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Lloyd Eisler

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|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" | Figure skating

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1992 Albertville|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Pairs

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1994 Lillehammer|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Pairs |} Lloyd Edgar Eisler (born on April 28, 1963 in Seaforth, Ontario) is a Canadian pairs figure skater who competed with Katerina Matousek 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. He co-wrote Brasseur & Eisler: To Catch a Dream, in 1996 and the follow-up book Brasseur & Eisler: The Professional Years

Brasseur & 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 dynamic 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.

Eisler appeared in the 2006 FOX television program "Skating with Celebrities" in which he was partnered with actress Kristy Swanson. They reportedly began an affair while his wife Marcia was eight months pregnant with their second child. Representatives for both Eisler and Swanson have confirmed the couple are dating but deny that the affair began before the Eislers filed formal separation papers in November of 2005. Eisler and Swanson were in Kingston, Ontario in February 2006 to promote and host the annual FebFest event with Jason Priestley, Kirk Muller, Doug Gilmour, Wendel Clark, Paul Coffey, Steve Larmer, Marty McSorley, Shayne Corson, Mark Napier, and Deanna Johnston of Rock Star: INXS. His wife Marcia has resumed using her maiden name and also changed their children's names to her maiden name as well. Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler are expecting a child together due on Valentine's Day 2007.

In 1994, he and Isabelle Brasseur were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (civil division).

Competitive highlights

With Lori Baier

1982

  • World Championships - 9th

With Matousek

1983

  • World Championships - 10th

1984

  • Olympics - 8th
  • World Championships - 5th

1985

  • World Championships - 3rd

With Brasseur

1988

  • Olympics - 9th
  • World Championships - 7th

1989

  • World Championships - 7th

1990

  • World Championships - 2nd

1991

  • World Championships - 2nd

1992

  • Olympics - 3rd
  • World Championships - 3rd

1993

  • World Championships - 1st

1994

  • Olympics - 3rd

References

  • Brasseur & Eisler. (1996). Brasseur & Eisler : To Catch a Dream. Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-7393-6.



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