Kerry Leitch
Inducted In
1986
Kerry Leitch was born on March 5, 1941 in Woodstock. He wanted to be a professional hockey player and joined a skating club to improve his skating. He played baseball for two years on the farm teams of the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals.
He started teaching figure skating when he was seventeen. Since taking charge of the coaching at the Preston Figure Skating Club in 1964, he has coached many students to national and international championships. When the Leitch team won eleven medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Regina in January 1984, the Preston Club was acclaimed for establishing a national record.
The grand total of competitions his skaters have won include 204 gold medals, 193 silver medals and 165 bronze medals.
He operates the Kerry Leitch Figure Skating Schools Inc.