| Name |
Meryl Davis |
| Height |
5 ft 3 in |
| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
1-January-1987 |
| Place of Birth |
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. |
| Famous for |
Ice Dancer |
Meryl Davis is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2012), two-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011) and five-time U.S. national champion (2009–2013).
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. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first ice dancing team to earn level fours on all their elements. Davis and White are the current world record holders for the short dance. At the 2011 Four Continents Championships, they placed second to Virtue and Moir in the short dance. The Canadians later withdrew from the free dance. Davis and White went on to win the free dance and the title with a total of 172.03 points. At the 2011 World Championships, Davis and White placed second in the short dance by 0.53 points, with a score of 73.76 points. In the free dance, they placed first with a score of 111.51 points, the highest free dance score that season. Overall, they won the gold medal with a score of 185.27, beating reigning Olympic and World champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir by 3.48 points. This was the United States' first ice dancing World title. For the 2011–2012 season, Davis and White were assigned to two Grand Prix events—2011 Skate America and 2011 Cup of Russia—having declined a newly introduced option to compete in a third.
They announced their music selections in August, including La Strada for their free dance, but in October announced a change to Die Fledermaus. Davis and White won gold at Skate America, with 70.33 points in the short dance and 107.74 points in the free dance. They were 21.78 points ahead of 2nd place team Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat. At 2011 Rostelecom Cup, the couple improved with a total score of 179.06, despite a small stumble in the short dance. They placed 17.88 points ahead of 2nd place team Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje. Their placements qualified them for the 2011–2012 Grand Prix Final, where they placed first. The two would later become silver medalists at the 2012 Four Continents Championships and 2012 World Championships. However, at the 2012 World Team Trophy, they edged training mates Virtue and Moir by 5.6 points, and Team USA won the silver medal. Following Igor Shpilband's dismissal from the Arctic Edge Arena in June 2012, Davis and White decided to remain at the rink with Marina Zoueva and ended their collaboration with Shpilband.
For the 2012–2013 seasons, Davis and White were assigned to compete at 2012 Skate America and the 2012 NHK Trophy, winning gold in both events. In December, they set a record by becoming the first team to win four Grand Prix Final titles, when they came in first in both the short and free dances. In January 2013, they won their fifth consecutive National title, tying for the U.S. ice dance record. They set U.S. scoring records in both the short and free dances.
