Toller Resumé

Figure Skating Achievements

Three-time World Free Skating Champion
World Professional Figure Skater of the Year, 1988
Olympic Bronze Medalist, Innsbruck, 1976
World Figure Skating Bronze Medalist, 1974
Awarded seven perfect marks of 6.0 at World Championships, 1972-1975
Six-time Canadian Champion, 1970-1976
Junior Canadian Champion, 1964
Skate Canada International Champion, 1973 and 1975
Gold Medal, Canada Winter Games, 1967
Silver Medal, North American Championships, 1971
World Professional Champion, 1981, 1983, 1985
Winner of the World Skate Challenge, 1977,
Labatt’s Pro-Skate Montreal, 1982,
Labatt’s Pro-Skate Edmonton, 1982,
Labatt’s Pro-Skate Toronto, 1982,
International Professional Championships, 1982
World Cup of Skating, 1982
Toured with Stars on Ice, Holiday on Ice, and Skate the Nation

Honours and Awards

Officer of the Order of Canada, 1977
Canadian Athlete of the Year, 1975
Canada’s Walk of Fame, 2003
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, 2004
Skate Canada Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame 1997
Canada Sports Hall of Fame, 1997
Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, 1976
Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, 1996
World Figure Hall of Fame, 2016
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame 2004
International Order of the Olympics, IOC
Sports Federation Athlete of the Year, 1974
Special Olympic Order, Canadian Olympic Association, 1995
Order of Merit, City of Toronto, 1988
Cabbagetown People Program, 2001
International Sports Broadcast Award, 1990
German Skating Association Award of the Decade, 1994
World Professional Skater of the Year, 1988
ISU Award for Most Creative Skater of the 20th Century, 2002
Honorary Degree LL.D., Carleton University, 2011
Artist in Residence, Harvard University, 1986
Performer in Residence, University of Maine, 1985
Official Artist of Skate Canada, 2013

Television and Live Theatre Shows

The Ice Show, Palace Theatre, NYC 1977
Ice, Radio City Music Hall, NYC 1983
Dream Weaver, TV, 1979
Strawberry Ice, TV, 1982
Magic Planet, TV, 1983
The True Gift of Christmas, TV, 1985
Symphony on Skates with 69 piece orchestra, 1983
CTV’s Stars on Ice
NBC’s The Big Show, Dick Clark, 1980
U.S. television specials The Snow Queen: A Skating Ballet; and Romeo and Juliet on Ice. 1983
The Vickie Benefit, Ontario Federation for Visually Impaired Children,1980s
Film, Ice Princess, 1996
Shadows and Light, Joni Mitchell’s concert film, 1980,
Joni Mitchell’s Hejira album cover, 1976
I Am A Hotel, Leonard Cohen Film, 1983
Television commentator for the World Championships and numerous international events for CBC
Perennial judge at the World Professional Championships and other professional competitions
Performed in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Africa
Guest judge for Battle of the Blades, 2010
Official Artist of Skate Canada, 2013
Coach and choreographer for elite skaters including US Champion Christopher Bowman and 1995 world champion Lu Chen

Awards

ACTRA Award for Best TV Variety, Strawberry Ice
ANIK Award for TV Special
Golden Rose of Montreux Award for TV Special for Dream Weaver
San Francisco International Film Festival Award for TV Special

Paintings

Created an estimated 20,000 original paintings that are in prominent private and public art collections worldwide (including World Figure Skating Museum, and the International Skating Union). He participated in more than 300 exhibitions mostly one man shows across Canada, the U.S., Mexico, France, Germany, Switzerland and Hong Kong.

Designed posters for the National Ballet of Canada, Roy Thompson Hall, CBC, Chanel, and the Stratford Summer Music Festival.

Books

Toller, #2 in the Canadian non-fiction charts, with Elva Oglanby, Gage Publishing. 1975
A Ram on the Rampage. 1977
The Nutcracker, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Retold by Veronica Tennant. Illustrated by Toller Cranston. 1985
Zero Tollerance: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Who Revolutionized Figure Skating with Martha Lowder Kimball. 1977
When Hell Freezes Over: Should I Bring My Skates with Martha Lowder Kimball. 2000
Ice Cream: Thirty of the Most Interesting Skaters in History, with Martha Lowder Kimball. 2002

Exhibitions and Legacy Projects

Canadian Olympic Foundation and Skate Canada Toller Awards for courage, creativity and expression in Young Skaters, 2016 to present
Toller Cranston Memorial Fund, Canadian Olympic Foundation, 2016 to present
Toller Cranston Legacy Scholarships, World Figure Sport, Lake Placid, NY, 2023 to present

Posthumous Awards

Children’s Art Foundation 5th Anniversary Award
Ice Theatre of New York 30th Anniversary Gala Award, NYC, NY
World Figure Hall of Fame Inductee, Lake Placid, NY
Art Recognition Award, Contemporary Arts Committee, Northern Ontario