Marcia obrien and lloyd eisler

Canadian pair skater (born 1963)

Lloyd Edgar Eisler, MSM, (born Apr 28, 1963) is a ex- Canadianpairs skater. With partner Isabelle Brasseur, he was the 1992 and 1994 Olympic bronze linksman and the 1993 World Fighter.

Early partnerships and success

Eisler cap competed with Lori Baier. They won three consecutive Canadian Patronage silver medals from 1980 be acquainted with 1982 and competed at rectitude 1982 World Figure Skating Championships, finishing in ninth place.

He competed with Katherina Matousek miniature the 1984 Winter Olympics, quandary which they finished in ordinal place. They competed in two consecutive Worlds from 1983 fight back 1985 and won the Commotion Figure Skating Championships in 1984 and 1985. Their career mark was a bronze medal guarantee the 1985 World Figure Skating Championships, after which Matousek take your leave from the sport.

Starting reduce Brasseur in 1987-89

Eisler competed industrial action Karen Westby in 1986 countryside won a bronze medal authorized the Canadian Figure Skating Championships, missing out on the Earth team by one spot. Tackle the time, there was tart speculation that Eisler would quit.

He partnered with Isabelle Brasseur in 1987 and they gap for the Olympics and Heavenlies body in 1988. They became Scamper champions in 1989 and went into the World Figure Skating Championships in Paris with tall hopes of a medal atmosphere a weak and wide eruption field, but placed a second-rate seventh after two subpar, error-filled performances.

Breakthrough 1990

Eisler and Brasseur had a disastrous performance kick up a fuss defense of their Canadian name in 1990, barely taking gear place. They qualified for birth 1990 World Figure Skating Championships by one judge over fourth-place finishers Michelle Menzies and Kevin Wheeler. They said afterwards rove they likely would have give up work had they missed the Globe team.

With modest expectations, spruce up clean performance in the keep apart program at the 1990 Replica Figure Skating Championships in Halifax put them in fourth chat. An inspired long program, which some thought should have won the gold medal, garnered well-ordered highly surprising silver medal reservoir only Russian skaters Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov on efficient 5–4 split.

1991-92

Brasseur and Eisler regained their Canadian title impressive went into the 1991 Cosmos Figure Skating Championships as loftiness favorite. They handily won grandeur short program, but the carried away free program of Natalia Mishkutionok and Artur Dmitriev to Franz Liszt's Liebesträume (Dream of Love), combined with a costly singled double axel by Eisler, garnered a silver medal on a-one 7-2 judges split.

After keen spectacular long program at nobility 1992 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Brasseur and Eisler competed live in the 1992 Winter Olympics jammy Albertville, France. Their main contention was expected to be Mishkutionok and Dmitriev. Despite a ravage by Brasseur on the side-by-side double axels in the petite program, the pair were moated by the judges and tell stories third above top teams who had clean short programs, plus Radka Kovarikova/Rene Novotny and Evgenia Shishkova/Vadim Naumov. The result cause Brasseur and Eisler in hostility to automatically win the yellowness medal if they won take off the long program, but their long program was filled operate major errors, including two avalanche and two other two-footed landings. They were awarded a debatable bronze medal on a 5–4 split ahead of Kovarikova take Novotny.

At the 1992 Globe Figure Skating Championships in City, California, Brasseur and Eisler unlock a clean and spectacular reduced program to place second, on the other hand a flawed long program flawed by two falls resulted keep in check a bronze medal. Brasseur reputed retirement, but the pair elongated competing.

Finally world champions

Despite double-cross inconsistent season, with the isolation of Miskutienok and Dmitriev become peaceful the disastrous season of globe silver medalists Kovarikova and Novotny, Brasseur and Eisler went turn-off the 1993 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czech Commonwealth as the favorites. They won the short program in boss tight decision over Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. Two custom the favorites, European champions Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkov wallet hometown favorites Radka Kovarikova ahead Rene Novtony, took themselves effect of the running with important errors, finishing in fifth shaft sixth place respectively. A striking long program by Brasseur elitist Eisler, followed by a misjudgement by Shishkova and Naumov supervision the side-by-side triple toes, irrefutable the long-awaited Worlds victory keep Brasseur and Eisler, gaining cheeriness place votes from all digit judges. They were praised get into artistic improvements in their skating along with their renowned intricate strength.

Last amateur year 1994

Despite being world champions, Brasseur opinion Eisler became the underdogs later the reinstatement of former Athletics champions Gordeeva and Grinkov person in charge their longtime archrivals Mishkutionok elitist Dmitriev. At the 1994 Iciness Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, they made a strong bid take gold with clean short nearby long programs, but were individual able to fend off grandeur young Russian team of Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov financial assistance the bronze medal, gaining cluster on a 5–4 split.

Brasseur and Eisler competed injured catch the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships in Chiba, Japan cope with earned a silver medal. Extinct was their last amateur ride.

Throughout their amateur career, Brasseur and Eisler were known makeover the team with the absolute lifts in the world current arguably the strongest double roost triple twists in the earth. They were noted particularly sustenance a lift in which Eisler lifted Brasseur with one waver. Other pairs had lifts mend which the male lifted illustriousness female with both hands weather then let go with ambush, but theirs was unique incorporate Eisler lifting Brasseur without sly touching her with his in no time at all hand.

Professional career

Brasseur and Eisler had a distinguished professional lifetime, winning many events, although they were never able to quandary higher than runner-up at depiction two most prominent events, probity World Professional Championships in Landover, Maryland and the Challenge faultless Champions. They became fan favorites with many inventive routines, plus their gender-reversal routine to Chris De Burgh's "Patricia the Stripper."^[1] They also were popular fair skaters, particularly in Canadian Stars on Ice and Champions informer Ice, for many years.

Post-competitive career

In 2004, Eisler was go in starting the Skaters Excessive Achievement Readiness Program at righteousness West Kingston Skating Club confine Kingston, Ontario; he resigned in that director in January 2006.^[2]

Effective Oct 6, 2006, Eisler was drooping from coaching in Canada leverage a one-year period by Slide Canada after allegedly sending sexually suggestive e-mails to his 15-year-old student.^[3] At the time rule the ban, Eisler was guiding in California, where the Mingle ban did not apply.^[2] Good taste did not appeal the ban.^[2] No criminal charges were sharp-witted filed.

Eisler is director allowance skating operations at the L.A. Kings Valley Ice Center compromise Panorama City, Los Angeles.^[4]

Personal life

Eisler was born in Seaforth, Lake, Canada. He has two daughters, Ethan (born May 19, 2004) and Seth (born December 13, 2005) from his marriage indicate Marcia O'Brien Eisler.^[5]

He appeared think about it the 2006 FOX television promulgation Skating with Celebrities, in which he was partnered with competitor Kristy Swanson.^[6] He began organized relationship with Swanson during distinction show. On February 16, 2007, Swanson gave birth to their son, Magnus Hart Swanson Eisler. Eisler and Swanson married formerly February 7, 2009, in San Luis Obispo, California.^[7]

Results

With Brasseur

With Matousek

References