Chris Reed

Chris Reed
The Reeds in practice.
Personal information
Full name	Chris Reed
Country represented	Japan
Born	July 7, 1989 (1989-07-07) Kalamazoo, Michigan
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Partner	Cathy Reed
Coach	Galit Chait Inese Bucevica
Former coach	Shae-Lynn Bourne Nikolai Morozov Valter Rizzo Andrew Stroukoff Susan Kelley
Choreographer	Galit Chait Inese Bucevica
Former choreographer	Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Kawagoe Figure Skating Club
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	159.60 2010 Winter Olympics
Comp. dance	29.49 2010 Winter Olympics
Original dance	50.81 2010 Winter Olympics
Free dance	81.77 2008 Four Continents
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for Japan Asian Winter Games Silver 2011 Astana-Almaty Ice dancing

Japanese name
Kana	クリス・リード

This article is about the ice dancer. For the American marksman, see Chris Reed (marksman).

Chris Reed (born July 7, 1989) is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his older sister Cathy Reed. They are the 2008-2010 Japanese national champions.

Personal life

Chris Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His mother is Japanese and his father is American. He holds dual American and Japanese citizenship, although Japanese nationality law states that he would have to choose by age 22 between the two, as his sister Cathy did in 2009, when she renounced her American citizenship in order to continue to represent Japan. Reed has two skating siblings – his elder sister, Cathy, with whom he competes in ice dancing, and his younger sister Allison Reed, who is also an ice dancer.

Career

The Reeds are the 2006 U.S. Novice Dance Champions, but chose to represent Japan beginning in the 2006–2007 season. While Novice national champions are usually given a chance to compete on the Junior Grand Prix, Cathy Reed was too old at the time of their win to compete as a junior internationally. The Reeds were offered a chance to compete for Japan and they took it. They advanced immediately to the senior level, skipping Juniors entirely.

After advancing to the senior level, they placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and second at the 2007 Japan Championships. At the 2007 Four Continents, they placed ahead of several teams who had been competing a seniors much longer.

At their Grand Prix debut, the 2007 Skate America, they placed 9th. They placed 8th at their second Grand Prix event, the 2007 NHK Trophy. They won the Japanese national championships. They repeated their 7th place finish at the Four Continents, and then placed 16th at the 2008 Worlds. They represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Programs

(with Cathy Reed)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2011–2012	La Llama by Chris Ice Whatever Happens by Michael Jackson Drums by Basic J	Chale Chalo (from Lagaan) by A. R. Rahman Mon Amour by David Visan Chale Chalo (from Lagaan) by A. R. Rahman
2010–2011	From The Addams Family: Party...For Me? The Tango by Marc Shaiman	Just for a Little While by Smokin' Joe Kubek Band Ain't No Sunshine by Al Jarreau Think by Aretha Franklin (The Blues Brothers soundtrack)
	Original dance
2009–2010

Competitive highlights

(with Cathy Reed for Japan)

Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Winter Olympics				17th
World Championships		16th	16th	15th	13th
Four Continents Championships	7th	7th	WD
Asian Winter Games					2nd
Japanese Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	WD
NHK Trophy		8th	8th	7th	7th	7th
Skate America		9th			7th
Nebelhorn Trophy						4th
Golden Spin of Zagreb	4th			5th

• WD = Withdrawn

(for the U.S.)

Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
U.S. Championships			1st N.
Eastern Sectionals	10th N.	5th N.	1st N.
North Atlantic Regional		1st N.

• N = Novice level

References

• Cathy Reed & Chris Reed at the International Skating Union
• 2006 U.S. Nationals bioPDF (25.7 KiB)

External links

• Official website
• SkateToday article