Phyllis Wyatt Johnson (née Squire) (8 December 1886 in

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– 2 December 1967) was a British

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She won the silver medal in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

at the

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with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the

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in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the

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with new partner Basil Williams, became one of the oldest figure skating Olympic medalists. That year, she also finished fourth in ladies' singles.

Competitive highlights

Ladies' singles

*Coed

Pairs

(with James H. Johnson) (with Basil Williams)

References

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* 1886 births 1967 deaths British female pair skaters British female single skaters Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in figure skating World Figure Skating Championships medalists Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{UK-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub