Hannah Miller

Hannah Miller

Miller in 2012
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1996-10-29) October 29, 1996
Chicago, Illinois
Home town Williamston, Michigan
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Coach Rafael Arutyunyan
Former coach Kirsten Miller-Zisholz
Choreographer Tom Dickson
Former choreographer Rohene Ward
Daniil Barantsev
Tanith Belbin
Skating club East West Ice Palace
Former skating club Lansing SC
Training locations Artesia, California
Former training locations East Lansing, Michigan
Began skating 1999
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 170.26
2014 CS Lombardia Trophy
Short program 59.18
2012–13 JGP Final
Free skate 118.83
2014 CS Lombardia Trophy
Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
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

Hannah Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois.[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]

Career

Miller trained in skating and gymnastics before deciding to focus on the former.[7] She was coached mainly by her paternal aunt, Kirsten Miller-Zisholz,[4] in Lansing, Michigan until June 2015.[8]

Miller won the 2011 U.S. novice title.[9] 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.[10]

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][8] 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]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[11][12]
Puccini's opera arias:
2014–2015
[13]
2013–2014
[2]
  • The Firebird
    by Igor Stravinsky
2012–2013
[14]
  • Tanguera
    by Sexteto Mayor
2011–2012
[15]
2010–2011
[2]

Competitive highlights

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

International[1]
Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
GP Cup of China 10th
GP Rostelecom Cup 11th
CS Finlandia 6th
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. 1st N. 3rd J. 10th 9th 9th 7th
Midwestern 1st N. 4th J. 1st
EGL Regionals 1st N.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Hannah MILLER". International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Hannah Miller". IceNetwork.
  3. ↑ Edmonds, Jamie (February 19, 2010). "Local Skater Has Olympic Dreams, Family Roots". WILX. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Walker, Elvin (January 9, 2013). "Hannah Miller: A silver-lined season". Golden Skate.
  5. 1 2 3 Solari, Chris (16 June 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (July 27, 2015). "Skaters gear up for new season at Skate Detroit". IceNetwork.
  9. ↑ 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 25, 2012.
  10. ↑ Seidel, Jeff (January 28, 2013). "Hannah Miller comes from an icy MSU tradition". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on October 25, 2013.
  11. ↑ Brannen, Sarah S. (August 25, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Move to Cali gets Miller motivated". IceNetwork.
  12. ↑ "Hannah MILLER: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
  13. ↑ "Hannah MILLER: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Hannah MILLER: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Hannah MILLER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.

External links

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