Meryl Davis

Meryl Davis
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
Medal record Figure skating 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 United States National Championships 2009 Cleveland Ice dancing 2010 Spokane Ice dancing 2011 Greensboro Ice dancing 2012 San Jose Ice dancing 2013 Omaha Ice dancing 2014 Boston Ice dancing 2008 St. Paul Ice dancing 2007 Spokane Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2006 Ljubljana Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2005–2006 Ostrava Ice dancing

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.