Meryl Davis


Meryl Davis is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2014 Olympic champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion, three-time Four Continents champion and six-time U.S. national champion. They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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 earn level fours on all their elements.
In 2014, Davis won the eighteenth season of Dancing with the Stars with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Personal life

Meryl Davis was born in Royal Oak, Michigan and raised in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, the daughter of Cheryl and Paul D. Davis. She has one younger brother, Clayton. She is of English, Irish, Scottish and German descent. Her paternal grandmother was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. Davis was diagnosed with dyslexia in the third grade and she struggled with reading until the 11th grade. In June 2005, Davis graduated from Wylie E. Groves High School. She was a member of the National Honor Society.
Davis previously lived in Birmingham, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan, where she majored in cultural anthropology, and also studying Italian. She was an active member of the sorority Delta Delta Delta and plays the flute. Additionally, Davis joined UNICEF Kid Power as a brand ambassador in March 2016.
On July 13, 2017, Davis became engaged to former figure skater Fedor Andreev, who she had been dating for over six years. They married in Provence, France in June 2019.

Career

Early career

Davis began skating at age five on a local lake in the winter. She started out as a single skater, but began doing ice dance at age eight. She got as high as Midwestern sectionals in novice ladies before quitting singles to focus on ice dancing.
She was teamed up with Charlie White by her coach, Seth Chafetz, in 1997. 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."

Ice dancing career

Post-competitive career

Davis and White continue to perform together in ice shows. In February 2017, they confirmed that they would not return to competition.

Programs

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

''Dancing with the Stars''

On March 4, 2014, Davis was announced as one of the contestants on the 18th season of Dancing with the Stars paired with professional dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She competed against her skating partner, Charlie White, who was also cast to take part on the 18th season of the show.
On May 20, 2014, Davis and Chmerkovskiy were declared the season's champions. Davis currently has the highest celebrity average of 28.4 out of all the seasons based on the 30 point system and once tied with actresses Jennifer Grey and Rumer Willis for the record of the most perfect scores rewarded, with 6.

''Dancing with the Stars'' performances

1Score given by guest judge Robin Roberts.
2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up" week, Davis did not perform with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and instead performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.
3Score given by guest judge Julianne Hough.
4 Score given by guest judge Donny Osmond.
5 Score given by guest judge Redfoo.
6 Score given by guest judge Ricky Martin.
7 Score given by guest judge Abby Lee Miller.
8 Score given by guest judge Kenny Ortega.