Charlie White

Charles Allen White Jr. (born October 24, 1987) is an American former competitive ice dancer.

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.

He was partnered with Meryl Davis in 1997, by Seth Chafetz.

In 1999-00, they won gold at the Junior Olympics on the intermediate level.

In the 2000–01 season, they qualified for the 2001 U.S. Championships, placing 6th as Novices.

In 2001-02, they won the silver medal as novices and then moved up to the junior level.

In the 2002-03 season, they did not win a medal at either of their two Junior Grand Prix assignments and placed 7th at the 2003 U.S. Championships in their junior debut.

In the 2003–04 season, Davis/White won their sectional championship and then won the junior silver medal at Nationals.

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.

This earned them a trip to the 2004 Junior Worlds, where they placed 13th.

In the 2004–2005 season, Davis/White won two bronze on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

White graduated in 2005.

He later enrolled at the University of Michigan, studying political science.

He formerly competed as an ice hockey player and helped his team to a state championship.

He has asthma.

White lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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.

However, White broke his ankle before Sectionals and so Davis/White were unable to qualify for the 2005 U.S. Championships.

Their season ended there.

In the 2005–06 season, Davis/White medaled at both their Junior Grand Prix events and placed second at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

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

White was born in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan, the son of Jacqui and Charlie White Sr.

He attended Roeper School in Birmingham, Michigan from nursery school through high school where he played violin in the school string quartet and was involved with the student government.

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.

They lost some training time after White broke his ankle at a hockey tournament in 2006.

Davis and White continue to perform together in ice shows and White has also worked on television as an ice dancing commentator.

In 2009, Davis said: "Charlie and I grew up 10 minutes apart from each other. Our parents are best friends. We've grown together and know each other so well."

In their first season together, Davis/White won the silver medal at the Junior Olympics in the Juvenile division.

In 2010, his then-girlfriend, ice dancer Tanith Belbin, retired from competition and moved to Michigan to be with him.

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.

Belbin and White became engaged in June 2014, and were married on April 25, 2015.

In 2017, their son was born.

White began skating at age five.

He originally competed as both a single skater and an ice dancer.

On February 23, 2017, they confirmed that they would not return to competition.

In 2022, White opened the Michigan Ice Dance Academy with Tanith Belbin White and Greg Zuerlein in Canton, Michigan.