Lloyd Eisler
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| Personal information | |
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| Country represented: |  Canada |
| Date of birth: | April 28, 1963 |
| Height: | 183 cm (6.0 ft) |
| Partner: | Isabelle Brasseur |
| Former partner: | Katerina Matousek Lorri Baier |
| Coach: | Josée Picard |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Figure skating | ||
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| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | Pairs |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Pairs |
Lloyd Edgar Eisler, MSM (born on April 28, 1963) is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Isabelle Brasseur, he is the 1992 and 1994 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1993 World Champion.
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[edit] Career
Eisler first competed with Lorri Baier. He then teamed up with Katherina Matousek and competed with her at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in which they finished in eighth place. He partnered with Isabelle Brasseur in 1987. They won five Canadian pairs championships, the 1993 World Figure Skating Championships, and they won bronze medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. They retired in 2004 and are members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
Brasseur and Eisler teamed up with Lou-Anne Brosseau (Hunt) in 1992 and formed a company known as B.B.E. Productions Inc., and together the group planned and organized professional figure skating events across Canada. Their main goal was to raise awareness and funds for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada who named this duo National Spokespersons in September 1992. B.B.E. Productions Inc. has won several awards, producing more than 25 shows and raising more than $250,000.00 in awareness and sponsorship for the charity. In the years of operation (1992–2006), B.B.E. also granted several wishes to children suffering from life-threatening illnesses.
In 1994, he and Isabelle Brasseur were awarded the Meritorious Service Decoration (civil division). The pair co-wrote Brasseur & Eisler: To Catch a Dream in 1996, as well as the follow-up book Brasseur & Eisler: The Professional Years.
[edit] Controversy
Effective October 6, 2006, Eisler was suspended from coaching in Canada for a term of one year by Skate Canada after allegedly sending sexually suggestive e-mails to his 15-year-old student. At the time of the ban, Eisler was coaching in the United States, where the Canadian ban did not apply. [1] No criminal charges were ever filed.
[edit] Personal life
Eisler was born in Seaforth, Ontario, Canada.
He appeared in the 2006 FOX television program Skating with Celebrities in which he was partnered with actress Kristy Swanson.
Swanson and Eisler welcomed a son on February 16, 2007 and named him Magnus Hart Swanson Eisler. They married on February 7, 2009 in San Luis Obispo.[2]
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 1981–1982 | 1982–1983 | 1983–1984 | 1984–1985 | 1985–1986 | 1986–1987 | 1987–1988 | 1988–1989 | 1989–1990 | 1990–1991 | 1991–1992 | 1992–1993 | 1993–1994 |
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| Olympics | 8th[†] | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | |||||||||
| Worlds | 9th[§] | 10th[†] | 5th[†] | 3rd[†] | 7th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Canadians | 1st[†]/ 1st[‡] | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
- § with Lorri Baier
- † with Katherina Matousek
- ‡ in fours competition with Matousek and pair Melinda Kunhegyi and Lyndon Johnston
[edit] References
- ^ CTV.ca | Eisler suspended over alleged suggestive emails
- ^ Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler Wed, People.com, February 7, 2009.
- Brasseur & Eisler. (1996). Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-7393-6.
- "Eisler showed different side", The Globe and Mail, Oct 20, 2006.
- "Eisler won't appeal ban", Toronto Star, Oct 20, 2006.
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