Lee Barkell

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

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. In the summer of 2014, Barkell moved to Toronto and started coaching at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club. In the summer of 2019, Barkell moved to the Granite Club in Toronto.

His current students include:

• David Bondar^[1]
• Stephen Gogolev^[2][3]
• Alec Guinzbourg^[4]
• Kara Yun^[5]

His former students have included:

• Jeffrey Buttle (2008 World champion and 2006 Olympic bronze medalist)^[6]
• Corey Circelli^[7]
• Gabrielle Daleman (2018 Canadian Champion, 2017 World bronze medalist and 2017 Four Continents silver medalist)^[8][9]
• Meagan Duhamel / Ryan Arnold^[10]
• Liubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch (2017 Four Continents bronze medalists)^[11][12]
• Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay^[13]
• Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino^[14]
• Alysa Liu^[15]
• Christopher Mabee^[16]
• Carolyn MacCuish / Andrew Evans^[17]
• Satoko Miyahara^[18]
• Patrick Myzyk^[19]
• Nobunari Oda (2006 Four Continents champion)^[20]
• Joey Russell^[21]
• Roman Sadovsky^[22]
• Vincent Zhou^[23]

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Gaylor

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

National
Event	1987	1988
Canadian Championships	3rd1	2nd2
Partners in addition to Melanie Gaylor: 1 Cynthia Coull / Mark Rowsom 2 Michelle Menzies / Kevin Wheeler