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.Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating
Other Johansson also completed the 2008 Boston Marathon in a time of 4:10:10.ResultsPhotosThe Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew 4/25/2008 Athletes Cheer on Coach
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
Results
External links Skating Club of Boston