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Meryl Davis

Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis and Charlie White - World Champions 2013.jpg
Davis and White at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full name Meryl Elizabeth Davis
Country represented  United States
Born (1987-01-01) January 1, 1987 (age 30)
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Home town West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Partner Charlie White
Coach Marina Zoueva
Oleg Epstein
Johnny Johns
Former coach Igor Shpilband
Seth Chafetz
Choreographer Marina Zoueva
Former choreographer Igor Shpilband
Skating club Arctic Skating Club
Training locations Arctic Edge Ice Arena, Canton, Michigan
Began skating 1990
World standing 1 (As of January 10, 2014)
Season's bests 1 (2012–2013)
1 (2011–2012)
1 (2010–2011)
2 (2009–2010)
4 (2008–2009)
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

Meryl Elizabeth Davis (born January 1, 1987) is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic Champion, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, two-time (2010, 2012) World silver medalist, 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). At the 2014 Winter Olympics, they also won a bronze medal in the team event.

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 ice dancing gold medal; in addition, their Olympic performance scored the highest point total ever recorded in ice dancing. 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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