Biography

ICE DANCE


Date of birth:	01.01.1987	Meryl DAVIS USA
Place of birth:	Royal Oak, MI
Height:	160 cm
Home town:	West Bloomfield, MI
Profession:	student, athlete
Hobbies:	reading, baking
Start sk. / Club:	1990 / Arctic Edge Canton, MI
Former Partners


Date of birth:	24.10.1987	Charlie WHITE USA
Place of birth:	Royal Oak, MI
Height:	175 cm
Home town:	Ann Arbor, MI
Profession:	student (political science)
Hobbies:	reading, biking, kayaking
Start sk. / Club:	1992 / Detroit Skating Club
Former Partners

Coach:	Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband, J. Johns, O. Morgan
Choreographer:	Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband
Former Coach:	Seth Chafetz
Practice low season:	24 h / week at Canton, MI
Practice high season:	27 h / week at Canton, MI

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2011/2012

Samba: Batucadas by Mitoka Samba
Rhumba: Life is a Carnival
Samba: On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2011/2012

Die Fledermaus Overture by Johann Strauss

Personal Best Total Score	188.55	11.12.2011	ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12
Personal Best Score Short Dance	76.17	09.12.2011	ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12
Personal Best Score Free Dance	112.38	11.12.2011	ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12

04/05

05/06

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

1.J

3.S

2.S

1.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2009 Nagano	2009	1.
ISU GP Final 2009/2010 Tokyo	2009	1.
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2010 Nagoya	2010	1.
ISU GP Skate America 2010 Portland OR	2010	1.

Internation Competition	Year	Place
ISU GP Final 2010/2011 Beijing	2010	1.
ISU GP Hilton HHonors Skate America 2011 Ontario, CA	2011	1.
ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2011 Moscow	2011	1.
ISU Grand Prix Final 2011/12 Quebec City, QC	2011	1.

Davis/White are the first U.S. ice dancers in history to win the world title (2011). Davis/White teamed up in 1997. White competed at the international junior level in single skating until 2006. He played travel hockey for 11 years on a team that won the States Championship. White broke his ankle playing hockey in 2004. He began playing violin when he was four and played in a string quartet through high school. He started learning piano in 2007.

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