Charlie White (figure skater)

Charles Allen White Jr. (born October 24, 1987) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2014 Olympic Champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time (2011, 2013) World champion, 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). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Charlie White
Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the 2013 World Championships
Full nameCharles Allen White, Jr.
Born (1987-10-24) October 24, 1987
Dearborn, Michigan
HometownAnn Arbor, Michigan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineIce dance
Began skating1992
RetiredFebruary 23, 2017
Highest WS1st (2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 & 2013–14)
Event
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships 2 2 0
Four Continents Championships 3 2 0
Grand Prix Final 5 0 1
World Team Trophy 0 1 0
U.S. Championships 6 1 1
World Junior Championships 0 0 1
Junior Grand Prix Final 0 1 0
Medal list
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Ice dance
2010 Vancouver Ice dance
2014 Sochi Team
World Championships
2011 Moscow Ice dance
2013 London Ice dance
2010 Turin Ice dance
2012 Nice Ice dance
Four Continents Championships
2009 Vancouver Ice dance
2011 Taipei Ice dance
2013 Osaka Ice dance
2008 Goyang Ice dance
2012 Colorado Springs Ice dance
Grand Prix Final
2009–10 Tokyo Ice dance
2010–11 Beijing Ice dance
2011–12 Quebec City Ice dance
2012–13 Sochi Ice dance
2013–14 Fukuoka Ice dance
2008–09 Goyang Ice dance
World Team Trophy
2012 Tokyo Team
U.S. Championships
2009 Cleveland Ice dance
2010 Spokane Ice dance
2011 Greensboro Ice dance
2012 San Jose Ice dance
2013 Omaha Ice dance
2014 Boston Ice dance
2008 Saint Paul Ice dance
2007 Spokane Ice dance
World Junior Championships
2006 Ljubljana Ice dance
Junior Grand Prix Final
2005–06 Ostrava Ice dance

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 title. At the 2006 NHK Trophy, they became the first ice dancing team to receive level fours on all their elements.

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