Lyndon Johnston

Lyndon Johnston
nation	Canada
birthday	4th December 1961
place of birth	Hamiota, Manitoba
size	180 cm
Weight	81 kg
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Melinda Kunhegyi, Denise Benning, Cindy Landry
society	Hamiota Figure Skating Club
Trainer	Kerry Leitch
status	resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships silver Paris 1989 Couples

Lyndon Johnston (born December 4, 1961 in Hamiota , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian figure skater who started pair skating .

Johnston appeared internationally with three different figure skating partners. His first figure skating partner was Melinda Kunhegyi from 1982 to 1985 inclusive . In 1984 and 1985 they became Canadian runners-up in pair skating. The 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo they finished in 12th place and in their only World Cup in 1985 they finished fifth.

From 1986 to 1988 inclusive, Johnston ran alongside Denise Benning . In 1986 and 1987 they were Canadian runners-up behind Cynthia Coull and Mark Rowsom . From 1986 to 1988 they took part in world championships and always finished them in fifth place. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary , they finished sixth.

Johnston's last figure skating partner was Cindy Landry from 1989 to 1990 inclusive . Despite the short time, he was most successful with her. In 1989, the pair became Canadian runners-up behind Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler and, in 1990, finally Canadian champions. At their first joint world championship in 1989 in Paris , Johnston and Landry immediately became vice world champions behind Yekaterina Gordejewa and Sergei Grinkow from the Soviet Union. In 1990, however, it was only ninth place at the World Cup , after which they ended their career.

Results

Pair skating

(until 1985 with Melinda Kunhegyi , from 1986 to 1988 with Denise Benning , from 1989 with Cindy Landry )

Competition / year	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
winter Olympics	12.				6th
World championships		5.	5.	5.	5.	2.	9.
Canadian Championships	2.	2.	2.	2.	3.	2.	1.

Web links

• Lyndon Johnston in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )