Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States on January 1st, 1987 and is the Figure Skater. At the age of 37, Meryl Davis biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) is an American ice dancer.
She and partner Charlie White are the 2014 Olympic champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009,2011), and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014).
In addition, they earned a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Davis and White formed in 1997, and they are now the longest-lived dance team in the United States.
They are the first American ice dancers to win the World Championship, as well as the first Americans to win the Olympic Championships.
Davis won the eighteenth season of Dancing with the Stars in 2006, becoming the first ice dancing team to receive level fours on all their disciplines.
Career
She began skating on a local lake at age five in the winter. Davis often hugged the boards when she first started skating due to her vision issues. She started out as a single skater, but she began doing ice dance at age eight. She soared to the top of the Midwest sectionals of novice ladies before deciding against singles to concentrate on ice dancing.
In 1997, she was teamed up with Charlie White by her mentor, Seth Chafetz. "Charlie and I grew up ten minutes apart from each other in 2009," Davis said. more than our parents. "We've grown together and know each other so well."
Davis/White captured the silver medal at the Junior Olympics in the Juvenile division for the first time in their first season together. They won gold at the Junior Olympics on the intermediate level in 1999–2000. They qualified for the 2001 U.S. Championships, placing 6th as Novices, in the 2000–01 season. They earned the silver medal as novices in 2001-02 and then advanced to the junior level. They did not win a medal at either of their two Junior Grand Prix assignments and finished seventh in the 2003 United States Championships in their junior debuts.
Davis/White captured their sectional championship and then took home the junior silver medal at Nationals in 2003-2004. They earned a trip to the 2004 Junior Worlds, where they ranked 13th.
Davis/White captured two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2004-2005. However, White broke his ankle before Sectionals, and Davis/White were unable to qualify for the 2005 US Championships. Their season came to an end.
Davis/White medaled in both their junior Grand Prix events and finished second in the Junior Grand Prix Final in 2005–2006. They won the junior national championship at the 2006 United States Championships and then received the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Worlds. Davis was out of Juniors after that season. Since White broke his ankle at a hockey tournament in 2006, they missed some training time.
Davis and White will perform together in ice shows. They announced on February 23, 2017 that they did not return to action on February 23, 2017.