Melissa Militano

Melissa Militano
Personal information
Full name	Melissa Mary Militano
Country represented	United States
Born	April 26, 1955
Height	153 cm (5.02 ft)
Former partner	Johnny Johns Mark Militano
Former coach	Peter Dunfield Ron Ludington
Skating club	SC of New York
Retired	1975
Medal record Representing United States Pairs' Figure skating North American Championships 1971 Peterborough Pairs

Melissa Mary Militano (married name: Warkmeister; born April 26, 1955, in Rockville Centre, New York) is an American 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 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

Singles career

Event	1970	1971	1972
U.S. Championships	3rd J.	1st J.	8th

• J = Junior level

Pairs career

(with Johns)

Event	1974	1975
World Championships	8th	6th
U.S. Championships	1st	1st

(with Militano)

Event	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
Winter Olympic Games				7th
World Championships	8th	8th	6th	9th	8th
North American Championships	4th		2nd
U.S. Championships	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st

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.
• Sports-reference profile
• "Past U.S. Champions - Senior" (PDF). (123 KiB)