Hannah Miller
American figure skater

Hannah Miller

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29 October 1996(Chicago)
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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

Hannah Miller was born in Chicago, Illinois. 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.

Career

Miller trained in skating and gymnastics before deciding to focus on the former. 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
2016–17
  • Arabesque
    by Roni Benise
    choreo. by Tom Dickson
  • Spring Wind
  • The Unbending Chinese Tree
  • Ad Martem
    by Balázs Havasi
    choreo. by Nadia Kanaeva
2015–16
  • 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
2014–15
  • The Firebird
    by Igor Stravinsky
  • Perseverance
    by Michele McLaughlin
  • Illumination
    by Jennifer Thomas
2013–14
  • The Firebird
    by Igor Stravinsky
  • Primavera
    by Ludovico Einaudi
2012–13
  • Tanguera
    by Sexteto Mayor
  • The Storm
    by Balázs Havasi
2011–12
  • Danse macabre
    by Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Masquerade Waltz
    by Aram Khachaturian
2010–11
  • Singin' in the Rain
    by Mark Hale
  • Piano Fantasy
    by William Joseph

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
GP Cup of China 10th
GP Rostelecom Cup 11th
CS Finlandia 6th
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. 1st N 3rd J 10th 9th 9th 7th 18th
Midwestern 1st N 4th J 1st
Eastern Great Lakes 1st N
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior