David Mitchell (born April 23, 1982) is an American retired
ice dancer. He competed for most of his career with partner
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz (born January 19, 1986) is a physician, an American former ice dancer, and pageant titleholder. She is the 2004 U.S. ice dancing bronze medalist with David Mitchell and competed in the Miss America 2011 pageant.
Personal ...
. Together they are the
2004 U.S. bronze medalists.
Career
Mitchell began skating at the age of eight and took up ice dancing at ten.
He teamed up with Galler-Rabinowitz before the 1999 season, finishing fifth on the novice level at their first-time competition at the
United 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. The pair finished fourth in the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell won bronze at the
2004 U.S. Championships. They missed the following year's national championship due to surgery to repair torn cartilage in Mitchell's shoulder.
Their bronze medal finish was noteworthy in that both teams who placed above them were at the time ineligible for the Olympics.
Had the Olympics been held that year, Mitchell and Galler-Rabinowitz would have been the highest ranking US ice dancers sent.
The pair made news in late 2005 when Mitchell's mother campaigned against a bill that would make ice dancers
Tanith Belbin
Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin (born July 11, 1984) is a Canadian-American ice dancer and Olympic program host for NBC Sports. Though born in Canada, she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Ben ...
and
Maxim Zavozin
Maxim Igorevich Zavozin (russian: Максим Игоревич Завозин; born March 2, 1985) is a former competitive ice dancer who appeared internationally for the United States and Hungary. With Nóra Hoffmann for Hungary, he is the 2010 ...
U.S. citizens in time for the
2006 Winter Olympics
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.
Despite her letter urging Senator
Hillary Clinton to vote against it, the bill passed.
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.
Personal life
Mitchell graduated from Tufts University in 2004 where he studied Political Science & Government and was a brother at
Delta Tau Delta. He is currently attending
Law School
A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction.
Law degrees Argentina
In Argentina, ...
at the
University of Florida.
Competitive highlights
(with Galler-Rabinowitz)
Programs
(with Galler-Rabinowitz)
References
External links
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"2002 US National Junior Dance Champions," 5/03"Loren Galler-Rabinowitz and David Mitchell; Dancers Excel in Multiple Endeavors," 4/1/04
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1982 births
American male ice dancers
Living people
University of Florida alumni
Sportspeople from Ann Arbor, Michigan