Denise Benning

A National, World and Olympic team member, Denise Benning was one of Canada’s top pair skaters. With partner Lyndon Johnston, she was ranked fifth in the World from 1986 to 1988 and placed sixth at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary. With Johnston, Benning finished fifth at three consecutive World championships (1986, 1987, 1988). In 2003, Benning was inducted to the Windsor Essex/County Sports Hall of Fame.

Benning earned a Bachelor of Human Kinetics degree from the University of Windsor where she majored in Sport Administration. She worked at International Management Group (IMG) in Toronto, was the Coordinator of Athlete Programs at Olympic Spirit Toronto, and was an event director at Wendy Kane and Associates.

A native of Windsor, Ontario, Benning settled in Markham, Ontario with her husband Paul Reid and two children, Kate and Liam.