Biography

ICE DANCING


Date of birth:	01.01.1987	Meryl DAVIS USA
Place of birth:	Royal Oak, Mi.
Height:	158 cm
Home town:	West Bloomfield, Mi.
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	reading mythology, baking
Start sk. / Club:	1991 / Arctic Edge Canton, MI


Date of birth:	24.10.1987	Charlie WHITE USA
Place of birth:	Royal Oak, Mi.
Height:	175 cm
Home town:	Ann Arbor, Mi
Profession:	student
Hobbies:	movies, violin, reading, basketball, piano
Start sk. / Club:	1992 / Detroit Skating Club

Coach:	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer:	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Former Coach:	Seth Chafetz
Practice low season:	20 h / week at Canton, MI
Practice high season:	26 h / week at Caton, MI

Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2007/2008

Kalinka (Russian Folk Dance)

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2007/2008

Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
Eleanor's Dream by The Beatles

Personal Best Total Score	199.45	17.02.2008	Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance	37.36	13.02.2008	Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Original Dance	61.93	14.02.2008	Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance	100.16	15.02.2008	Four Continents Championships 2008

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Olympic Games

World Champ.

European Champ.

Four Continents

World Juniors

National Champ.

7.J

13.

2.J

1.J

3.S

2.S

S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice

International Competition	Year	Place
Harghita Cup 2004 Miercurea Ciuc	2004	3. J
ISU JGP Andorra Cup 2005 Canillo	2005	2. J
ISU JGP Sofia Cup 2005 Sofia	2005	1. J
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2006 Ostrava	2006	2. J

Internation Competition	Year	Place
HomeSense Skate Canada Intern. 2006 Victoria, BC	2006	4.
NHK Trophy 2006 Nagano	2006	4.
Skate America 2007 Reading PA	2007	4.
Trophee Eric Bompard 2007 Paris	2007	3.

White competed at the international junior level in single skating and placed 7th at the 2004 JGP in Long Beach, USA and 9th at the 2006 US Junior Nationals. He played travel hockey for 11 years on a team that won the States Championship. White broke his ankle playing hockey and the couple missed most of the 2004/2005 season because of this injury. He began playing violin when he was 4 and played in string quartet through high school. He started learing piano in 2007.

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