Tanith Belbin

Tanith Belbin White
Belbin in a press conference
Personal information
Full name	Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin White
Country represented	United States
Born	(1984-07-11) July 11, 1984 (age 32) Kingston, Ontario
Residence	Michigan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Partner	Benjamin Agosto
Former partner	Liam Dougherty (CAN) Ben Barruco (CAN – pairs) Andrew Hinton (CAN)
Former coach	Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva Elizabeth Coates
Former choreographer	Natalia Linichuk Igor Shpilband J. T. Hornstein
Skating club	IceWorks
Training locations	Aston, Pennsylvania Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1986
Retired	June 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	221.26 2005 Worlds
Comp. dance	44.00 2005 Four Continents
Original dance	67.54 2005 Worlds
Free dance	111.54 2005 Worlds
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2006 Turin Ice dancing World Championships 2009 Los Angeles Ice dancing 2007 Tokyo Ice dancing 2006 Calgary Ice dancing 2005 Moscow Ice dancing Four Continents Championships 2007 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2006 Colorado Springs Ice dancing 2005 Hamilton Ice dancing 2004 Gangneung Ice dancing 2003 Beijing Ice dancing 2002 Jeonju Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2007–2008 Turin Ice dancing 2004–2005 Beijing Ice dancing 2003–2004 Colorado Springs Ice dancing United States National Championships 2010 Spokane Ice dancing 2008 St. Paul Ice dancing 2007 Spokane Ice dancing 2006 St. Louis Ice dancing 2005 Portland Ice dancing 2004 Atlanta Ice dancing 2003 Dallas Ice dancing 2002 Los Angeles Ice dancing 2001 Boston Ice dancing 2000 Cleveland Junior ice dancing World Junior Championships 2002 Hamar Ice dancing 2001 Sofia Ice dancing 2000 Oberstdorf Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2000–2001 Ayr Ice dancing

Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin White (born July 11, 1984) is a Canadian-American ice dancer and Olympic program host for NBC Sports. Though born in Canada, she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World medalist, three-time Four Continents champion (2004–2006), and five-time U.S. champion (2004–2008).

Tanith Belbin was born in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Kirkland, Quebec. In 1998, she moved to the Detroit area in the United States and received an immigrant worker visa in 2000. Due to immigration rules at the time, she did not receive a green card until July 2002 and would not have been granted U.S. citizenship until 2007. An amendment was passed which allowed Belbin to be sworn in as an American citizen on December 31, 2005. The amendment was authored by Senator Carl Levin who stated, "This amendment corrects an anomaly in the law that unfairly disadvantaged some people who had begun their naturalization process before 2002. Tanith Belbin began her naturalization process in 2000, but due to changes that were made to the law in 2002, the process has taken significantly longer than it would have if she had filed her paperwork two years later."

Belbin lived and trained in Canton, Michigan for many years, before moving to Aston, Pennsylvania. After 2010, Belbin decided to move back to Michigan to attend Eastern Michigan University and be closer to friends and family, including boyfriend Charlie White. Belbin and White became engaged in June 2014 and were married on April 25, 2015.