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Meryl Davis (born January 1, 1987) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she 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). 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.
Davis previously lived in Birmingham, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan, where she majored in cultural anthropology and also studied Italian. She was an active member of the sorority Delta Delta Delta and plays the flute. Davis joined UNICEF Kid Power as a brand ambassador in March 2016. Davis graduated from Harvard Extension School, Harvard University with a Masters of Liberal Arts in literature and creative writing in 2025.
On July 13, 2017, Davis became engaged to former figure skater Fedor Andreev, whom she had been dating for over six years. They married in Provence, France, in June 2019.
She was teamed up with Charlie White by her coach, Seth Chafetz, in 1997, when they were both nine years old. 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."
In their first season together, Davis and White won the silver medal at the Junior Olympics in the Juvenile division. In 1999–00, they won gold at the Junior Olympics on the intermediate level. In the 2000–01 season, they qualified for the 2001 U.S. Championships, placing 6th as Novices. In 2001–02, they won the silver medal as novices and then moved up to the junior level. In the 2002–03 season, they did not win a medal at either of their two Junior Grand Prix assignments and placed 7th at the 2003 U.S. Championships in their junior debut.
In the 2004–2005 season, Davis/White won two bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. However, White broke his ankle before Sectionals and so Davis/White were unable to qualify for the 2005 U.S. Championships. Their season ended there.
In the 2005–2006 season, Davis/White medaled at both their Junior Grand Prix events and placed second at the Junior Grand Prix Final. They won the junior national title at the 2006 U.S. ChampionshipsHines, p. 70 and then won the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Worlds. Following that season, Davis aged out of Juniors. They lost some training time after White broke his ankle at a hockey tournament in 2006.
| +Meryl Davis - Dancing with the Stars (season 18) ! scope="col" | Week ! scope="col" | Dance ! scope="col" | Music ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Judges' scores ! Total score ! scope="col" | Result |
| Street dance (Team dance) | "Livin' la Vida Loca — Ricky Martin | 10 | 9 | 10 | 39 |
| Samba (Celebrity Dance Duel) | "I Luh Ya Papi" — Jennifer Lopez, featuring French Montana | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| Viennese waltz | "Just a Fool" — Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| Street dance | "Latch (Acoustic)" — Sam Smith | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Foxtrot & Cha-cha-cha (Fusion) | "Glowing" — Nikki Williams | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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