Lyndon Johnston (born December 4, 1961) is a Canadian former

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 Cindy Landry, he is the 1989 World silver medallist and 1990

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champion.

Personal life

Johnston was born on December 4, 1961, in

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Career

Johnston represented Hamiota Figure Skating Club.

Partnership with Kunhegyi

In 1981, Johnston and his partner, Melinda Kunhegyi, won three international medals – silver at the

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, gold at the

Prague Skate The Prague Skate (sometimes titled Golden Skate; from 1994: Czech Skate) is an international figure skating competition. It was a senior event from the 1960s to 1997, usually held in November or December in Prague. Medals were awarded in the discipl ...

, and gold at the Grand Prix International St. Gervais. In 1982, they took silver at the St. Ivel International. During the 1983–1984 season, the pair won bronze at the

1983 Skate America The 1983 Skate America was held in Rochester, New York. 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 discipline of figure skatin ...

and then silver at the 1984

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. They placed 12th at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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, Yugoslavia. In their final season together, Kunhegyi/Johnston won silver at the

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and Canadian Championships. They placed fifth at the 1985 World Championships in

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, Japan. Kunhegyi/Johnston won three national titles in

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, taking gold in 1982, 1984, and 1985.

Partnership with Benning

In the 1985–1986 season, Johnston began competing with Denise Benning. The pair won several international medals, including bronze at the 1985 NHK Trophy, bronze at 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 ...

, silver at the 1986 Skate America, and gold at the 1987 St. Ivel International. At the

, they became three-time pair skating medallists (silver in 1986 and 1987, bronze in 1988) and three-time

champions (1986–1988). Benning/Johnston finished fifth at three consecutive

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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� ...

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, Canada.

Partnership with Landry

Later in 1988, Johnston teamed up with Cindy Landry from Quebec. The pair won silver at the 1989 World Championships and gold at the 1990

. After placing 9th at the 1990 World Championships, they both turned professional. Johnston was inducted into the

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in 1993.

Results

Pairs with Kunhegyi

Pairs with Benning

Pairs with Landry

References

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