Danielle Kahle

Danielle Kahle
Danielle Kahle
	Danielle Kahle, pictured in 2007
Full name	Danielle Kahle
Other names	Dani
Born	April 9, 1989 (age 35); Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hometown	Simi Valley, California
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Coach	Frank Carroll, Cindy Bortz-Gould
Skating club	All Year FSC

Danielle "Dani" Kahle (born April 9, 1989 Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American figure skater. She won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold in Croatia in 2003, and finished 11th at the 2004 World Junior Championships. She won one senior international medal, silver, at the 2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial.

Career

Kahle first stepped onto the ice at age three but was removed from the class for not listening to the instructor. She returned to skating two years later.^[1]

After winning the novice national title in 2002, Kahle won bronze on the junior level at the 2003 U.S. Championships. She won senior gold titles twice at the Pacific Coast Sectionals (2006, 2007) and twice at the Southwest Pacific Regionals (2006, 2011). Kahle qualified to compete on the senior level at the U.S. Championships six times, from 2004 to 2011. Her highest finish was sixth in 2007.

Kahle competed for four seasons on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, winning four medals—gold at the 2003 Croatia Cup, two silver, and one bronze. She qualified twice for the JGP Final, finishing 6th and 9th. She made her senior international debut at the 2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial and won the silver medal.

In 2010, she sustained a lower back fracture in a car accident.^[1]^[2]

Kahle trained in El Segundo, California and Simi Valley, California, coached by Frank Carroll and Cindy Bortz-Gould.

Kahle made skating sequences for the Disney feature film, Ice Princess in 2004, and was one of four skaters featured on the 2006 TLC show, Ice Diaries. She coaches at Iceoplex Arena in Simi Valley and once assisted and coached an annual ice showkji, the Lion King.

Personal life

Kahle has three brothers and a younger sister, Savannah.^[1] As of 2011, she is attending Cal State Northridge.^[2]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2010–11	Kill Bill Vol. 2	La Strada by Nino Rota
2007–08	Kill Bill Vol. 1	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff
2006–07	Kill Bill Vol. 1	Beauty and the Beast
2005–06	Romeo and Juliet
2004–05 ^[3]	"Hernando's Hideaway" by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross	Mack & Mabel by Jerry Herman
2003–04 ^[4]	"Hot Honey Rag" (from Chicago) by John Kander	Much Ado About Nothing Sense and Sensibility by Patrick Doyle Charlie Chaplin medley	"All That Jazz" (from Chicago) by John Kander

Competitive highlights

Results^[5]
International
Event	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Finlandia								11th
Karl Schäfer						2nd
Nebelhorn							13th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			11th
JGP Final			6th	9th
JGP Croatia			1st
JGP Estonia					5th
JGP Germany				2nd
JGP Mexico			2nd
JGP USA		5th		3rd
National
U.S. Champ.	1st N.	3rd J.	10th	11th	12th	6th	12th			18th
Pacific Coast	1st N.	2nd J.			1st	1st	3rd	7th	6th	2nd	5th
SW Pacific Reg.	1st N.	2nd J.			1st					1st	3rd
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Knight, Michelle (March 4, 2011). "Simi skater shows fire on ice". Simi Valley Acorn. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Potkey, Rhiannon (January 23, 2011). "Kahle brings a new fire to the ice since injury". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Danielle KAHLE: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Danielle KAHLE: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Competition Results: Danielle KAHLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Danielle Kahle at IceNetwork.com
Danielle Kahle at the International Skating Union

[SVA110304-1] Knight, Michelle (March 4, 2011). "Simi skater shows fire on ice". Simi Valley Acorn. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[VCS110123-2] Potkey, Rhiannon (January 23, 2011). "Kahle brings a new fire to the ice since injury". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[bio0405-3] "Danielle KAHLE: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[bio0304-4] "Danielle KAHLE: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[isucr-5] "Competition Results: Danielle KAHLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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