Holly Harris
| Holly Harris | ||||||
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| Born | 2 November 2002 Sydney, Australia | |||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft1⁄2in) | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Australia | |||||
| Discipline | Ice dance | |||||
| Partner | Jason Chan | |||||
| Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon Romain Haguenauer Pascal Denis Benjamin Brisebois Josée Piché | |||||
| Skating club | Melbourne Figure Skating Club | |||||
| Began skating | 2008 | |||||
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Holly Harris(born 2 November 2002) is an Australianfigure skaterwho currently competes inice dance.[1]With her skating partner,Jason Chan,she is the 2019Australian nationalchampion.[2]
As a singles skater, she qualified to the final segment at the2017 World Junior Championshipsand finished 23rd overall. She is the 2016Volvo Open Cupjunior silver medalist and the 2016Australian junior nationalchampion.
Career
[edit]Singles career
[edit]After winning the Australian novice title for two consecutive seasons, Harris made her international competitive debut in the2016–17 season,beginning on theJunior Grand Prix,where she placed eleventh at theJGP Germany.Next winning the Australian junior national title, she was assigned to compete at the2017 World Junior Championships,where she qualified for the free skate and placed twenty-third overall. She described it as "an amazing experience" and anticipated training for the following season, but it would be her last international competition as a singles skater.[1][3]
Harris afterwards suffered multipleconcussionsthat she described as making her "a little bit afraid to hit my head again." She opted instead to switch toice dance.[4]
2019–20 season: Debut of Harris/Chan
[edit]Harris subsequently formed a dance partnership with Canadian ice dancerJason Chanand began training at the Ice Academy of Montreal under coachesMarie-France Dubreuil,Patrice Lauzon,andRomain Haguenauer.[4]
Harris/Chan debuted internationally on theChallenger seriesat the2019 CS Warsaw Cup,where they placed ninth, in the process defeating reigning Australian national championsKerry/Dodds(in eleventh place) by almost 25 points. They went on to win theAustralian national title.[4]Harris/Chan made their ISU Championship debut at the2020 Four Continents ChampionshipsinSeoul,where they placed ninth. They were assigned to compete at theWorld ChampionshipsinMontreal,but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[5]
2020–21 season
[edit]Harris/Chan were assigned to make theirGrand Prixdebut at the2020 Skate Canada International,but this event was also cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[6]They made their World Championship debut at the2021 World ChampionshipsinStockholm,placing twenty-fourth.[7]
2021–22 season
[edit]Harris/Chan began the season at theSkating Club of Boston-hostedLake Placid Ice Dance International,where they finished in fourth place. They then were assigned to the2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy,seeking toqualifya berth for Australia at the2022 Winter Olympics.They finished in ninth place, making Australia the fourth reserve. Harris/Chan competed at two moreChallengerevents, finishing thirteenth at the2021 CS Finlandia Trophyand seventh at the2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.They then won the bronze medal at theSanta Claus Cup.[8]
Assigned to the2022 Four Continents ChampionshipsinTallinn,Harris/Chan finished in eighth place.[9][8]The team concluded the season at the2022 World Championships,held inMontpellierwith Russian dance teams absent due to theInternational Skating Unionbanning all Russian athletes due to their country'sinvasion of Ukraine.[10]Harris/Chan qualified to the free dance for the first time, coming in eighteenth place.[8]
2022–23 season
[edit]Appearing at the inaugural Britannia Cup, Harris/Chan won the bronze medal.[11]They were seventh at the2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[8]They were invited to make theirGrand Prixdebut at the2022 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.[12]They finished fifth overall after errors in the free dance.[13]The following weekend, they were eighth at the2022 Skate Canada International,their second Grand Prix. After the Grand Prix, Harris/Chan won gold at theSanta Claus Cupand came seventh at the2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8]
Harris/Chan finished eighth at the2023 Four Continents Championships,and sixteenth at the2023 World Championships.[8]
2023–24 season
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Harris/Chan finished seventh at the2023 CS Autumn Classic Internationalto start the season, before coming fourth at theShanghai Trophyinvitational.[8]On theGrand Prix,the team came tenth at the2023 Skate America.[14]They made two further appearances on theChallenger circuit,placing fifteenth at the2023 CS Warsaw Cupand sixth at the2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8]
In the second half of the season, Harris/Chan were ninth at the2024 Four Continents Championships.[8]The2024 World Championshipswere held in Harris' "second home" ofMontreal,[15]and the team finished seventeenth.[8]Harris called it "an enjoyable event and an amazing end to the season."[15]
2024-25 season
[edit]In June, they received a nod to the2024 Skate Canadaafter the withdrawal ofDarya Grimm/Michail Savitskiyof Germany, who chose to stay Juniors.[16]
Programs
[edit]With Chan
[edit]| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2023–2024 [17] |
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| 2022–2023 [18] |
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| 2021–2022 [19] |
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| 2020–2021 [20] |
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| 2019–2020 [21] |
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Ladies' singles
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2016–2017 [22] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]- GP – Event of theISU Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of theISU Challenger Series
- WD – Withdrew from competition
- C – Event was cancelled
Ice dance with Jason Chan
[edit]| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| World Championships | C | 24th | 18th | 16th | 17th | |
| Four Continents Championships | 9th | 8th | 8th | 9th | ||
| Australian Championships | 1st | C | C | |||
| GPSkate America | 5th | 10th | ||||
| GPSkate Canada | 8th | TBD | ||||
| CSAutumn Classic | 7th | |||||
| CSFinlandia Trophy | 13th | |||||
| CSGolden Spin of Zagreb | 7th | 7th | 6th | |||
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 7th | ||||
| CSWarsaw Cup | 9th | 15th | ||||
| Britannia Cup | 3rd | |||||
| Lake Placid Ice Dance | 4th | |||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 12th | |||||
| Quebec Summer Championships | WD | 2nd | ||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | 1st | ||||
| Shanghai Trophy | 4th |
Women's singles
[edit]| International[24] | |
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| Event | 16–17 |
| Junior Worlds | 23rd |
| JGPGermany | 11th |
| Volvo Open Cup | 2nd |
| National | |
| Australian Champ. | 1st J |
| J = Junior | |
References
[edit]- ^ab"Junior figure skaters put Australia on the map".olympics.com.au.Australian Olympic Committee. 19 March 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 8 December 2019.
- ^"Australian Figure Skating Championships 2019".Ice Skating Victoria (a member association ofIce Skating Australia).
- ^Han, Brooklee (9 May 2017)."Junior figure skaters put Australia on the map".International Figure Skating.
- ^abc"Interview - Holly Harris and Jason Chan".In The Loop podcast.
- ^Ewing, Lori (11 March 2020)."World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal".CBC Sports.
- ^"Skate Canada International in Ottawa cancelled as COVID-19 cases rise".CBC Sports.14 October 2020.
- ^"ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ice Dance".International Skating Union.
- ^abcdefghij"Competition Results: Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN".International Skating Union.
- ^"Australians at Four Continents with Beijing Olympic qualification on the line".SBS.19 January 2022.
- ^Campigotto, Jesse (22 March 2022)."Get ready for a bizarre figure skating world championships".CBC Sports.
- ^"Home gold at Britannia Figure Cup".British Ice Skating.30 August 2022.
- ^"Chock/Bates (USA) dance their way to the top in Skate America Rhythm Dance".International Skating Union.22 October 2022.
- ^"Chock/Bates (USA) dance to third Skate America crown".International Skating Union.22 October 2022.
- ^Slater, Paula (23 October 2023)."Chock and Bates win fourth Skate America gold".Golden Skate.Retrieved23 October2023.
- ^abHarris, Holly (26 March 2024)."World Championships 2024 ✨ I feel so grateful to have been able to compete in my second home, the support we felt this week was something so special"(Instagram). Archived from the original on 29 March 2024.Retrieved29 March2024.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/25".ISU. 11 June 2024.
- ^"Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2023/2024".International Skating Union.Archived fromthe originalon 19 September 2023.
- ^"Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2022/2023".International Skating Union.Archived fromthe originalon 28 February 2023.
- ^"Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2021/2022 season".International Skating Union.Archived fromthe originalon 20 September 2021.
- ^"Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2020/2021 season".International Skating Union.Archived fromthe originalon 13 April 2021.
- ^"Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2019/2020 season".International Skating Union.Archived fromthe originalon 27 April 2020.
- ^"Holly HARRIS: 2016/2017".International Skating Union.Archivedfrom the original on 31 May 2017.
- ^"AUS–Holly Harris/Jason Chan".SkatingScores.com.
- ^"Competition Results: Holly HARRIS".International Skating Union.Archivedfrom the original on 19 March 2019.