Hannah Miller

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]

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	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 2012–13 Sochi Ladies' singles

Personal life

Hannah 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]	La Rosa by Vale Tango choreo. Hannah Miller, Massimo Scali	Rain, In Your Black Eyes by Ezio Bosso choreo. by Daniil Barantsev
2017–2018 [14][2]	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 [13]	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 [15][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
2014–2015 [17]	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky	Perseverance by Michele McLaughlin Illumination by Jennifer Thomas
2013–2014 [2]	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky	Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi
2012–2013 [18]	Tanguera by Sexteto Mayor	The Storm by Balázs Havasi
2011–2012 [19]	Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns	Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khachaturian
2010–2011 [2]	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[1]
Event	10–11	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.	1st N	3rd J	10th	9th	9th	7th	18th	13th	15th
Midwestern	1st N	4th J		1st
East. Great Lakes	1st N
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

1. "Competition Results: Hannah MILLER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019.
2. "Hannah Miller". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
   • "Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013". Archived from the original on February 1, 2012.
3. Edmonds, Jamie (February 19, 2010). "Local Skater Has Olympic Dreams, Family Roots". WILX. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012.
4. Walker, Elvin (January 9, 2013). "Hannah Miller: A silver-lined season". Golden Skate.
5. Solari, Chris (June 16, 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. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014.
7. Seidel, Jeff (January 20, 2019). "Hannah Miller on figure skating and the struggle to be thin enough". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019.
8. 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. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
9. Rutherford, Lynn (July 27, 2015). "Skaters gear up for new season at Skate Detroit". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2018.
10. 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 26, 2012.
11. Seidel, Jeff (January 28, 2013). "Hannah Miller comes from an icy MSU tradition". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on October 25, 2013.
12. Miller, Hannah (August 23, 2016). "Summer changes". Official website of Hannah Miller.
13. "On the ice". Official website of Hannah Miller. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016.
14. Miller, Hannah (June 6, 2017). "Surgery, new programs, and summer plans". Official website of Hannah Miller.
15. Brannen, Sarah S. (August 25, 2015). "The Inside Edge: Move to Cali gets Miller motivated". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018.
16. "Hannah MILLER: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
17. "Hannah MILLER: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015.
18. "Hannah MILLER: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
19. "Hannah MILLER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.

External links

• Hannah Miller at the International Skating Union
• Official website