David Mitchell

Personal information
Born	(1982-04-23)April 23, 1982 (age 43) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Skating club	SC Boston
Retired	2006

David Mitchell (born April 23, 1982) is an American retiredice dancer. He competed for most of his career with partnerLoren Galler-Rabinowitz. Together they are the2004 U.S. bronze medalists.

Mitchell began skating at the age of eight and took up ice dancing at ten.^[1] He teamed up with Galler-Rabinowitz before the 1999 season, finishing fifth on the novice level at their first-time competition at theUnited States Figure Skating Championships. They went on to win the novice title in 2000 and the junior title in 2002. That, combined with their pewter medal in 2003 at the senior level, made them the first US figure skaters to medal at the Novice, Junior, and Senior levels at Nationals in a four-year span.^{[citation needed]} The pair finished fourth in the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell won bronze at the2004 U.S. Championships. They missed the following year's national championship due to surgery to repair torn cartilage in Mitchell's shoulder.^[2] Their bronze medal finish was noteworthy in that both teams who placed above them were at the time ineligible for the Olympics.^[3] Had the Olympics been held that year, Mitchell and Galler-Rabinowitz would have been the highest ranking US ice dancers sent.^[4]

The pair made news in late 2005 when Mitchell's mother campaigned against a bill that would make ice dancersTanith Belbin andMaxim Zavozin U.S. citizens in time for the2006 Winter Olympics.^[5] Despite her letter urging SenatorHillary Clinton to vote against it, the bill passed.^[6] The effort was moot, however: Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell only finished ninth at the 2006 U.S. Championships, which would not have scored the duo an Olympic berth even if the Belbin and Zavozin teams had been ineligible.

Mitchell retired after the 2005/2006 competitive season.

Mitchell graduated from Tufts University in 2004 where he studied Political Science & Government and was a brother atDelta Tau Delta. He is currently attendingLaw School at theUniversity of Florida.^{[citation needed]}

(with Galler-Rabinowitz)

(with Galler-Rabinowitz)

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• Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell at theInternational Skating Union
• "2002 US National Junior Dance Champions," 5/03Archived 2007-09-26 at theWayback Machine
• "Loren Galler-Rabinowitz and David Mitchell; Dancers Excel in Multiple Endeavors," 4/1/04

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