Melissa Militano
{{Short description|American figure skater (1955–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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|fullname= Melissa Mary Militano
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|country= United States
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1955|4|26}}
|birth_place= Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
|death_date= {{death date and age|2024|7|16|1955|4|26}}
|death_place= Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
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|height= {{convert|5|ft|0|in|cm}}
|partner=
|formerpartner= Johnny Johns
Mark Militano
|coach=
|formercoach= Peter Dunfield
Ron Ludington
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|skating club= SC of New York
|retired= 1975
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{{MedalCountry| United States}}
{{MedalSport | Pairs' Figure skating}}
{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}
{{MedalSilver| 1971 Peterborough|Pairs}}
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Melissa Mary Militano (later Warkmeister; April 26, 1955 – July 16, 2024) was an American 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.
Biography
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."U.S. Championships", Skating magazine, Apr 1970 At the 1971 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, she won the junior ladies title, again landing a clean triple toe loop."Nationals", Skating magazine, Apr 1971 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 later worked as a part-time coach in Las Vegas, Nevada. She died there after a brief battle with lymphoma on July 16, 2024, at the age of 69.{{cite news |title=Paris Champion Melissa Militano Passes Away |url=https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/article/pairs-champion-melissa-militano-passes-away |access-date=19 July 2024 |publisher=US Figure Skating |date=18 July 2024}}
Competitive highlights
=Ladies' singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | National | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1970 ! 1971 ! 1972 | |||
| align=left | U.S. Championships | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J | bgcolor=gold | 1st J | 8th |
| colspan=4 align=center | J = Junior level |
=Pairs with Johnny Johns=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1974 ! 1975 | ||
| align=left | World Championships | 8th | 6th |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National | ||
| align=left | U.S. Championships | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
=Pairs with Mark Militano=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 1969 ! 1970 ! 1971 ! 1972 ! 1973 | |||||
| align=left | Winter Olympics | 7th | ||||
| align=left | World Championships | 8th | 8th | 6th | 9th | 8th |
| align=left | North American Champ. | 4th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | National | |||||
| align=left | U.S. Championships | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
References
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- "Militano Warkmeister finds bliss in desert", Skating, Aug/Sept 2008.
- {{cite web|url=http://www.xcelenergycenter.com/uploads/assets/saintpaul2008/news/Past%20U.S.%20Champions.pdf |title=Past U.S. Champions - Senior |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209010047/http://www.xcelenergycenter.com/uploads/assets/saintpaul2008/news/Past%20U.S.%20Champions.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-09 }} {{small|(123 KiB)}}
External links
- {{SR/Olympics profile|mi/melissa-militano-1}}
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Category:American female pair skaters
Category:American female single skaters
Category:Figure skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic figure skaters for the United States