Peter Johansson (figure skater)

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Peter Johansson
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Personal information
Full namePeter Johansson
Born (1967-04-02) 2 April 1967 (age 58)
Näsby, Örebro
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Skating clubMariestads KK

Peter Johansson (born 2 April 1967) is former Swedish competitive figure skater. He competed at five European Figure Skating Championships, four World Figure Skating Championships, and the 1988 Winter Olympics. He won the Swedish Figure Skating Championships four consecutive times.

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Coaching career

Johansson currently works as a coach at the Skating Club of Boston. With husband, Mark Mitchell, he has coached many top-level skaters, including 2007 World Junior champion Stephen Carriere, 2008 Eastern Sectional champion Katrina Hacker, 2007 US National junior pewter medalist Curran Oi, 2007 Eastern Sectional champion Kylie Gleason, two time Junior Grand Prix gold medalist Juliana Cannarozzo, 2008 US National junior bronze medalist Brittney Rizo, 2009 US National Junior Champion Ross Miner, 2010 US National Junior Silver Medalist Yasmin Siraj, and 2012 Skate America Silver Medalist Christina Gao. They formerly coached 2003 U.S. pewter medalist Scott Smith, 2007 US National silver medalist Emily Hughes, 2004 US National Junior silver medalist Jason Wong, 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/PSA Developmental Coaches of the Year and the 2006 USOC Developmental Coaches of the Year. [1] [2] [3]

Other

Johansson also completed the 2008 Boston Marathon in a time of 4:10:10. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Competitive highlights

Event1983–841984–851985–861986–871987–881988–891989–901990-911991-92
Winter Olympic Games 24th
World Championships 21st18th19th22nd
European Championships 20th14th15th8th10th
Nordic Championships 2nd1st1st
Swedish Championships 2nd2nd2nd1st1st1st1st
Skate America 14th
Skate Canada International 6th
NHK Trophy 10thWD
Novarat Trophy 2nd

References

  1. ↑ Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  4. ↑ Results [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Photos
  6. ↑ The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew 4/25/2008
  7. ↑ Athletes Cheer on Coach Archived 2013-02-09 at archive.today
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