Dave Holland/Speed Skating Canada

Anders Johnson

Personal Details

Sport

Speed Skating - Long Track

Games

Milano Cortina 2026

Age

28

Birthplace

Fort Frances, Ontario

Home Province

Alberta

Hometown

Calgary, Alberta

Biography

Anders Johnson is set to make his Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026.

He won gold in the team sprint, a non-Olympic event, at the 2024 ISU World Single Distances Championships, setting a world record (later broken in January 2025) alongside Laurent Dubreuil and Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu. He competed individually at the world championships for the first time in 2025.

Johnson helped Canada win gold in the team sprint at the 2024 ISU Four Continents Championships and then was part of a bronze medal in the same event in 2025. His best individual result came in 2022 when he placed sixth in the 1000m.

Johnson made his debut on the ISU World Cup circuit in Calgary in December 2022.

A Little More About Anders

Getting into the Sport: Started skating at age 3… Grew up playing hockey and made the switch to speed skating when he was 17 after moving to Edmonton… Outside Interests: Studying theology at Liberty University with the intention of becoming a pastor… Odds and Ends: Role model is British sprinter Eric Liddell, who was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie Chariots of Fire…. Grandfather, Danny Johnson, was a professional goalie in the NHL with Vancouver and Detroit…