Personal life

Dore was born in Toronto in 1940. After he was stricken with polio at the age of 12, he took up skating to strengthen his legs. He competed at the national level within Canada. He has two sons, Chris and Paul. His son Paul competed in figure skating singles and pairs, and trained at the Minto Skating Club

Minto Skating Club

The Minto Skating Club is a competitive figure skating club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1904. The Club is a member of the Skate Canada figure skating organization in Canada, and was a founder of the predecessor organization to Skate Canada, the "Figure Skating Department" of the Amateur...

 in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

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Career

After retiring as a skater, he became a judge and served at seven World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 and the 1984 Winter Olympics

1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...

. He became a director of the Canadian Figure Skating Association (now known as Skate Canada) in 1972, and served as its president from 1980 to 1984.

In 1985, Dore was appointed Director General of the CFSA, a newly-created paid staff position in contrast to his previous volunteer, elected position as president. He remained in this position until 2002, becoming unquestionably the most powerful figure in Canadian skating for many years. Under Dore's leadership, the CFSA greatly expanded its membership and programs, funded by corporate sponsorships and event revenues. Dore was at times a controversial leader, known for promoting policies whereby CFSA's national team athletes and coaches were expected to work directly under the control of the central organization. He has also been criticized for failing to support Canadian judge Jean Senft when she acquired evidence of judging corruption at the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

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Late in Dore's reign at Skate Canada, the management of skating events in Canada was spun off into a separate organization, called The Skating Events Trust (TSET), that was directly controlled by Dore. (TSET has since been dissolved, with management of Canadian figure skating events reverting to Skate Canada.)

Dore resigned from his paid position at Skate Canada in early 2002 in order to become eligible for an elected position with the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

. He was elected the Vice President for figure skating at the 2002 ISU Congress and was re-elected in 2006. He has become known as a strong supporter of Ottavio Cinquanta

Ottavio Cinquanta

Ottavio Cinquanta , is currently President of the International Skating Union and a member of the International Olympic Committee.He has held the ISU position since 1994 and the IOC position since 1996....

's policies, such as the adoption of the ISU Judging System

ISU Judging System

The ISU Judging System , is the scoring system on the event and on the level of competition. At the senior international level, single and pairs short programs contain eight technical elements. The actual eight elements are detailed for single skaters in ISU rule 310...

 and keeping the identity of figure skating judges secret.

Dore was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." It is located at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta...

in 2008.