My Take
Charlie White is one of those athletes who makes an extraordinarily difficult sport look almost effortless, and honestly that's a disservice to how hard he and Meryl Davis worked to get there. Growing up in Michigan and training together basically their whole lives, the two of them built something rare — a partnership so in sync it barely looked like two people moving. Winning gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics felt like the payoff for years of being criminally underscored, and back-to-back World titles in 2011 and 2013 made the case even before that. Post-competition, he's channeled all that expertise into choreography, which feels exactly right — the guy clearly thinks in movement. A genuinely impressive career, and the Davis-White era is something I'll always look back on as a high point for American ice dance.
Overview
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).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charlie White
- Name (Japanese)
- チャーリー・ホワイト
- Reading
- ちゃーりー・ほわいと
- Born
- October 24, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- figure skater / ice dancer / figure skating choreographer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Michigan
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.