John Misha Petkevich

John Misha Petkevich is an American singles skater. He is the 1971 United States and North American champion. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics.

Petkevich was known as a particularly dynamic free skater for his time. He was coached by Arthur Bourque and Gustave Lussi. At the 1947 World Figure Skating Championships, Ulrich Salchow gave Dick Button one of his own trophies. Following the 1972 Olympics, Button passed on Salchow's trophy to Petkevich.

Petkevich founded An Evening with Champions, a long-running annual ice show that raises money to benefit the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in 1970, while he was still an undergraduate.

Following his competitive career, he attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar, earning a Ph.D. in cell biology. Later he pursued a career in investment banking. He also composes music.

Petkevich also retained his ties to the figure skating world. He wrote The Skater's Handbook, published in 1984, and Figure Skating: Championship Techniques in 1989. He has served on the board of trustees for the United States Figure Skating Foundation. He has also worked as a figure skating analyst for NBC, CBS, and ESPN.

Results[]

Event	1965	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
Winter Olympics			6th				5th
World Championships				5th	5th	5th	4th
North American Championships				3rd		1st
U.S. Championships	5th J.	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd