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Jason Chan
Chan with his partner Harris at the 2024 World Championships
Born (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 27)
Montreal, Quebec
HometownMontreal
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryAustralia Australia
PartnerHolly Harris
CoachMarie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Skating clubSaint Laurent FSC
Began skating2001

Jason Chan (born 12 August 1996) is a Canadian-Australian ice dancer who currently represents Australia. With partner Holly Harris, he is the 2019 Australian national senior champion.[1][2]

With former partner Valérie Taillefer he was the 2014 Canadian novice dance champion.[3]

Career

Early career

In 2011, Chan trained in Montreal with Valérie Taillefer, competing at the pre-novice level in the Canadian national skating championships in Regina.[4] At the novice level at the 2014 Canadian Championships, the pair won the gold medal.[3][5] The pair also competed in the Skate Canada Challenge in Regina that year and took first place in the novice dance category.[6] Taillefer/Chan competed for three seasons on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, before the end of their partnership.

2019–20 season: Debut of Harris/Chan

Chan formed a dance partnership with Australian ice dancer Holly Harris to represent her country and began training at the Ice Academy of Montreal under coaches Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer.[7]

Harris/Chan debuted internationally on the Challenger series at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where they placed ninth, in the process defeating reigning Australian national champions Kerry/Dodds (in eleventh place) by almost 25 points. They went on to win the Australian national title.[7] Harris/Chan made their ISU Championship debut at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, where they placed ninth. They were assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

2020–21 season

Harris/Chan were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was also cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[9] They made their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing twenty-fourth.[10]

2021–22 season

Harris/Chan began the season at the Skating Club of Boston-hosted Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they finished in fourth place. They then were assigned to the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking to qualify a berth for Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They finished in ninth place, making Australia the fourth reserve. Harris/Chan competed at two more Challenger events, finishing thirteenth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy and seventh at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They then won the bronze medal at the Santa Claus Cup.[11]

Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Harris/Chan finished in eighth place.[12][11] The team concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[13] Harris/Chan qualified to the free dance for the first time, coming in eighteenth place.[11]

2022–23 season

Appearing at the inaugural Britannia Cup, Harris/Chan won the bronze medal.[14] They were seventh at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[11] They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, where they finished fourth in the rhythm dance and set a new personal best, clearing the 70-point mark for the first time.[15] They finished fifth overall after errors in the free dance.[16] The following weekend, they were eighth at the 2022 Skate Canada International, their second Grand Prix. After the Grand Prix, Harris/Chan won gold at the Santa Claus Cup and came seventh at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[11]

Harris/Chan finished eighth at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, and sixteenth at the 2023 World Championships.[11]

2023–24 season

Harris/Chan finished seventh at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International to start the season, before coming fourth at the Shanghai Trophy invitational.[11] On the Grand Prix, the team came tenth at the 2023 Skate America.[17] They made two further appearances on the Challenger circuit, placing fifteenth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup and sixth at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[11]

In the second half of the season, Harris/Chan were ninth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships and seventeenth at the 2024 World Championships.[11]

Programs

With Harris

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2023–2024
[18]
  • Ocean Lullaby
    by Colossal Trailer Music
  • Gefion
  • Freya
    by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis
  • Vale
    by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis, Power-Haus
    choreo. by Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard
2022–2023
[19]
2021–2022
[20]
2020–2021
[21]
2019–2020
[22]

Competitive highlights

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

With Harris for Australia

International[11]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds C 24th 18th 16th 17th
Four Continents 9th 8th 8th 9th
GP Skate America 5th 10th
GP Skate Canada C 8th
CS Autumn Classic 7th
CS Finlandia Trophy 13th WD
CS Golden Spin 7th 7th 6th
CS Ice Challenge WD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th 7th
CS Warsaw Cup 9th WD 15th
Britannia Cup 3rd
Lake Placid IDI 4th
Santa Claus Cup 3rd 1st
Shanghai Trophy 4th
Toruń Cup 12th
National[11]
Australian Champ. 1st C C
TBD = Assigned
C = Event cancelled

With Taillefer for Canada

International[23]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
JGP Latvia 8th
JGP Slovakia 9th
JGP Slovenia 9th
National
Canadian Champ. 10th N 1st N 6th J 7th J 4th J 6th J
SC Challenge 6th J 5th J 2nd J 5th J
Quebec Sect. 2nd
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. ^ "Australian Figure Skating Championships 2019". Ice Skating Victoria (a member association of Ice Skating Australia).
  2. ^ "2019 National championships videos/results: Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Switzerland". Rocker News, December 14, 2019
  3. ^ a b "Novice skating's Number one Phan". Ottawa Citizen: 2014-01-15
  4. ^ "Local ice dancers gear up for nationals". CTV News Montreal, November 30, 2011
  5. ^ "Short and sweet for Phan". Gord Holder, Ottawa Citizen, May 20, 2014
  6. ^ "Mayor of Saint-Laurent Pays Tribute to Four Young Figure Skaters". City of Montreal website, April 2, 2014
  7. ^ a b "Interview - Holly Harris and Jason Chan". In The Loop podcast.
  8. ^ Ewing, Lori (11 March 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  9. ^ "Skate Canada International in Ottawa cancelled as COVID-19 cases rise". CBC Sports. 14 October 2020.
  10. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Competition Results: Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN". International Skating Union.
  12. ^ "Australians at Four Continents with Beijing Olympic qualification on the line". SBS. 19 January 2022.
  13. ^ Campigotto, Jesse (22 March 2022). "Get ready for a bizarre figure skating world championships". CBC Sports.
  14. ^ "Home gold at Britannia Figure Cup". British Ice Skating. 30 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Chock/Bates (USA) dance their way to the top in Skate America Rhythm Dance". International Skating Union. 22 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Chock/Bates (USA) dance to third Skate America crown". International Skating Union. 22 October 2022.
  17. ^ Slater, Paula (23 October 2023). "Chock and Bates win fourth Skate America gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2021/2022 season". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2020/2021 season". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2019/2020 season". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.
  23. ^ "Valerie TAILLEFER / Jason CHAN". International Skating Union.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Chan_(figure_skater)

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