Charlie White (figure skater)

Charlie White
Davis and White at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Charles Allen White Jr.
Country represented	United States
Born	(1987-10-24) October 24, 1987 (age 29) Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Home town	Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Partner	Meryl Davis
Coach	Marina Zueva Oleg Epstein Johnny Johns
Former coach	Igor Shpilband Seth Chafetz
Choreographer	Marina Zueva Derek Hough
Former choreographer	Igor Shpilband
Skating club	Detroit Skating Club
Training locations	Arctic Edge Ice Arena, Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	195.52 2014 Winter Olympics
Short dance	78.89 2014 Winter Olympics
Free dance	116.63 2014 Winter Olympics
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Ice dancing 2010 Vancouver Ice dancing 2014 Sochi Team World Championships 2011 Moscow Ice dancing 2013 London Ice dancing 2010 Turin Ice dancing 2012 Nice Ice dancing Four Continents Championships 2009 Vancouver Ice dancing 2011 Taipei Ice dancing 2013 Osaka Ice dancing 2008 Goyang Ice dancing 2012 Colorado Springs Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2009–2010 Tokyo Ice dancing 2010–2011 Beijing Ice dancing 2011–2012 Quebec City Ice dancing 2012–2013 Sochi Ice dancing 2013–2014 Fukuoka Ice dancing 2008–2009 Goyang Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2006 Ljubljana Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2005–2006 Ostrava Ice dancing

Charles Allen "Charlie" White, Jr. (born October 24, 1987) is an American ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he 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.

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 receive level fours on all their elements.

White was born in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan, the son of Jacqui and Charlie White, Sr. He attended Roeper School in Birmingham, Michigan from nursery school through high school where he played violin in the school string quartet and was involved with the student government. White graduated in 2005. He later enrolled at the University of Michigan, studying political science. He formerly competed as an ice hockey player and helped his team to a state championship. He has asthma.