Denise Benning is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her skating partner, Lyndon Johnston, she is the 1985 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, the 1985 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, the 1986 Skate America silver medalist, and a three-time Canadian national medalist. The pair finished fifth at three consecutive World Championships and sixth at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.