Johnny Johns is an American

United States

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 retired competitive figure skater who currently works as a coach. As a pair skater, he competed with Melissa Militano

Melissa Militano

Melissa Mary Militano is an American figure skater who competed as a single skater and pair skater. As a pair skater, she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times, in 1973 with her brother Mark Militano and in 1974 and 1975 with Johnny Johns...

 and won the 1974 and 1975 United States Figure Skating Championships

United States Figure Skating Championships

The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...

. They placed 8th at the 1974 World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 and 6th in 1975. With partner Mary Campbell

Mary Campbell (figure skater)

Mary Karen Campbell is an American retired competitive figure skater in ice dancing with Johnny Johns, with whom she won the 1973 national title.-Results:Ice dance -Navigation:...

, he is the 1973 National Champion in ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. Their highest placement at the World Championships was 6th, in 1973.

Johns, who is from the Detroit area, began skating at the age of 8 as a family activity. For some years he was splitting his time between skating and Little League Baseball, where he had developed the ability to pitch both left- and right-handed. Johns carried this ambidextrousness over to his skating and learned how to do jumps in both directions as well. He also early developed a very smooth stroking style.

When his former coach left the Detroit area, Johns began to work with Ronald Ludington

Ronald Ludington

Ronald Ludington is an American figure skater and coach. He was born in Boston.-Biography:With his then-wife, Nancy Rouillard Ludington, he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in pair skating four times, between 1957 and 1960, after having been the junior national champions in 1956...

, who insisted that he give up on baseball and concentrate of skating year-round. Ludington was responsible for pairing him up first with Mary Karen Campbell in dance, and then with Laurie Johnson in pairs.

Johns attended regular schools during his skating career. At the time he made the World team for the first time in 1971, he was a student at the University of Delaware

University of Delaware

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Johns currently works as a coach. He coached at the Detroit Skating Club for 27 years before moving to the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Canton, Michigan in 2006. He coached Marcy Hinzmann

Marcy Hinzmann

Marcy Hinzmann-Harris is an American pairs figure skater. Skating with Aaron Parchem, she won the bronze medal at the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and won a silver medal and qualified for the Olympic team the following year. They finished 13th at the 2006 Winter Olympics at 11th at the...

 & Aaron Parchem

Aaron Parchem

Aaron Parchem is a retired American figure skater. Parchem first tried pairs at age 19 and switched to that one year later. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics with partner Marcy Hinzmann.- Background :...

 to the Olympics and Danielle Hartsell

Danielle Hartsell

Danielle Hartsell is an American pair skater. With brother Steve Hartsell, she is the 1999 U.S. National Champion and 1997 World Junior Champion. She married Chris Minnis on September 20, 2003-Results:...

 & Steve Hartsell

Steve Hartsell

Steve Hartsell is an American pair skater. With sister Danielle Hartsell, he is the 1999 U.S. National Champion and the 1997 World Junior Champion. After his sister retired, he skated with Marcy Hinzmann and Kristen Roth.-Results:Men's Singles-:-:-External links:...

 to a World Junior title. His current and former students include Brooke Castile

Brooke Castile

Brooke Castile is an American pair skater. She is best known for her partnership with Benjamin Okolski. They are the 2007 U.S. National Champions. They announced their retirement from competitive skating in May 2010....

 & Ben Okolski, and Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue

Tessa Virtue is a Canadian ice dancer who competes with Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.At the 2009 Skate Canada competition, they...

 & Scott Moir

Scott Moir

Scott Moir is a Canadian ice dancer. He ice dances with Tessa Virtue. Moir and Virtue are the 2010 Olympic champions, the 2010 World Champions, the 2008 Four Continents Champions, the 2006 World Junior Champions and the 2008–2010 Canadian national champions.They were the first ice dance team to...

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Men's Singles

Event	1971
U.S. Championships	6th

Pairs

(with Johnson)

Event	1971	1972
U.S. Championships	8th	8th

(with Benenson)

Event	1973
U.S. Championships United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...	3rd

(with Militano)

Event	1974	1975
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...	8th	6th
U.S. Championships United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...	1st	1st

Ice Dance

(with Campbell)

Event	1969-70	1970-71	1971-72	1972-73
World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...		10th	10th	6th
North American Championships North American Figure Skating Championships The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.Although the event was classified as an...		3rd
U.S. Championships	6th	3rd	3rd	1st
Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....				1st