Melinda Kunhegyi (born December 1, 1965) 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 1981 Prague Skate champion, the 1981

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champion, and a two-time

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silver medalist. They competed together 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 ...

Personal life

Kunhegyi was born on December 1, 1965, in

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, Canada.

Career

Kunhegyi represented the Preston Figure Skating Club in

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. In 1981, Kunhegyi and

won three international medals – silver at the

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, gold at the

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, and gold at the

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

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and then silver at the 1984

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. They placed 12th at the

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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.

Results

pairs with Johnston

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunhegyi, Melinda 1965 births Living people Canadian female pair skaters Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Canada Sportspeople from Guelph