Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Skating club Detroit SC Former training location Bloomfield Hills Training locations Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest | Former partner Aya Takai, Caroline Yu Began skating 2001 | |
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Brian Johnson (born November 5, 1995) is an American pair skater. With partner Chelsea Liu, he has competed at one ISU Junior Grand Prix Final and two World Junior Championships.
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Personal life
Brian Johnson was born November 5, 1995 in Royal Oak, Michigan. His parents, James and Nancy, work in the automotive industry. In 2014, he graduated from Detroit Country Day School.
Career
Johnson began skating in 2001. In the 2011–12 season, he competed with Caroline Yu, winning bronze on the intermediate level at the U.S. Junior Championships.
During the next two seasons, he competed with Aya Takai. The pair placed 11th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They were coached by Jason Dungjen, Sergei Petrovski, Yuka Sato, and Linda Johns in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Partnership with Liu
Johnson teamed up with Chelsea Liu in May 2014. They are coached by Todd Sand and Jenni Meno in Orange County, California.
During the 2014–15 JGP series, Liu/Johnson won a bronze medal in Dresden, Germany and placed fourth in Zagreb, Croatia. Their results gave them a spot at the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, Spain, where the pair finished sixth. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2015 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. The pair placed 5th in the short program, 8th in the free skate, and 7th overall.
Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Liu/Johnson placed 8th in Linz, Austria and 5th in Toruń, Poland. Ranked fifth in both segments, the pair finished fifth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix