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Toller Cranston, Order of Canada|CM (born April 20
1949) is a Canada|Canadian figure skating|figure
skater and artist.

He was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1949 and grew
up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario|Kirkland Lake. 
Cranston is credited by many with bringing a new
level of artistry to men's figure skating.  He was
the Canadian national figure skating champion from
1971 to 1976.  Although he never won a world level
competition, he scored the highest marks in the
free skate at four world championships.  He won
bronze medals at the 1974 World Figure Skating
Championship and the 1976 Winter Olympics.

At the age of 27, he began a long career in
professional figure skating. He has also
choreography|choreographed ice skating and been a
commentator on Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation|CBC television for figure skating
events.

His main artistic outlet is now his painting which
often incorporates themes related to skating. He
co-wrote the autobiographical Zero Tollerance
(1997) with Martha Lowder Kimball.

He was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of
Fame in 1976, the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of
Fame in 1997, the Order of Canada in 1977 and
Canada's Walk of Fame in 2003.

==External links==
*http://www.tollercranston.com/ Toller Cranston
art gallery