Melissa Gregory
FameRank: 4

"Denis Petukhov"

/formerpartner=James Shuford

/coach=Shae-Lynn Bourne

/formercoach= Priscilla Hill, Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karpanosov, Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)/Nikolai Morozov

/skating club= SC of New York

/retired =

/dance score= 183.97

/dance date= 2005 4CC

/CD score= 38.02

/CD date= 2005 4CC

/OD score= 55.61

/OD date= 2006 Skate America

/FD score= 92.74

/FD date=2003 Skate America

/medaltemplates=

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"Melissa Gregory" (born May 22, 1981) is an American ice dancer. With partner and husband Denis Petukhov, she is the 2004–2007 United States Figure Skating Championships/U.S. silver medalist.

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He was like a kid in a candy store. When he found out you could test drive a car, he drove every car he could find.

It was disappointing. It was a rough skate. The music felt twice as slow as it has been in practice.

It was like . . . it was so . . . uh. Like butter, like a really good piece of dessert.

It felt right, and we didn't care what anybody else thought.

I'm just happy that I'm skating really good. Sometimes when you're not feeling good, you concentrate twice as much. I think that was helping today.

We still have the ticket he never used.

If he wants to go hunting with his BB gun, I am right there wearing my high heels and reading my magazines. If I am getting my nails done, he's right there reading a magazine about cars.

This year we chose Romeo and Juliet, which we think fits us the best because it's a great love story. For the Olympic season we can show it off.

We started talking via e-mail for a couple of months. Then we decided to bring him over for a tryout. From the first time we skated together, we just knew.