Danielle Kahle

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Danielle Kahle
Danielle Kahle 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy.jpg
Danielle Kahle, pictured in 2007
Full nameDanielle Kahle
Other namesDani
Born (1989-04-09) April 9, 1989 (age 35)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hometown Simi Valley, California
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Figure skating career
Country United States
Coach Frank Carroll, Cindy Bortz-Gould
Skating clubAll Year FSC

Danielle "Dani" Kahle (born April 9, 1989) is an American former competitive 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.

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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 was also in the movie Ice Dreams. She coaches at Iceoplex Arena in Simi Valley and once assisted and coached an annual ice show, 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
2007–08
2006–07
  • Kill Bill Vol. 1
2005–06
  • Romeo and Juliet
2004–05
[3]
2003–04
[4]

Competitive highlights

Results [5]
International
Event2002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Finlandia 11th
Karl Schäfer 2nd
Nebelhorn 13th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 11th
JGP Final 6th9th
JGP Croatia 1st
JGP Estonia 5th
JGP Germany 2nd
JGP Mexico 2nd
JGP USA 5th3rd
National
U.S. Champ. 3rd J.10th11th12th6th12th18th

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References

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