# Lee Barkell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lee_Barkell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lee_Barkell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Barkell > Source revision: 1344795749 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian figure skater and skating coach}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Lee Barkell |image= 2011 Rostelecom Cup - Jones&Gaskell coach.jpg |caption= Barkell at the [2011 Rostelecom Cup](/source/2011_Rostelecom_Cup) |fullname= |altname= |country= [Canada](/source/Canada) |birth_date= |birth_place= |hometown=Kirkland Lake, Ontario |residence= |height= |partner= Melanie Gaylor |coach= |choreographer= |skating club= |currenttraininglocations= |beganskating= |retired= {{circa}} 1989 }} '''Lee Barkell''' originally from Kirkland Lake, Ontario is a Canadian [figure skating](/source/figure_skating) coach, working with both [singles](/source/single_skating) and [pairs](/source/pair_skating), and a former competitive pair skater. With Melanie Gaylor, he won gold at the [1986 Fujifilm Trophy](/source/1986_Fujifilm_Trophy), 1986 [Nebelhorn Trophy](/source/Nebelhorn_Trophy), and 1986 [Grand Prix International St. Gervais](/source/Grand_Prix_International_St._Gervais). == Career == Barkell competed in pair skating during the 1980s, in partnership with [Melanie Gaylor](/source/Melanie_Gaylor). The pair won three international competitions — the [1986 Fujifilm Trophy](/source/1986_Fujifilm_Trophy), 1986 [Nebelhorn Trophy](/source/Nebelhorn_Trophy) and 1986 [Grand Prix International St. Gervais](/source/Grand_Prix_International_St._Gervais). The duo received two Canadian national medals in the [fours](/source/four_skating) discipline — bronze in 1987 with [Cynthia Coull](/source/Cynthia_Coull) / [Mark Rowsom](/source/Mark_Rowsom) and silver in 1988 with [Michelle Menzies](/source/Michelle_Menzies) / Kevin Wheeler. After retiring from competition, Barkell began a coaching career in [Barrie](/source/Barrie), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), at the [Mariposa School of Skating](/source/Mariposa_School_of_Skating), where he was the director of pair skating. In the summer of 2014, Barkell moved to [Toronto](/source/Toronto) and started coaching at the [Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club](/source/Toronto_Cricket%2C_Skating_and_Curling_Club). In the summer of 2019, Barkell moved to the [Granite Club](/source/Granite_Club) in Toronto. His current students include: * [David Bondar](/source/David_Bondar){{cite web |title=David BONDAR: 2023/2024 |url=http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113291.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406111144/http://isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113291.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} * [Stephen Gogolev](/source/Stephen_Gogolev) * [Alec Guinzbourg](/source/Alec_Guinzbourg){{Cite web |title=Alec GUINZBOURG |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00106087.htm |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=International Skating Union }} * [Ava Kemp](/source/Ava_Kemp) / [Yohnatan Elizarov](/source/Yohnatan_Elizarov){{cite web |title=Ava KEMP / Yohnatan ELIZAROV: 2025/2026 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114418.htm |website=International Skating Union |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=24 August 2025 |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824171531/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114418.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} * [Kim Chae-yeon](/source/Kim_Chae-yeon_(figure_skater)){{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111162.htm|title=Chaeyeon KIM: 2025/2026|publisher=[International Skating Union](/source/International_Skating_Union)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250823073114/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111162.htm|archivedate=23 August 2025|url-status=dead}} * [Minsol Kwon](/source/Minsol_Kwon){{cite web| url= https://www.instagram.com/p/DMo903ms_Wr/?igsh=MWM4bzFsOWFuenVybw==|title=It was my first competition in a while |publisher=Instagram |access-date=28 July 2025 |url-status=dead}} * [Megan Woodley](/source/Megan_Woodley){{cite web |title=Megan WOODLEY: 2025/2026 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251104084926/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00117221.htm |website=International Skating Union |publisher=International Skating Union |access-date=13 January 2026}} * [Kara Yun](/source/Kara_Yun){{cite web |title=Kara YUN: 2024/2025 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113293.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007114638/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113293.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} His former students have included: * [Jeffrey Buttle](/source/Jeffrey_Buttle) (2008 World champion and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist) * [Corey Circelli](/source/Corey_Circelli) * [Gabrielle Daleman](/source/Gabrielle_Daleman) (2018 Canadian Champion, 2017 World bronze medalist and 2017 Four Continents silver medalist) * [Meagan Duhamel](/source/Meagan_Duhamel) / [Ryan Arnold](/source/Ryan_Arnold){{cite web |title=Meagan DUHAMEL / Ryan ARNOLD: 2004/2005 |url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008044.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=6 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906101210/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008044.htm |url-status=dead }} * [Liubov Ilyushechkina](/source/Liubov_Ilyushechkina) / [Dylan Moscovitch](/source/Dylan_Moscovitch) (2017 Four Continents bronze medalists) * [Anabelle Langlois](/source/Anabelle_Langlois) / [Cody Hay](/source/Cody_Hay){{cite web |title=Annabelle LANGLOIS / Cody HAY: 2009/2010 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008633.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024}} * [Jacinthe Larivière](/source/Jacinthe_Larivi%C3%A8re) / [Lenny Faustino](/source/Lenny_Faustino){{cite web |title=Jacinthe LARIVIERE / Lenny FAUSTINO: 2001/2002 |url=http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00002151.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=7 April 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020407163924/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00002151.htm |url-status=dead }} * [Alysa Liu](/source/Alysa_Liu) * [Christopher Mabee](/source/Christopher_Mabee){{cite web |title=Christophe MABEE: 2007/2008 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00004411.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=18 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818014627/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00004411.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} * Carolyn MacCuish / Andrew Evans{{cite web |title=Carolyn MACCUISH / Andrew EVANS: 2006/2007 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009792.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820071312/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009792.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} * [Satoko Miyahara](/source/Satoko_Miyahara) * [Patrick Myzyk](/source/Patrick_Myzyk) * [Nobunari Oda](/source/Nobunari_Oda) (2006 Four Continents champion){{cite web |title=Nobunari ODA: 2013/2014 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00005883.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024}} * [Joey Russell](/source/Joey_Russell){{cite web |title=Joey RUSSELL: 2010/2011 |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008552.htm |website=International Skating Union |access-date=26 October 2024 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820041901/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008552.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }} * [Roman Sadovsky](/source/Roman_Sadovsky) * [Vincent Zhou](/source/Vincent_Zhou) ==Competitive highlights== === Pairs with Gaylor === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | International |- ! Event ! {{tooltip|85–86|1985–1986}} ! 86–87 ! 87–88 ! 88–89 ! 89–90 |- | align=left | [Fujifilm Trophy / Nations Cup](/source/Bofrost_Cup_on_Ice) || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || 5th |- | align=left | [International St. Gervais](/source/Grand_Prix_International_St._Gervais) || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || |- | align=left | [Skate Canada](/source/Skate_Canada_International) || || || || 5th || |- | align=left | [NHK Trophy](/source/NHK_Trophy) || || || 4th || || |- | align=left | [Nebelhorn Trophy](/source/Nebelhorn_Trophy) || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | National |- | align=left | [Canadian Championships](/source/Canadian_Figure_Skating_Championships) || bgcolor=gold | 1st J || 6th || 6th || 5th || |- | colspan=6 align=center | J = Junior level |} === Fours with Gaylor and others === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National |- ! Event ! 1987 ! 1988 |- | align=left | [Canadian Championships](/source/Canadian_Figure_Skating_Championships) || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd1 || bgcolor=silver | 2nd2 |- | colspan=3 align=center | '''Partners in addition to Melanie Gaylor:'''
1 [Cynthia Coull](/source/Cynthia_Coull) / [Mark Rowsom](/source/Mark_Rowsom)
2 [Michelle Menzies](/source/Michelle_Menzies) / [Kevin Wheeler](/source/Kevin_Wheeler) |} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= [http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014082.htm Biographies] isuresults.com {{cite web |title= Patrick MYZYK |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012650.htm |publisher =[International Skating Union](/source/International_Skating_Union) |accessdate=October 16, 2015 }} {{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00003253.htm |title= Jeffrey BUTTLE |publisher= International Skating Union }} {{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054166.htm |title=Gabrielle DALEMAN |publisher=International Skating Union |url-status= live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522211833/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054166.htm |archivedate=2014-05-22 }} {{cite tweet |author= Hersh, Philip |user=olyphil |title= Gabrielle Daleman- Coaching Change |number= 593436636148445185 |date=April 29, 2015}} [http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103095.htm Biographies] isuresults.com {{cite web |url= https://skatecanada.ca/stephen-gogolev/ |title= Stephen Gogolev full biography |publisher= Skate Canada |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190702170444/https://skatecanada.ca/stephen-gogolev/ |archivedate= July 2, 2019 |url-status= live }} {{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00015085.htm |title=Biography |accessdate=2015-01-13 |url-status= live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520224011/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00015085.htm |archivedate=2015-05-20 }} {{cite news |last= Reinhold Kany |first= Klaus |title= Skaters Flock to Toronto, Montreal for Summer Training |url= http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/features/Summer%20Training%20in%20Canada.htm |work= Ice Skating International: Online |date= August 22, 2014 }} {{cite tweet |user=ifsmagazine |author=IFS Magazine |number=1174320949224792064 |date=18 September 2019 |title=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. }} {{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TorontoCricketClub/videos/10-year-old-stephen-gogolev-landing-a-quadruple-salchow/895534253842304/|title=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|website=www.facebook.com|accessdate=12 April 2023}} {{cite news |url= https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/01/02/vincent-zhou-figure-skating-nationals-championships/ |title= Vincent Zhou changes coaches, to return at U.S. Figure Skating Championships |work= [NBC Sports](/source/NBC_Sports) |date= January 2, 2020 }} {{Cite news|date=22 June 2020|title=Two-time US champion Alysa Liu changing coaches|work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/151e1b1342ec186d5afdac483c634b1c|access-date=23 June 2020}} }} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225502/http://www.skatemariposa.com/staff.php?id=5 Biography at the Mariposa School of Skating (archived)] {{NavigationBofrostCuponIceChampionsFigureSkatingPairs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barkell, Lee}} Category:Canadian figure skating coaches Category:Canadian male pair skaters Category:Living people Category:Skating people from Ontario Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lee Barkell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Barkell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Barkell?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.