Hannah Miller

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Hannah Miller
Miller in 2012
Born (1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 27)
Chicago, Illinois
HometownWilliamston, Michigan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
CoachTammy Gambill
Skating clubEast West Ice Palace
Began skating2000
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2012–13 Sochi Ladies' singles

Hannah Miller (born October 29, 1996) is an American figure skater. She is the 2014 Ice Challenge champion, 2014 Lombardia Trophy silver medalist, and 2012 JGP Final silver medalist.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois, while her father was a member of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks.[2] She is the daughter of Cheryl Hudgens Miller and Kevin Miller, a former ice hockey player who was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic team and played in the NHL.[3][4] She has three younger sisters, Neysa and twins Braedyn and Giselle.[4] In June 2015, Miller graduated from Williamston High School, having earned a GPA of 4.0 and served as valedictorian at her graduation.[5][4][6] She decided to study kinesiology at Michigan State University.[2]

Career[edit]

Miller began learning to skate as a four-year-old.[7] She also trained in gymnastics before deciding to focus on skating.[8] She was coached mainly by her paternal aunt, Kirsten Miller-Zisholz,[4] in Lansing, Michigan, until June 2015.[9]

Miller won the 2011 U.S. novice title.[10] The next season, she won a bronze medal in her Junior Grand Prix debut and the U.S. junior national bronze medal.

In 2012–13, Miller won a pair of silver medals at JGP events in Austria and Croatia and qualified for the 2012–13 Junior Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia. She won the silver medal after placing second in the short program and fourth in the long. She made her senior national debut at the 2013 U.S. Championships, finishing 10th.[11]

In September 2014, making her senior international debut, Miller took the silver medal at the Lombardia Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series (CS) event in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. In November, she won gold at the CS Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria.

In June 2015, Miller relocated to Artesia, California, to train under Rafael Arutyunyan.[5][9] Miller-Zisholz, who encouraged her to move to a more competitive training environment, continues to work with Miller as an adviser and technical consultant.[5] In August 2016, Miller announced a coaching change to Tammy Gambill.[12]

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[13]
2017–2018
[14][2]
2016–2017
[13]
2015–2016
[15][16]
  • Arabesque
    by Roni Benise
    choreo. by Tom Dickson
Puccini's opera arias:
2014–2015
[17]
2013–2014
[2]
  • The Firebird
    by Igor Stravinsky
2012–2013
[18]
  • Tanguera
    by Sexteto Mayor
2011–2012
[19]
2010–2011
[2]

Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
GP Cup of China 10th
GP Rostelecom 11th
CS Finlandia 6th
CS Golden Spin 8th
CS Ice Challenge 1st
CS Lombardia 2nd
International: Junior[1]
JGP Final 2nd
JGP Austria 2nd
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Estonia 12th
JGP Italy 3rd
National[2]
U.S. Champ. 3rd J 10th 9th 9th 7th 18th 13th 15th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Hannah MILLER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Hannah Miller". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Edmonds, Jamie (February 19, 2010). "Local Skater Has Olympic Dreams, Family Roots". WILX. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Walker, Elvin (January 9, 2013). "Hannah Miller: A silver-lined season". Golden Skate.
  5. ^ a b c Solari, Chris (June 16, 2015). "Olympics on mind, ice skater Hannah Miller off to California". Lansing State Journal. Lansing State Journal.
  6. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Honors 10 Scholar Athletes at 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. January 10, 2014. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Seidel, Jeff (January 20, 2019). "Hannah Miller on figure skating and the struggle to be thin enough". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Lavey, Kathleen (December 4, 2012). "On the edge of glory: Williamston's Hannah Miller pursuing world's attention". Lansing State Journal. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  9. ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn (July 27, 2015). "Skaters gear up for new season at Skate Detroit". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018.
  10. ^ Barnas, Jo-Ann (January 24, 2011). "Lansing's Hannah Miller wins novice title at U.S. Figure Skating Championships". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012.
  11. ^ Seidel, Jeff (January 28, 2013). "Hannah Miller comes from an icy MSU tradition". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on October 25, 2013.
  12. ^ Miller, Hannah (August 23, 2016). "Summer changes". Official website of Hannah Miller.
  13. ^ a b "On the ice". Official website of Hannah Miller. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016.
  14. ^ Miller, Hannah (June 6, 2017). "Surgery, new programs, and summer plans". Official website of Hannah Miller.
  15. ^ Brannen, Sarah S. (August 25, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Move to Cali gets Miller motivated". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018.
  16. ^ "Hannah MILLER: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  17. ^ "Hannah MILLER: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015.
  18. ^ "Hannah MILLER: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
  19. ^ "Hannah MILLER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.

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