Melissa GREGORY
Melissa GREGORY |
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Ice Dancing |
Date of birth / Születési idõ |
22 May 1981 |
Place of birth / Születés helye |
Highland Park, IL |
Height / Magasság |
164 cm |
Home town /Lakóhely |
Hartford, CT |
Hobbies / Hobbi |
cooking, movies, shopping, traveling |
Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete |
1989 |
Club |
Skating Club of New York |
Former Partner / Régebbi partner |
James Shuford |
Denis PETUKHOV |
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Date of birth / Születési idõ |
6 October 1978 |
Place of birth / Születés helye |
Kirov (Soviet Union now Russia) |
Height / Magasság |
180 cm |
Home town /Lakóhely |
Glastonbury, CT |
Profession / Foglalkozás |
Full time athlete |
Hobbies / Hobbi |
music |
Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete |
1986 |
Club |
Skating Club of New York |
Former Partner / Régebbi partner |
Oksana Potdykova |
Coach / Edzõ |
Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov |
Choreographer / Koreográfus |
Natalia Linichuk |
Former coach / Régebbi edzõ |
Oleg Epstein, Sandra Hess, Shae-Lynn Bourne, Nikolai Morozov |
Former Choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus |
Nikolai Morozov |
Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week) |
at Newark DE |
Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban (h/week) |
at Newark DE |
Music Original Dance as of 2003/2004 season |
Rock'n Roll: Rock Around the Clock |
Music Free Dance as of 2003/2004 season |
Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor / Air by J. S. Bach |
Music Original Dance as of 2004/2005 season |
Charleston: from Chicago
soundtrack |
Music Free Dance as of 2004/2005 season |
Shine on You Crazy
Diamond; Money by Pink Floyd |
Music Original Dance as of 2005/2006 season |
Cha Cha: Que Color by The Mambo Kings |
Music Free Dance as of 2005/2006 season |
Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev; Art of War by Vanessa Mae |
Music Original Dance as of 2006/2007 season |
La Cumparsita / Tanguera |
Music Free Dance as of 2006/2007 season |
Preliator; Sarabande by Yoav Goren |
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Olympic Games |
World Champs |
European Champs |
Four Continent |
World Junior |
National Champs |
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10 (2) |
7 (1) |
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12 (1) |
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(1): Oksana POTDYKOVA / Denis PETUKHOV (RUS), (2): Melissa GREGORY / James
SHUFORD (USA)
Personal Best Total Score |
183.97 |
18.02.2005 |
Four Continents Championships 2005 |
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance |
38.02 |
16.02.2005 |
Four Continents Championships 2005 |
Personal Best Score Original Dance |
55.61 |
27.10.2006 | Skate America 2006 |
Personal Best Score Free Dance |
92.74 |
25.10.2003 |
Smart Ones Skate America 2003 |
2002 |
MasterCard Skate Canada Int., Quebec |
8 |
2002 |
Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf |
2 |
2002 |
Smart Ones Skate America, Spokane |
5 |
2002 |
Smart Ones Skate America, Reading |
5 |
2003 |
Cup of China, Beijing |
4 |
2004 |
NHK Trophy, Nagoya |
4 |
2004 |
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris |
4 |
2005 |
Skate Canada |
3 |
2005 |
Cup of Russia, St. Petersburg |
4 |
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2006 |
Skate America, Hartford, CT |
2 |
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2006 |
NHK Trophy, Nagano |
6 |
2006 |
ISU Grand Prix Final, St. Petersburg |
6 |
Russian skater Denis Petukhov looked for a new partner on the internet when his partnership with Oksana Podtykova dissolved in spring 2000. He found American Melissa Gregory and moved to the USA in September 2000. Gregory/Petukhov got married in February 2001. He received U.S. citizenship in February 2005. Coach Shae-Lynn Bourne is the 2003 World ice dance Champion (with Victor Kraatz, CAN).The couple changed coaches following the 2005/06 season. Coaches Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karpanosov are the 1980 Olympic Ice Dancing Champions.
International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 25.03.2007
