Gregory Merriman
O'Brien/Merriman in 2011.
Born	(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (age 36) Sydney
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Figure skating career
Country	Australia
Partner	Danielle O'Brien
Skating club	Sydney FSC
Began skating	1992
Retired	April 11, 2014

Gregory Merriman, also known as Greg,^[2] (born 3 October 1988) is an Australian former competitiveice dancer. With partnerDanielle O'Brien, he is a six-time Australian senior national champion and three-time junior national champion. They have competed at theWorld Championships andFour Continents Championships since 2008, and have competed at threeWorld Junior Championships. They became the first Australian ice dancers to reach the free dance at aWorld Championships and the second Ice Dance couple from Australia to compete at theWinter Olympics.

Merriman teamed up withDanielle O'Brien, who also skated at the Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink,^[3] in April 1998.^[4] They were coached by Australian ice dancing championMonica MacDonald in Sydney, Australia. In the 2009–10 season, they trained with former World championVictor Kraatz andMaikki Kraatz. O'Brien/Merriman withdrew from the2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2010 Winter Olympics, due to Merriman's diagnosis of pericarditis, a viral infection in the sac surrounding the heart.^[5][2]

In the 2010–11 season, O'Brien/Merriman began training part-time inBloomfield Hills, Michigan under coachesAnjelika Krylova, two-time World champion, andPasquale Camerlengo. They relocated to Detroit to train there full-time in late 2011.^[2] Although Merriman's heel of his boot separated during the preliminary round at the2012 World Championships, they placed eighth out of 23 couples and qualified for the short dance, where they placed 20th and qualified for the free. O'Brien/Merriman became the first Australian team to qualify for the free dance at a World Championships. They finished 20th overall.

In 2012–13, O'Brien/Merriman finished 7th at theUS International Classic, 4th at the2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, 8th at the2012 NRW Trophy and 4th at the2012 Ice Challenge. In January 2013, they became the first Australian ice dancers to medal at an International event when they took bronze at theToruń Cup in Poland. In February, O'Brien/Merriman competed at the2013 Four Continents Championships where they finished with a personal best placement of eighth. They did not qualify for the2013 World Championships due to new TES requirements.^[6]

The2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was the last chance toqualify for the Olympics; O'Brien/Merriman finished sixth and earned a place for Australia in the Olympic ice dancing event. At the2014 Winter Olympics, they advanced to the free dance and finished 20th.

They retired from competition on April 11, 2014.^[7]

(with O'Brien)

(with O'Brien)

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• Olympic figure skaters for Australia
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