DENIS PETUKHOV

'Denis Petukhov' (born October 6, 1978 in Kirov, Russia) is an American figure skater. He currently competes in ice dance with Melissa Gregory. They joined forces on the ice in 2000 and were married in 2001. They have won four silver medals and two bronze medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Previously, he competed for Russia with partner Oksana Potdykova. He became a U.S. citizen on February 22, 2005.^[1]

Contents

Coaching changes

Competitive highlights

References

External links

Coaching changes

Gregory and Petukhov were originally coached by Oleg Epstein and Sandra Hess. From 2003 through 2006 by Nikolai Morozov and Shae-Lynn Bourne. Following the 2005/2006 season, they switched to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karpanosov.^[2] On September 7, 2007, they announced a coaching change to Priscilla Hill.^[3]

Competitive highlights

(with Gregory)

Event	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games					14th
World Championships			12th	11th	9th	10th
Four Continents Championships		6th	4th	2nd
U.S. Championships	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd
Grand Prix Final						6th
Skate America		5th	5th			2nd
Cup of Russia					4th
Skate Canada International		8th			3rd
Trophée Eric Bompard				4th
NHK Trophy				4th		3rd
Cup of China			4th
Nebelhorn Trophy		2nd

References

1. http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=29035
2. http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=34619
3. http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=39369

External links

★ Official site

★ Gregory and Ptukhov site- Englsh,Spanish

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★ Denis Petukhov's U.S. Olympic Team bio

★ Care to Ice Dance? - Gregory & Petukhov