Lee Barkell is a Canadian retired pair skater who now works as a figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 coach. During his competitive career, he was a pair skater and competed with Melanie Gaylor. He coaches all levels at the Mariposa School of Skating

Mariposa School of Skating

The Mariposa School of Skating, located in Barrie, Ontario, is a major figure skating training center in Canada.-History:It was founded in Orillia, Ontario in 1973 by Doug Leigh and Tom Harrison...

 in Barrie, Ontario

Barrie, Ontario

Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, where he is the director of pair skating. Among his current and former students are Jeffrey Buttle

Jeffrey Buttle

Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 & 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005-2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title...

, Christopher Mabee

Christopher Mabee

Christopher Mabee is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2007 Canadian national silver medalist. He announced his retirement from competitive skating in December, 2008.-Early career:...

, Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel

Meagan Duhamel is a Canadian pair skater. With current partner Eric Radford, she is the 2011 Four Continents silver medalist and 2011 Canadian national silver medalist...

, Ryan Arnold

Ryan Arnold

Ryan Arnold is a Canadian pair skater. He competed with Carla Montgomery and Meagan Duhamel. In both partnerships, he was coached by Lee Barkell....

, Anabelle Langlois

Anabelle Langlois

Anabelle Langlois is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Cody Hay, she is the 2008 Canadian national champion.- Career :...

 & Cody Hay

Cody Hay

Cody Hay is a retired Canadian pair skater. With Anabelle Langlois, he is the 2008 Canadian national champion. He is now a coach with Langlois.- Career :...

, Nobunari Oda

Nobunari Oda

is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents Champion, the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2005 World Junior Champion and the 2008 Japanese National Champion.- Personal life :...

, Carolyn MacCuish

Carolyn MacCuish

Carolyn MacCuish is a Canadian figure skater who has competed as both an ice dancer and pair skater.- Career :...

 & Andrew Evans

Andrew Evans (figure skater)

Andrew Evans is a Canadian pair skater. He competes with partner Kara Singbell. They teamed up in 2008....

, Jacinthe Larivière

Jacinthe Larivière

Jacinthe Larivière is a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Lenny Faustino, and they won the gold medal at the 2003 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. She currently lives in Barrie, Ontario and has since retired from figure skating.-Results:-External links:...

 & Lenny Faustino

Lenny Faustino

Lenny Faustino is a Canadian pair skater. who competed with Jacinthe Larivière. They won the gold medal at the 2003 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. Lenny retired from competitive sport in 2004...

, and Joey Russell

Joey Russell

Joey Russell is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2006 Canadian junior national champion and is a two season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit...

.

Pairs

(with Gaylor)

Event	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89
Canadian Figure Skating Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has...	1st J.	6th	6th	5th
Skate Canada International Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...				5th
NHK Trophy NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....			4th
Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....		1st

• J = Junior level

External links

• Biography at the Mariposa School of Skating