Denise Benning (born September 1, 1967) is a Canadian former competitive

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With her skating partner,

Lyndon Johnston Lyndon Johnston (born December 4, 1961) is a Canadian former pair skater. With Cindy Landry, he is the 1989 World silver medallist and 1990 Canadian national champion. Personal life Johnston was born on December 4, 1961, in Hamiota, Manitob ...

, she is the

1985 NHK Trophy The 1985 NHK Trophy was held at the Port Island Sports Center in Kobe on November 21–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing ...

bronze medalist, the

1985 Skate Canada International The 1985 Skate Canada International was held in London, Ontario on October 24–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a ...

bronze medalist, the

1986 Skate America The 1986 Skate America was held at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) ...

silver medalist, and a three-time Canadian national medalist (silver in 1986 and 1987, bronze in 1988). The pair finished fifth at three consecutive World Championships and sixth at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

. Benning won three consecutive national fours titles with Johnston and other skaters, from 1986 to 1988.

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1967 births Living people Canadian female pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Canada Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario {{Canada-figure-skating-bio-stub