John Crafoord

John Crafoord is a retired Swedish pair skater. With his twin sister and skating partner, Greta Crafoord, he is a three-time Swedish national champion, two-time Swedish junior national champion, and placed fifteenth at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

John Crafoord was born on 28 December 2000 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the son of Ann and Thomas and twin brother of Greta Crafoord. The family moved to the United States in 2009.

John Crafoord began learning to skate in 2005.

During the 2017–18 season, the Crafoord twins trained in Aliso Viejo, California, coached by Jenni Meno and Todd Sand. They made their junior international debut in September, placing twelfth at a 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Latvia. They were sixteenth at their second JGP assignment in Poland and won the junior bronze medal at the Bavarian Open.
The pair made no international appearances the following season.

The Crafoords placed fourth in the junior pairs event at the Bavarian Open and fifteenth at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. They trained in Colorado Springs, Colorado, under Dalilah Sappenfield.

Making their senior international debut, the Crafoords placed fourth at the NRW Trophy in November 2020 and eighth at the International Challenge Cup in February.

The pair placed tenth at the Cranberry Cup International and ninth at the John Nicks Pairs Challenge. They then competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their placement was insufficient to qualify. The pair missed the rest of the season due to Greta's broken knee cap.

Having recovered from her final surgery, Greta Crafoord returned to the ice in September 2022. The twins decided to train under Aljona Savchenko in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, where they placed eighth. They were also eighth at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo. After coming twelfth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, they won the Swedish national title, and finished thirteenth at the 2023 European Championships.

Prior to the season, it was announced that the Crafoords had relocated to Caen, France, where Bruno Massot became their new coach. They began the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2023 John Nicks Pairs Challenge. Going on to compete at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the pair came in twelfth place. They would then participate at the 2023 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2023 Warsaw Cup, where they placed fourth and fifth, respectively. They would follow these events with a fifth-place finish at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In December, the Crafoords won their second national title at the 2024 Swedish Championships. They were then selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, where they placed seventeenth. Shortly following this event, the Crafoords would finish eighth at the 2024 International Challenge Cup.
In March, the Crafoords made their World Championship debut at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where they finished in twenty-third place.

The Crafoords started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing twelfth at the 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition and eleventh at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, however after completing the short program segment, the senior pairs free skate event was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. The Crafoords were declared fourth due to their short program result.
In November, the Crafoords competed at the 2024 Ice Challenge, the 2024 NRW Trophy, and the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing fourth, second, and eighth respectively. They won their third consecutive national title the following month. The Crafoords then followed up that result by winning silver at the 2025 Bavarian Open.
Selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, the Crafoords placed seventeenth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment. They subsequently finished the season by placing eighth at the Road to 26 Trophy in Milan, Italy, a test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
On December 9, 2025, it was announced that John had retired from competitive figure skating due to injury. It was also reported that Greta intended to continue her career with a new pair skating partner.