Phyllis Johnson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full namePhyllis Wyatt•Johnson (Squire-, -Waite)
Used namePhyllis•Johnson
Born8 December 1886 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England (GBR)
Died2 December 1967 in Tonbridge, England (GBR)
NOC Great Britain
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 1
Total 2

Biography

Phyllis Squire was eighteen years of age when she married James Johnson, a colliery owner ten years her elder, in 1904. Together they formed a partnership that saw them win two world titles, a silver (1908) and a bronze (1910) world championship medal and the 1908 Olympic silver medal until his ill health caused the end of their skating relationship. She then skated with a new partner, Basil Williams, at the Antwerp Olympics and became the first skater to win a medal with two different partners when they clinched the bronze medal. Johnson also competed as a singles skater at Antwerp and narrowly missed a medal as she finished in fourth place. She had previously placed second in the ladies event at the 1913 World Championships and won bronze in both 1912 and 1914. As Phyllis Squire, she had started out in the English style of skating, winning the Challenge Shield in 1902-1904 and the English Challenge Cup in 1904. After James Johnson died she re-married and lived on into her eighties.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) GBR Phyllis Johnson
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) James Johnson 2 Silver
1920 Summer Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) GBR Phyllis Johnson
Singles, Women (Olympic) 4
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) Basil Williams 3 Bronze

Olympic family relations

Special Notes