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Famous Ice Dancers

Read about famous ice dancers in this section.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White Speak With the Media

On January 10, 2012, U.S. and World Ice Dance Champions, Meryl Davis and Charlie White took the time to chat with the media. This article summarizes that teleconference.

An Interview With Olympic Figure Skater Tanith Belbin

Shortly after the 2010 Olympics. during the time that Olympic Ice Dancing Silver Medalist, Tanith Belbin, was preparing for the "Stars on Ice" tour, she took the time to chat with About.com's Figure Skating Guide, Jo Ann Schneider Farris.

Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto - Olympic Silver Medalists Ice Dancing

It has been said that Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto are the most outstanding ice dance team ever produced by the United States.

Judy Blumberg & Michael Siebert - United States Ice Dance Champions

Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert won the ice dance title at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships five times. They were the 1983, 1984, and 1985 world ice dancing bronze medalists, and they placed 4th at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz

Canadian ice dancers, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, were the first North Americans to win a World Championship in ice dancing.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White - 2010 Olympic Silver Medalists

In 2010, U.S. ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White won a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

Doreen Denny - British and World Ice Dance Figure Skating Champion

Doreen Denny (with ice dancer partner, Courtney Jones) is a two-time world ice dancing champion. She also was the coach of 1976 Olympic Bronze Ice Dance Medalists Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns, the first ice dancers from the USA to compete in ice dancing at the Olympic Winter Games.

Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin - World Ice Dance Champions

Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin are the 2009 World Ice Dance Champions, the 2008 and 2010 European Ice Dance Champions, the 2007 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final ice dance champions, and the 2005, 2007, 2010 Russian ice dance champions.

Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon - Canadian Ice Dance Champions

Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon won the Canadian national ice dancing title in 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon Video Montage

YouTube user "TeresaDawn" has put together a video montage dedicated to Canadian ice dance champions Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.

Michelle Ford - US Junior Ice Dance Champion and US Dance Bronze Medalist

US National junior ice dance champion and US senior ice dance bronze medalist Michelle Ford has coached ice skating for over 30 years. She is also the inventor of the Silent Coach figure skating training aid.

Melissa Gregory - 2006 Olympic Competitor and Ice Dancer

Melissa Gregory, and her husband and skating partner, Denis Petukhov, won a Silver Medal in the 2006 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships. That placement earned them a trip to the 2006 Olympics in Torino.

Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov - Olympic Ice Dancers

Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov's second-place finish at the 2006 US National Figure Skating Championships earned them a trip to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.

Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre

Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre are two-time U.S. national ice dancing bronze medalists. They have been on the US World figure skating team and were Olympic team alternates.

Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns - 1976 Olympic Bronze Medalists

Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns won a silver medal at the 1975 World Figure Skating Championships. Before 2006, they were the only ice dancing team in U.S. history to have won a medal at the Olympic Games in figure skating.

Danny Ryan - US Ice Dance Champion and World Figure Skating Bronze Medalist

Daniel Danny Ryan, was the 1953 U.S. National ice dance champion. He also won the bronze medal in ice dancing at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952 and 1953. His ice dancing partner was Carol Ann Peters. Ryan was one of the U.S. figure skating coaches who died in the 1961 plane crash where the entire U.S. figure skating team...

Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates - 2009 US National Ice Dance Silver Medalists

Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates are the 2009 U.S. Ice Dance Silver medalists and 2008 World Junior Ice Dance Champions.

Maia and Alex Shibutani - 2007 U.S. Natonal Novice Dance Champions

Maia and Alex Shibutani won the 2007 U.S. National Novice and the 2006 U.S. National Intermediate Ice Dance titles.

Jim Sladky - Ice Dancing Champion

Jim Sladky and Judy Schwomeyer, an outstanding American ice dance team, demonstrated ice dancing at the Grenoble Olympics in 1968. That demonstration resulted in ice dancing becoming an Olympic event. Jim shares the story of his skating career in this article.

1984 Olympic Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympics in ice dancing in 1984. They are considered figure skating legends.

Alexandra Zaretsky and Roman Zaretsky - Israeli Figure Skaters and Ic…

Figure skaters, Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky, are an Israeli sister-brother ice dance team. They have competed on the international level since 1999 and participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Photos of Olympic Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean

In 1984, British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, won the Olympics. This photo gallery shows some of the highlights of their figure skating career.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir - Olympic & Canadian Ice Dance Champions

On February 22, 2010, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir became Canada's first-ever Olympic Ice Dance Champions.

Israeli Ice Dancers Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky

Figure skaters, Alexandra and Roman Zaretsky, are an Israeli sister-brother ice dance team. They have competed on the international level since 1999 and participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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