Holly Harris
| Holly Harris | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Harris at the 2017 World Junior Championships | |
| Born | 2 November 2002 Sydney, Australia |
| Hometown | Sydney |
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Partner | Jason Chan |
| Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal Denis, Benjamin Brisebois, Josée Piché |
| Skating club | Sydney FSC |
| Began skating | 2006 |
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 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] |
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Ladies' singles
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Ice dancing with Chan
| International[7] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 |
| Worlds | C |
| Four Continents | 9th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 9th |
| Toruń Cup | 12th |
| National[7] | |
| Australian Champ. | 1st |
| TBD = Assigned C = Event cancelled | |
Ladies' singles
| International[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| Junior Worlds | 23rd | ||
| JGP Germany | 11th | ||
| Volvo Open Cup | 2nd J | ||
| National | |||
| Australian Champ. | 1st N | 1st N | 1st J |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | |||
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Australian Figure Skating Championships 2019". Ice Skating Victoria (a member association of Ice Skating Australia).
- ^ Han, Brooklee (9 May 2017). "Junior figure skaters put Australia on the map". International Figure Skating.
- ^ a b c "Interview - Holly Harris and Jason Chan". In The Loop podcast.
- ^ "Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Holly HARRIS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Competition Results: Holly HARRIS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.