Hannah Miller

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Hannah Miller
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Miller in 2012
Born (1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 27)
Chicago, Illinois
Hometown Williamston, Michigan
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
Coach Tammy Gambill
Skating clubEast West Ice Palace
Began skating2000
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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]

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Personal life

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

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

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

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 J10th9th9th7th18th13th15th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

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