Douglas James Ladret is a Canadian former pair skater and coach.Born in Vancouver to Alfred Arnold Ladret (fisherman & logger) and Ellen Hannah Ladret (baker, housemaker). He was the 5th child of the family growing up between the fishing town of Powell River & the logging camp at Boswell in Smith Inlet, British Columbia. Ladret enjoyed many sports as a child but took to the ice after one of his brother's, Greg, started figure skating in 1965.