1. Denis Alexandrovich Petukhov is a retired Russian-American ice dancer.
15 Facts About Denis Petukhov
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Gregory and Petukhov were married in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 2,2001.
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The couple's son, Daxton Dale Denis Petukhov, was born on November 21,2014.
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Denis Petukhov began skating at age eight, in ice dancing from the start.
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Denis Petukhov originally competed for Russia with partner Oksana Potdykova, with whom he was the 2000 Russian national bronze medalist and a two-time medalist at the World Junior Championships.
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Denis Petukhov met American ice dancer Melissa Gregory through an online partner search for pairs skaters.
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Denis Petukhov came to the United States on a tourist visa at the end of August 2000 to test with her and other prospective partners, but canceled his other tryouts after skating with Gregory first, and never used his return plane ticket to Russia.
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Gregory and Denis Petukhov were originally coached by Oleg Epstein and Sandy Hess but made a change in 2003 to Nikolai Morozov and Shae-Lynn Bourne.
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Gregory and Denis Petukhov won four silver medals and two bronze medals at the US Figure Skating Championships and competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Denis Petukhov is one of the few skaters to have competed at both the European and Four Continents Championships.
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Gregory and Denis Petukhov both suffered injuries in a fall during the warmup before the free dance at 2007 Skate Canada International on November 4,2007.
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Denis Petukhov lost his footing while practicing a one-handed rotational lift, dropping Gregory onto the ice and injuring her ribs and hip and skidding into the boards himself, hurting his own knee and neck.
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Gregory and Denis Petukhov did not return to competition, partially due to financial difficulties.
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Denis Petukhov choreographed the majority of his and Gregory's programs himself and has choreographed programs for other skaters such as singles skaters Johnny Weir and Evgeni Plushenko.
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In 2010, Denis Petukhov was cast on Skating with the Stars as a partner for celebrity contestant Sean Young.