Meryl Davis

Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) is a former competitive American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011, 2013) and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Meryl Davis
Davis and White at the 2013 World Championships
Born (1987-01-01) January 1, 1987
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
HometownWest Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Figure skating career
Country United States
PartnerCharlie White
CoachMarina Zoueva
Oleg Epstein
Johnny Johns
Skating clubArctic Skating Club
Began skating1992
RetiredFebruary 23, 2017
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2014 SochiIce dancing
2010 VancouverIce dancing
2014 SochiTeam
World Championships
2011 MoscowIce dancing
2013 LondonIce dancing
2010 TurinIce dancing
2012 NiceIce dancing
Four Continents Championships
2009 VancouverIce dancing
2011 TaipeiIce dancing
2013 OsakaIce dancing
2008 GoyangIce dancing
2012 Colorado SpringsIce dancing
Grand Prix Final
2009–2010 TokyoIce dancing
2010–2011 BeijingIce dancing
2011–2012 Quebec CityIce dancing
2012–2013 SochiIce dancing
2013–2014 FukuokaIce dancing
2008–2009 GoyangIce dancing
World Team Trophy
2012 TokyoTeam
World Junior Championships
2006 LjubljanaIce dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2005–2006 OstravaIce dancing

Davis and White teamed up in 1997 and they are currently the longest lasting dance team in the United States. They are the first American ice dancers to win the World title, as well as the first Americans to win the Olympic title. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first ice dancing team to earn level fours on all their elements.

In 2014, Davis won the eighteenth season of Dancing with the Stars with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

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