Holly Harris

Holly Harris
Born (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Australia
DisciplineIce dance
PartnerJason Chan
CoachMarie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Romain Haguenauer
Pascal Denis
Benjamin Brisebois
Josée Piché
Skating clubMelbourne Figure Skating Club
Began skating2008
Medal record
Australian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Melbourne Ice dance

Holly Harris (born 2 November 2002) is an Australian figure skater who currently competes in ice dance.[1] With her skating partner, Jason Chan, she is the 2019 Australian national champion.[2]

As a singles skater, she qualified to the final segment at the 2017 World Junior Championships and finished 23rd overall. She is the 2016 Volvo Open Cup junior silver medalist and the 2016 Australian junior national champion.

Career

Singles career

After winning the Australian novice title for two consecutive seasons, Harris made her international competitive debut in the 2016–17 season, beginning on the Junior Grand Prix, where she placed eleventh at the JGP Germany. Next winning the Australian junior national title, she was assigned to compete at the 2017 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 multiple concussions that she described as making her "a little bit afraid to hit my head again." She opted instead to switch to ice dance.[4]

2019–20 season: Debut of Harris/Chan

Harris subsequently formed a dance partnership with Canadian ice dancer Jason Chan and began training at the Ice Academy of Montreal under coaches Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Romain Haguenauer.[4]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] They made their World Championship debut at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, placing twenty-fourth.[7]

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.[8]

Assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Harris/Chan finished in eighth place.[9][8] 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.[10] Harris/Chan qualified to the free dance for the first time, coming in eighteenth place.[8]

2022–23 season

Appearing at the inaugural Britannia Cup, Harris/Chan won the bronze medal.[11] They were seventh at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[8] 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.[12] They finished fifth overall after errors in the free dance.[13] 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.[8]

Harris/Chan finished eighth at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, and sixteenth at the 2023 World Championships.[8]

2023–24 season

Harris and Chan performing their free dance at the 2024 World Championships

Harris/Chan finished seventh at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International to start the season, before coming fourth at the Shanghai Trophy invitational.[8] On the Grand Prix, the team came tenth at the 2023 Skate America.[14] 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.[8]

In the second half of the season, Harris/Chan were ninth at the 2024 Four Continents Championships.[8] The 2024 World Championships were held in Harris' "second home" of Montreal,[15] and the team finished seventeenth.[8] Harris called it "an enjoyable event and an amazing end to the season."[15]

2024–25 season

Harris/Chan started the season by finishing seventh at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy.[8] Following the withdrawal of Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy, who elected to remain on the junior level, Harris/Chan were assigned to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International, where they would finish in tenth place.[16][8]

Programs

With Chan

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
[17]
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]

Women's singles

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[23]

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Jason Chan

Competition placements at senior level [24]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships C 24th 18th 16th 17th
Four Continents Championships 9th 8th 8th 9th
Australian Championships 1st C C
GP Skate America 5th 10th
GP Skate Canada 8th 10th
CS Autumn Classic 7th
CS Budapest Trophy 7th
CS Finlandia Trophy 13th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 7th 7th 6th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th 7th
CS Tallinn Trophy 5th
CS Warsaw Cup 9th 15th
Britannia Cup 3rd
Ice Challenge 1st
Lake Placid Ice Dance 4th
Mentor Toruń Cup 12th
Santa Claus Cup 3rd 1st
Shanghai Trophy 4th

Women's singles

International[25]
Event 16–17
Junior Worlds 23rd
JGP Germany 11th
Volvo Open Cup 2nd
National
Australian Champ. 1st J

Detailed results

Ice dance with Jason Chan

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [24]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 179.53 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short program TSS 71.58 2022 Skate America
TES 41.18 2022 Skate America
PCS 30.82 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS 108.69 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
TES 62.39 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
PCS 46.30 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
Results in the 2024–25 season [24]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 11–13, 2024 Hungary 2024 CS Budapest Trophy 8 65.68 5 103.46 7 169.14
Oct 25–27, 2024 Canada 2024 Skate Canada International 10 64.11 10 99.40 10 163.51
Nov 5-10, 2024 Austria 2024 Ice Challenge 1 70.17 1 105.81 1 175.98
Nov 12-17, 2024 Estonia 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 5 70.84 5 108.69 5 179.53

References

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  2. ^ "Australian Figure Skating Championships 2019". Ice Skating Victoria (a member association of Ice Skating Australia).
  3. ^ Han, Brooklee (9 May 2017). "Junior figure skaters put Australia on the map". International Figure Skating.
  4. ^ a b c "Interview - Holly Harris and Jason Chan". In The Loop podcast.
  5. ^ Ewing, Lori (11 March 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  6. ^ "Skate Canada International in Ottawa cancelled as COVID-19 cases rise". CBC Sports. 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
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  9. ^ "Australians at Four Continents with Beijing Olympic qualification on the line". SBS. 19 January 2022.
  10. ^ Campigotto, Jesse (22 March 2022). "Get ready for a bizarre figure skating world championships". CBC Sports.
  11. ^ "Home gold at Britannia Figure Cup". British Ice Skating. 30 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Chock/Bates (USA) dance their way to the top in Skate America Rhythm Dance". International Skating Union. 22 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Chock/Bates (USA) dance to third Skate America crown". International Skating Union. 22 October 2022.
  14. ^ Slater, Paula (23 October 2023). "Chock and Bates win fourth Skate America gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  15. ^ a b Harris, 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. Retrieved 29 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/25". ISU. 11 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2024.
  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. ^ "Holly HARRIS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
  24. ^ a b c "AUS–Holly Harris/Jason Chan". SkatingScores.com.
  25. ^ "Competition Results: Holly HARRIS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.