Charlie White is an American Ice Dancer. He was the 2009 Four Continents Champion, the 2009 US Champion and the Grand Prix Final Champion for 2009-2010. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/countries/country=usa/athletes/athlete=3492/career-highlights/index.html White has been with his ice dancing partner Meryl Davis since 1997, making them the longest lasting American ice dancing pair. http://www.ice-dance.com/davis-white/ The two ice dancers are also the first pair to ever receive level fours in all of their elements at the 2006 NKH Trophy, where they were invited to join the Olympic team. http://www.usfsa.org/event_story.asp?id=37130 White also enjoys hockey, and has played on a State Championship-winning team. A hockey injury led to White and Davis having to withdraw from the US Figure Skating Championships in 2005. http://www.ice-dance.com/davis-white/charlie.htm

Charlie White will be competing in the Ice Dancing events at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, with his partner Meryl Davis, and it is the first Olympic competition for both athletes.

White competed against his rival ice dancing pair, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue of Canada. Moir and White played hockey against each other when they were only eight years old. Moir said prior to the Olympics that he expected White and Davis to be some of the top ice dancing contenders at the Olympic Games in Vancouver. The two pairs also train together and share the same coaches. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/olympics/ice-dancers-virtue-moir-value-friendship-with-americans-davis-and-white-84272057.html

At the Olympics, White and Davis won the silver medal in Ice Dance with a score of 215.74, right behind Virtue and Moir, who won the gold. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/schedule-and-results/ice-dance---free-dance_fsx030101Qz.html

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