Meryl Davis

American ice skater

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Meryl Davis is an American ice dancer. Ice dancing is a discipline within figure skating where two partners perform routines that emphasize dance and intricate footwork on the ice, rather than jumps and throws common in pairs skating.1

Davis, along with her partner Charlie White, won the ice dancing gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. They were also the first North American ice dancers to win an Olympic gold medal in the event. Ice dancing competitions focus on the seamless integration of dance steps and body movements, with specific rules limiting separation between partners and the types of lifts allowed to maintain a dance-like quality.21

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…by their American training partners, Meryl Davis and Charlie White. The next year, the pair rebounded to capture their second world championship as well as the first of three consecutive Canadian titles. At the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Virtue and Moir again finished behind Davis and White,…
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…by their American training partners, Meryl Davis and Charlie White. The next year, the pair rebounded to capture their second world championship as well as the first of three consecutive Canadian titles. At the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Virtue and Moir again finished behind Davis and White,…
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