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Hannah Miller
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Miller in 2012
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1996-10-29) October 29, 1996 (age 28)
Chicago, Illinois
Home town Williamston, Michigan
Height 1.52 m (4 ft 12 in)
Coach Tammy Gambill
Former coach Rafael Arutyunyan
Kirsten Miller-Zisholz
Choreographer Tom Dickson
Daniil Barantsev
Former choreographer Nadia Kanaeva
Rohene Ward
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 2000
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
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver 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.

Personal life

Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois, while her father was a member of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks. 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. She has three younger sisters, Neysa and twins Braedyn and Giselle. In June 2015, Miller graduated from Williamston High School, having earned a GPA of 4.0 and served as valedictorian at her graduation. She decided to study kinesiology at Michigan State University.

Career

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

Miller won the 2011 U.S. novice title. 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.

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. Miller-Zisholz, who encouraged her to move to a more competitive training environment, continues to work with Miller as an adviser and technical consultant. In August 2016, Miller announced a coaching change to Tammy Gambill.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
  • La Rosa
    by Vale Tango
    choreo. Hannah Miller, Massimo Scali
  • Rain, In Your Black Eyes
    by Ezio Bosso
    choreo. by Daniil Barantsev
2017–2018
  • Torn
    by Nathan Lanier
    choreo. by Daniil Barantsev
  • The Hanging Tree
    (from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1)
    by James Newton Howard
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World
    performed by Lorde
  • There are Worse Games to Play
    (from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2)
    by James Newton Howard
    choreo. by Tom Dickson
2016–2017
  • Arabesque
    by Roni Benise
    choreo. by Tom Dickson
  • Spring Wind
  • The Unbending Chinese Tree
  • Ad Martem
    by Balázs Havasi
    choreo. by Nadia Kanaeva
2015–2016
  • Arabesque
    by Roni Benise
    choreo. by Tom Dickson

  • Big Spender
    (from Sweet Charity)
    performed by Gwen Verdon
    choreo. by Rohene Ward
Puccini's opera arias:
  • Prelude
    by John Bayless
  • Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
    (from La Bohème)
    performed by Mirella Freni
  • Non piangere, Liù
    (from Turandot)
    by John Bayless
  • Visi D'arte
    (from Il Postino: The Postman)
    by John Bayless
    choreo. by Tom Dickson
2014–2015
2013–2014
  • The Firebird
    by Igor Stravinsky
2012–2013
  • Tanguera
    by Sexteto Mayor
  • The Storm
    by Balázs Havasi
2011–2012
2010–2011
  • Piano Fantasy
    by William Joseph

Competitive highlights

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

International
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
JGP Final 2nd
JGP Austria 2nd
JGP Croatia 2nd
JGP Estonia 12th
JGP Italy 3rd
National
U.S. Champ. 3rd J 10th 9th 9th 7th 18th 13th 15th
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
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