 |
| Partners in addition to Melanie Gaylor: 1 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom 2 Michelle Menzies / Kevin Wheeler | ||
References edit
- ^ "Jeffrey BUTTLE". International Skating Union.
- ^ Biographies isuresults.com
- ^ "Patrick MYZYK". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
- ^ Biographies isuresults.com
- ^ "Gabrielle DALEMAN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2014-05-22.
- ^ Hersh, Philip [@olyphil] (April 29, 2015). "Gabrielle Daleman- Coaching Change" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "10 year old Stephen Gogolev landing a quadruple salchow! | 10 year old Stephen Gogolev does it again, landing a quadruple salchow! Congratulations to Stephen, coaches Brian Orser and Lee Barkell and the coaching... | By Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ^ Reinhold Kany, Klaus (August 22, 2014). "Skaters Flock to Toronto, Montreal for Summer Training". Ice Skating International: Online.
- ^ "Stephen Gogolev full biography". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019.
- ^ IFS Magazine [@ifsmagazine] (September 18, 2019). "Satoko Miyahara is relocating to Toronto to train with Lee Barkell at the Granite Club. Me Hamada will remain her main coach. Miyahara wants to master the triple Axel" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Vincent Zhou changes coaches, to return at U.S. Figure Skating Championships". NBC Sports. January 2, 2020.
- ^ "Two-time US champion Alysa Liu changing coaches". Associated Press. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
External links edit
- Biography at the Mariposa School of Skating (archived)