Peter Johansson (figure skater)

For the musician, see Peter Johansson (musician).

Peter Johansson
Full name	Peter Johansson
Born	(1967-04-02) 2 April 1967 Näsby, Örebro
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Sweden
Skating club	Mariestads 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.

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.

Other

Johansson also completed the 2008 Boston Marathon in a time of 4:10:10.

Competitive highlights

Event	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990-91	1991-92
Winter Olympic Games					24th
World Championships				21st	18th	19th	22nd
European Championships			20th	14th	15th	8th	10th
Nordic Championships			2nd		1st	1st
Swedish Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Skate America				14th
Skate Canada International							6th
NHK Trophy						10th			WD
Novarat Trophy						2nd

• WD = Withdrew

References

• The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew: Side by Side
• Rinkside at the U.S. Championships, Part 5- Mitchell, Johansson busy by the boards in Cleveland
• Sports-reference profile
• Skatabase: 1980s Euros
• Skatabase: 1980s Worlds
• Skatabase: 1980s Olympics
• Skatabase: 1990s Euros
• Skatabase: 1990s Worlds
• Swedish Olympic Committee bio (in Swedish)
• "Svenska Mästerskapen i Konståkning för Herrar" (PDF). (47.9 KiB) (in Swedish)
• Results

External links

• Skating Club of Boston