 Danielle Kahle, pictured in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Danielle Kahle |
| Other names | Dani |
| Born | (1989-04-09)April 9, 1989 (age 36) |
| Home town | Simi Valley, California |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Coach | Frank Carroll, |
| Skating club | All Year FSC |
Danielle "Dani" Kahle (born April 9, 1989) is an American former competitivefigure skater. She won four medals on theISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold in Croatia in 2003, and finished 11th at the2004 World Junior Championships. She won one senior international medal, silver, at the2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial.
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 the2003 U.S. Championships. She won senior gold titles twice at thePacific 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 theISU Junior Grand Prix, winning four medals—gold at the 2003 Croatia Cup, two silver, and one bronze. She qualified twice for theJGP Final, finishing 6th and 9th. She made her senior international debut at the2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial and won the silver medal.
In 2010, she sustained a lower back fracture in a car accident.[1][2]
Kahle trained inEl Segundo, California andSimi Valley, California, coached byFrank Carroll andCindy Bortz-Gould.
Kahle made skating sequences for the Disney feature film,Ice Princess in 2004, and was one of four skaters featured on the 2006TLC 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.
Kahle has three brothers and a younger sister, Savannah.[1] As of 2011, she is attendingCal State Northridge.[2]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2010–11 | |||
| 2007–08 | |||
| 2006–07 | |||
| 2005–06 |
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| 2004–05 [3] | |||
| 2003–04 [4] |
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| Results[5] | ||||||||||
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| International | ||||||||||
| Event | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
| Finlandia | 11th | |||||||||
| Karl Schäfer | 2nd | |||||||||
| Nebelhorn | 13th | |||||||||
| International: Junior | ||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 11th | |||||||||
| JGP Final | 6th | 9th | ||||||||
| JGP Croatia | 1st | |||||||||
| JGP Estonia | 5th | |||||||||
| JGP Germany | 2nd | |||||||||
| JGP Mexico | 2nd | |||||||||
| JGP USA | 5th | 3rd | ||||||||
| National | ||||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 3rd J. | 10th | 11th | 12th | 6th | 12th | 18th | |||
