| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Figure skating | ||
| Pair's Ice dancing | ||
| Competitor for the United States | ||
| Silver | 2010 Vancouver | Ice dancing |
Charlie White (born October 24, 1987) is an American ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2011), two-time Four Continents champion (2009, 2011) and three-time U.S. national champion (2009–2011).
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 receive level fours on all their elements.[5]
At the 2010 U.S. Championships, they were nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[6] They won the silver medal in the ice dancing event.
Davis and White are the current world record holders in the short dance.
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White was born in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan.[7] He lives in Ann Arbor[8] and trains in Canton, Michigan.[9]
White previously competed as an ice hockey player,[10] and helped his team to the state championship.[11] White attended Roeper School in Birmingham[10] from nursery school through high school where he played violin[10][12] in the school string quartet and was involved with the student government. He graduated in 2005. He is a student at the University of Michigan.[12]
White began skating at age five.[13] He originally competed as both a single skater and an ice dancer. As a single skater, he won the bronze medal at the 2004 U.S. Championships on the Novice level, and competed internationally on the junior level. He quit skating singles following the 2005–06 season in order to focus on ice dancing.
He began ice dancing when he was seven at his coach's advice, who hoped it would smooth out White's skating.[13] He was partnered with Meryl Davis a year later, in 1997, by Seth Chafetz.[13][14] In their first season together, they won the silver medal at the Junior Olympics in the Juvenile division.
In the 2000–01 season,they qualified for the 2001 U.S. Championships, placing 6th as Novices. The next season they won the silver medal as novices and then moved up to Junior. They did not win a medal at either of their two Junior Grand Prix assignments and placed 7th at the 2002 U.S. Championships in their junior debut.
In the 2003–04 season, they won their sectional championship and then won the junior silver medal at Nationals. This earned them a trip to the 2004 Junior Worlds, where they placed 13th.
In the 2004–2005 season, Davis and White did very well internationally on the Junior circuit, winning two bronze medals. However, White broke his ankle before Sectionals and so Davis and White were unable to qualify for the 2005 U.S. Championships. Their season ended there.
In the 2005–06 season, they came back strong. They medaled at both their Junior Grand Prix events and placed second at the Junior Grand Prix Final. They won the Junior National Title at the 2006 U.S. Championships and then won the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Worlds. Following that season, Davis aged out of Juniors.
In the 2006–07 season, they made their debut both nationally and internationally as seniors. They placed 4th at both their 2006–07 ISU Grand Prix assignments. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first team to earn all level fours on their elements. At the 2007 U.S. Championships, they won the bronze medal at the senior level, qualifying them for the 2007 World Championships. They are the first team since Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto to go directly from winning the Junior national title to making the World team.
Davis and White also qualified for the Four Continents Championships, which took place before Worlds. Davis and White placed 4th. At the World Championships, Davis and White placed 7th, the highest debut placement for an American team at Worlds since 1980.[15]
Davis and White placed 4th at the 2007 Skate America and then went on to win their first Grand Prix medal at the 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard.
They completely revamped their Eleanor Rigby's Eleanor's Dream free dance before the 2008 U.S. Championships due to its poor reception. They won the silver medal at the competition, one spot up from the previous season. They also won silver at 2008 Four Continents and were sixth at the 2008 World Championships.
In the 2008–2009 season, Davis and White won their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2008 Skate Canada. In their second assignment, the 2008 Cup of Russia, they placed third in the compulsory dance but were eighth in the original dance after White fell twice and stumbled on twizzles.[14] They recovered in the free dance, placing second in the segment and moving up to win the bronze medal, which together with the gold from Skate Canada was enough to qualify them for their first Grand Prix Final. At the 2008–2009 Grand Prix Final, they won the bronze medal.
At the 2009 National Championships, they won the event after reigning champions Belbin and Agosto withdrew due to injury. They won by a 20 point margin over silver medalists Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates.
In February 2009, they won the ice dance title at the Four Continents Championships, placing second in both the compulsory and original dance behind training mates Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir but winning the free dance.[16]
At the 2009 World Championships they placed 4th. Though they placed third in both the original and free dance portions, they lost too much ground in the compulsory to overcome training mates Virtue and Moir for the bronze. Only .04 points separated 3rd from 4th.
They competed at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing first in all the segments of the competition. Overall they won the gold medal with a score of 200.46 points, 30.87 ahead of silver medalists Alexandra Zaretski and Roman Zaretski.
They won the 2009 Rostelecom Cup and the 2009 NHK Trophy, which qualified them for the 2009–2010 Grand Prix Final. At the Grand Prix Final, they won the original dance and placed second in the free dance to win the title overall, becoming the first American ice dancers to do so. At the 2010 National Championships, Davis and White won their second national title.[12] They beat former training partners Belbin and Agosto, the first time they had ever done so, and led through all portions of the competition.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, they placed second to Canada's Virtue & Moir, winning silver. They skated a personal best in the free skate portion of ice dancing, garnering a score of 107.19 and received a personal best total score of 215.74.
They also won the silver medal at the 2010 World Championships.
Davis and White were undefeated in their 2010-2011 season.
For the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix season, they were assigned to the 2010 NHK Trophy and to the 2010 Skate America. They won NHK with 66.97 points in the short dance and 98.24 in the free dance, for a total of 165.21 points. Following NHK, they decided to make some adjustments to their free dance.[17] At Skate America they earned 63.62 in the short dance and 93.06 points in the free dance after both fell, with their nearest rivals also having a fall.[18] They earned an overall total of 156.68 and the gold medal. Their results qualified them for the 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final where they successfully defended their title, scoring 68.64 in the short and 102.94 in the free for a total of 171.58 points. They won their 3rd consecutive national title at the U.S. Championships held at Greensboro, North Carolina. They earned 76.04 points for their short dance and 109.44 points for their free dance scoring a total of 185.48 points.
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 are 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.[19] They announced their music selections in August, including La Strada for their free dance,[19] but in October announced a change to Die Fledermaus.[20] 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 Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat.
| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–2012 | Batucadas by Mitoka Samba Life is a Carnival by various artists On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez |
Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II |
Someone Like You by Adele |
| 2010–11 | La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi |
Il Postino (soundtrack) by Luis Bacalov Payadora (Forever Tango) |
The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson |
| Original dance | |||
| 2009–10 | Kajra Re from Bunty Aur Babli soundtrack by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa Slislla Ye Chaahat Ka & Dola Re Dola from Devdas soundtrack by Sameer and Nusret Badr |
Overture & Music of the Night & Point of No Return from The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Billie Jean by Chris Cornell performed by David Cook |
| 2008–09 | Happy Feet by Jack Yellen and Milton Ager 20's Piano Original Composition by Joe Laduke |
Samson et Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns S'Apre Per Te Il Mio Cuore by Filippa Giordano |
Don't Stop Me Now by Queen |
| 2007–08 | Kalinka by Ivan Larionov |
Eleanor's Dream Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles |
Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin performed by Kevin Spacey |
| 2006–07 | A Los Amigos by Ástor Piazzolla |
Prince Igor from Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin |
Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin performed by Kevin Spacey |
| 2005–06 | Ran Kan Kan – En Los Pasos de mi Padre by Tito Puente Bésame Mucho from Un Bolero Por Favor by Consuelo Velázquez performed by Nana Mouskouri |
Sarabande by Handel |
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| 2004–05 | Bésame Mucho from Un Bolero Por Favor by Consuelo Velázquez performed by Nana Mouskouri |
Sarabande by Handel |
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| 2003–04 | Pennsylvania 6-5000 That's All Right This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof |
Hasta Que te Conoci De Mis Manos Voy a Conquistarte Que Viva la Alegria by Raúl di Blasio |
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| 2002–03 | Die Fledermaus by Johan Strauss |
Chocolat by Rachel Portman |
(with Davis)
| Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 2nd | |||||
| World Championships | 7th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | |
| Four Continents Championships | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| U.S. Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Grand Prix Final | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Cup of Russia | 3rd | 1st | 1st | |||
| NHK Trophy | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||
| Skate America | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||
| Skate Canada | 4th | 1st | ||||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 3rd | |||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st |
| Event | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 13th | 3rd | |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 6th N. | 6th N. | 2nd N. | 7th J. | 2nd J. | 1st J. | |||
| U.S. Junior Championships | 2nd Ju. | 1st I. | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 2nd | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Andorra | 2nd | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | 1st | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Romania | 3rd | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Serbia | 6th | 3rd | |||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Japan | 4th | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic | 4th | ||||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 8th | ||||||||
| Hellmut Cup Memorial | 1st N. | ||||||||
| Midwestern Sectionals | 1st I. | 3rd N. | 2nd N. | 1st N. | 1st J. | ||||
| Eastern Great Lakes Regional | 1st Ju. | 1st I. | 3rd N. | ||||||
| Ju. = Juvenile level; I. = Intermediate level; N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level | |||||||||
| Event | 2002–2003 | 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Championships | 10th N. | 3rd N. | 9th J. | |
| Junior Grand Prix, USA | 7th | |||
| NACS Waterloo | 6th J. | |||
| NACS Lake Placid | 2nd N. | |||
| NACS Phoenix | 5th N. | |||
| Midwestern Sectionals | 4th N. | 1st N. | 1st J. | |
| N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level | ||||
(with Davis)
| 2011–2012 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total | |
| December 8–11, 2011 | 2011–2012 Grand Prix Final | 1 76.17 |
1 112.38 |
1 188.55 |
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| November 25–27, 2011 | 2011 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup of Russia | 1 69.94 |
1 109.12 |
1 179.06 |
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| October 21–23, 2011 | 2011 ISU Grand Prix Skate America | 1 70.33 |
1 107.74 |
1 178.07 |
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| 2010–2011 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total | |
| April 24 – May 1, 2011 | 2011 ISU World Championships | 2 73.76 |
1 111.51 |
1 185.27 |
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| February 15–20, 2011 | 2011 ISU Four Continents Championships | 2 69.01 |
1 103.02 |
1 172.03 |
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| January 22–30, 2011 | 2011 United States Figure Skating Championships | 1 76.04 |
1 109.44 |
1 185.48 |
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| December 9–12, 2010 | 2010-2011 Grand Prix Final | 1 68.64 |
1 102.94 |
1 171.58 |
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| November 12–14, 2010 | 2010 ISU Grand Prix Skate America | 1 63.62 |
1 93.06 |
1 156.68 |
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| October 22–24, 2010 | 2010 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy | 1 66.97 |
1 98.24 |
1 165.21 |
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| 2009–2010 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | CD | OD | FD | Total |
| March 22–28, 2010 | 2010 ISU World Championships | 2 43.25 |
2 69.29 |
1 110.49 |
2 223.03 |
| February 14 – 27, 2010 | 2010 Winter Olympic Games | 3 41.47 |
2 67.08 |
2 107.19 |
2 215.74 |
| January 14–24, 2010 | 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships | 1 45.42 |
1 68.11 |
1 108.76 |
1 222.29 |
| December 3 – 6, 2009 | 2009–2010 ISU Grand Prix Final | NONE | 1 65.80 |
2 103.64 |
1 169.44 |
| November 5–8, 2009 | 2009 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy | 1 38.09 |
1 63.09 |
1 100.79 |
1 201.97 |
| October 22–25, 2009 | 2009 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup of Russia | 1 37.87 |
1 62.21 |
1 101.02 |
1 201.10 |
| September 23–26, 2009 | 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 37.62 |
1 62.08 |
1 100.76 |
1 200.46 |
| 2008–2009 season | |||||
| Date | Event | CD | OD | FD | Total |
| March 24–28, 2009 | 2009 ISU World Championships | 4 37.73 |
3 62.60 |
3 100.03 |
4 200.36 |
| February 2–8, 2009 | 2009 ISU Four Continents Championships | 2 35.23 |
2 60.42 |
1 96.74 |
1 192.39 |
| January 18–25, 2009 | 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships | 1 39.93 |
1 61.93 |
1 99.82 |
1 201.68 |
| December 10–14, 2008 | 2008–2009 ISU Grand Prix Final | NONE | 5 55.89 |
3 92.15 |
3 148.04 |
| November 20–23, 2008 | 2008 ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup of Russia | 3 35.77 |
8 43.68 |
2 91.16 |
3 170.61 |
| October 31 - November 2, 2008 | 2008 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada | 1 34.29 |
1 56.36 |
1 88.24 |
1 178.89 |
| 2007–2008 season | |||||
| Date | Event | CD | OD | FD | Total |
| March 16–23, 2008 | 2008 ISU World Championships | 7 34.80 |
7 60.36 |
6 96.03 |
6 191.19 |
| February 11–17, 2008 | 2008 ISU Four Continents Championships | 2 37.36 |
2 61.93 |
2 100.16 |
2 199.45 |
| January 20–27, 2008 | 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships | 2 unknown |
2 unknown |
2 unknown |
2 206.82 |
| November 15–18, 2007 | 2007 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard | 4 31.74 |
3 55.25 |
3 89.22 |
3 176.21 |
| October 26–28, 2007 | 2007 ISU Grand Prix Skate America | 5 30.16 |
4 52.84 |
4 85.79 |
4 168.79 |
| 2006–2007 season | |||||
| Date | Event | CD | OD | FD | Total |
| March 20–25, 2007 | 2007 ISU World Championships | 10 31.15 |
8 55.82 |
7 92.17 |
7 179.14 |
| February 7–10, 2007 | 2007 ISU Four Continents Championships | 3 33.68 |
4 54.66 |
5 91.35 |
4 179.69 |
| January 21–28, 2007 | 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships | 2 36.18 |
4 54.72 |
3 93.21 |
3 184.11 |
| December 1–3, 2006 | 2006 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy | 4 29.98 |
4 52.86 |
4 86.65 |
4 169.49 |
| November 3–5, 2006 | 2006 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada | 8 25.53 |
3 52.30 |
4 84.83 |
4 162.66 |
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