Melissa Militano, Date of Birth

    

Melissa Militano

figure skater

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1955

Profession: figure skater

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Melissa Militano

  • 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.
  • At the 1971 U.S.
  • Figure Skating Championships, she won the junior ladies title, again landing a clean triple toe loop.
  • 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.

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