Peter Johansson (born 2 April 1967 in
Näsby,
Örebro
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) is a
Swedish
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retired competitive
figure skater
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. He is a four-time Swedish national champion. He currently works as a coach in
Boston, Massachusetts with
Mark Mitchell.
Competitive career
Johansson competed at five
European Figure Skating Championships
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, four
World Figure Skating Championships
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, and the
1988 Winter Olympics
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. He won the
Swedish Figure Skating Championships
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Senior medalists Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
J ...
four consecutive times.
Coaching career
Johansson currently works as a coach at the
Skating Club of Boston
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. With
Mark Mitchell, he coaches many top-level skaters, including 2007 World Junior champion
Stephen Carriere
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, 2008 Eastern Sectional champion
Katrina Hacker
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Career
Hacker won the novice-level bronze medal at the 2005 U.S. Champions ...
, 2007 US National junior pewter medalist
Curran Oi
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, 2007 Eastern Sectional champion
Kylie Gleason
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, two time Junior Grand Prix gold medalist
Juliana Cannarozzo
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, 2008 US National junior bronze medalist
Brittney Rizo, 2009 US National Junior Champion
Ross Miner
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, 2010 US National Junior Silver Medalist
Yasmin Siraj
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Career
Siraj began skating at the age of two, following her sister Layla. ...
, and 2012 Skate America Silver Medalist
Christina Gao
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. They formerly coached 2003 U.S. pewter medalist
Scott Smith, 2007 US National silver medalist
Emily Hughes
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, 2004 US National Junior silver medalist
Jason Wong
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, 2003 US National Novice bronze medalist
Jessica Houston, and 2003 US National Junior Champion
Erica Archambault.
Johansson and Mitchell were the 2003, 2006, and 2007
USFSA
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/PSA Developmental Coaches of the Year and the 2006
USOC Developmental Coaches of the Year.
Other
Johansson also completed the 2008
Boston Marathon
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in a time of 4:10:10.
Athletes Cheer on Coach
Competitive highlights
*WD = Withdrew
References
The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew: Side by SideRinkside at the U.S. Championships, Part 5- Mitchell, Johansson busy by the boards in Cleveland
*
Results
External links
Skating Club of Boston
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Swedish male single skaters
Olympic figure skaters of Sweden
Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Swedish figure skating coaches
1967 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Örebro
American Olympic coaches
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States