Melissa Militano

Melissa Mary Militano (married name: Warkmeister; born April 26, 1955 in Rockville Centre, New York) is an American former competitive figure skater who competed as a single skater and pair skater. As a pair skater, she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times, in 1973 with her brother Mark Militano and in 1974 and 1975 with Johnny Johns. Their coaches included Peter Dunfield and Ron Ludington.

Melissa Militano
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Mary Militano
Country representedUnited States
Born (1955-04-26) April 26, 1955
Height5 ft 0 in (152 cm)
Former partnerJohnny Johns
Mark Militano
Former coachPeter Dunfield
Ron Ludington
Skating clubSC of New York
Retired1975

Melissa and Mark Militano represented the United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics where they placed 7th.

Militano was also a talented singles skater. At the 1970 United States Figure Skating Championships, she became one of the first female skaters to successfully perform a triple toe loop jump in competition, in a performance that won her the bronze medal in the junior ladies division.[1] At the 1971 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she won the junior ladies title, again landing a clean triple toe loop.[2] She later gave up competing in singles skating to focus on pairs.

Militano and Johns retired from competitive skating in 1975 and toured with Ice Capades. After her marriage in 1979, she had little involvement with skating for many years, but currently works as a part-time coach in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Competitive highlights

Ladies' singles

National
Event 1970 1971 1972
U.S. Championships3rd J1st J8th
J = Junior level

Pairs with Johnny Johns

International
Event 1974 1975
World Championships8th6th
National
U.S. Championships1st1st

Pairs with Mark Militano

International
Event 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Winter Olympics7th
World Championships8th8th6th9th8th
North American Champ.4th2nd
National
U.S. Championships3rd2nd2nd2nd1st

References

  1. "U.S. Championships", Skating magazine, Apr 1970
  2. "Nationals", Skating magazine, Apr 1971
  • "Militano Warkmeister finds bliss in desert", Skating, Aug/Sept 2008.
  • "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. (123 KiB)
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