Holly Harris

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]

Holly Harris
Personal information
Country represented Australia
Born (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002
Sydney, Australia
Home townSydney
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in)
PartnerJason Chan
CoachMarie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal Denis, Benjamin Brisebois, Josée Piché
Former coachTom Zakrajsek, Christy Krall
ChoreographerRomain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard, Ginette Cournoyer
Former choreographerJulie Marcotte, Catarina Lindgren
Skating clubSydney FSC
Training locationsMontreal, Canada
Former training locationsColorado Springs, United States
Sydney, Australia
Began skating2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total161.05
2020 Four Continents Championships
Short dance62.83
2020 Four Continents Championships
Free dance98.22
2020 Four Continents Championships

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 prove to be her last international competition as a singles skater.[1][3]

Harris afterward 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.

Programs

With Chan
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[5]

Ladies' singles
Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[6]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dancing with Chan
International[7]
Event 19–20
WorldsC
Four Continents9th
CS Warsaw Cup9th
Toruń Cup12th
National[7]
Australian Champ.1st
TBD = Assigned
C = Event cancelled

Ladies' singles
International[8]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17
Junior Worlds23rd
JGP Germany11th
Volvo Open Cup2nd J
National
Australian Champ.1st N1st N1st J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
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References
  1. "Junior figure skaters put Australia on the map". olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. 19 March 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
  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. "Interview - Holly Harris and Jason Chan". In The Loop podcast.
  5. "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN". International Skating Union.
  6. "Holly HARRIS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
  7. "Competition Results: Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN". International Skating Union.
  8. "Competition Results: Holly HARRIS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
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