What is Meryl Davis?
[[Image:Meryl Davis and Charlie White - World Champions 2013 (retouched).jpg|thumb|right|Meryl Davis with Charlie White]] '''Meryl Davis''' is an [[ice dancer]] from the [[United States]]. Her skating partner is [[Charlie White]]. They won the junior title at the United States national championships in [[2006]]. In [[2007]], they won the bronze medal (third place) on the senior level, becoming the first team since [[Tanith Belbin]] & [[Benjamin Agosto]] to go from being junior national champions to World team members in one season. Davis and White have skated together since [[1997]]. They are the longest-lasting team still skating in the United States. In 2006, Davis and White won the bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Later that year, they became the first team in the world to get the highest level of difficulty for one of their programs. This happened at the 2006 NHK Trophy and put them immediately into the skating spotlight. In 2007, they won the bronze medal at Nationals. At the World Championships, they placed 7th. This was the highest placement for a US team at their first World Championships since 1980. Davis and White are coached by [[Igor Shpilband]] and [[Marina Zueva]]. ==Other websites== * [http://www.ice-dance.com/davis-white Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127085049/http://www.ice-dance.com/davis-white/ |date=2010-01-27 }} * [http://www.caretoicedance.com/davwhi.html Care to Ice Dance: Davis & White] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083024/http://www.caretoicedance.com/davwhi.html |date=2007-09-29 }} * [http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthletePairBio.asp?id=20884 U.S. Figure Skating: Davis and White] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040426085236/http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthletePairBio.asp?id=20884 |date=2004-04-26 }} * [http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006260.htm International skating union biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527091807/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs000062